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Downconverting HDV to SD?
Looking to get an HD MiniDV cam (the Sony or Canon). I will be using this as a hobbyist, and havent messed around with HD video yet; my question is: I would be mainly shooting family functions, etc., but not many of our family have HD sets. I (think) if you play HD footage on a standard 4:3, it tends to make it ‘taller’ (is that right?) Anyway, I’d like to keep the HD footage for myself and other family members but also convert it for others who don’t have an HD set.
Does PPro make it easy to downconvert a project? Meaning, could I set up my timeline, etc., then just create an SD version?
I’d also be interested as to whether AfterEffects could do the same thing…
Thanks in advance!
-Marc
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If you already have captured the HDV footage (not AVCHD) then simply import that into a SD project. Scale and/or pan/scan to display some or all of the HDV footage in the tiny SD window. Rendering for DVD will be considerably longer than plan b.
Plan b;
Convert in the camera to SD during capture to a SD Project. Best quality and quickest render. Also easier to edit on a PC with less than 500 horse power or without the $500 Cineform codec. -
Thanks, Mike. I’ve decided I might switch to the AVCHD format with a HDD (Sony HDR-SR12); same thing here? (I ask because you specifically mentioned the AVCHD format in your post vs. HDV)
Thanks!
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AVCHD is currently not supported by Premiere. It probably will, but will require a 900 horse power PC to decompress and edit.
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I was at my local electronics superstore yesterday and noticed all the Hard Disk camcorders, both HD and SD. While this seems convenient, what happens when you are in the middle of nowhere and you run out of disk space?
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Mike,
Most of the newer cams have larger HDDs (I have the SR-12 Sony that has a 120GB). Some are also Hybrid, where you could record on a memory stick (the SR-12 supports a MemStick Pro Duo up to 8GB)I make it a regular habit to backup to another HDD in case I need to free some room (and it’s just good to back this up anyway).
-Marc
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I registered just for this smart-ass remark, since when do pc’s get rated by horsepower? I have a 3.2GHz(gigahertz) Dual-Core P4 in my computer, what is that when rated by horsepower? If there is some new rating out there, please enlighten me?
I just find it distasteful when people make false scales and shell them out like truth. It’s unhelpful cause then someone might go around asking what the horsepower of a computer is instead of “how man GHz can this computer push?”
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