DV in via SDI

[Kristian Lam]

Hi Steve,

Simply use “Blackmagic NTSC/PAL – DV” easy setup in Final Cut Pro HD. That will capture the video from the SDI outputs of your deck to DV. You’ll need to G5 do to do this.

Regards

Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

[Graeme Nattress]

But no DV deck outputs native DV over SDI. They output uncompressed video over SDI, which, if you were to capture via SDI and then compress to the DV codec, would leave you a generation down before you began. If you capture DV over SDI and leave it uncompressed, you’re not loosing anything.

Sony did make a DVCAM deck with SDTI which allowed it to transmit the native DV compressed signal, but you needed a proprietary edit system to access it. It was designed so that you could injest at 4 times speed.

If you want native DV as DV on your system, avoid the SDI route and get a deck with firewire. Or keep it uncompressed.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP

[Kaspar Kallas]

I have done this and photo jpeg on G4 dp 1GHZ on worked like a charm

-Kaspar

[Peter Sassi]

What are the advantages of acquiring DV (DVX-100a) and ingesting SDI? Any?

thanks in advance,

peter

[Graeme Nattress]

It might fit in with you post worklow better, mixing with digibeta footage etc.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP

[Matthew Small]

The advantage to importing over firewire is very evident if the footage was shot with Advanced Pulldown. You can remove Advanced Pulldown upon import into Final Cut.

I believe you can still remove it after capture, but the files stay the same physical size at 29.97, the pulldown frames just aren’t displayed.

Matt Small
Pair of Hands
Sherman Oaks, CA

“If it was easy, everyone would do it.”

[Peter Sassi]

Thanks for the info on workflow and pulldown. I am guessing there’s no quality reason, though, for capturing via SDI over FW if it’s still DV25?

Thanks in advance,

peter