DVCPro HD 24p Yes or No?

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DVCPro HD 24p Yes or No?

Posted by Nick Meyers on April 27, 2005 at 12:44 am

i cant seem to get a straight answer on this one.

i want to work with DVCPro HD (DVCPro100) 24p media.

i’m in a PAL environment, if that matters

previewing out to a 40″ HD monitor.

is this possible?
it’s not listed as a supported format on the blackmagic site, and one of the techs there said no,
but i see some people here seem to be using it??

thanks,
nick

Jeremiah Black replied 21 years ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Nick Meyers
April 27, 2005 at 12:47 am

sorry,
that’s 720p at 24fps,

thanks,
nick
Luke Maslen
April 27, 2005 at 5:35 am

Hi Nick,

Yes, we include a number of Varicam easy setups for 720p, including 720p/24. It should work fine.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
Luke Maslen
April 27, 2005 at 5:55 am

Hi Nick,

Sorry but I have mislead you. DeckLink works in 720p/24 when using uncompressed formats but not with DVCPRO HD. I’m not sure if this will change with FCP5.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
Nick Meyers
April 27, 2005 at 7:11 am

thanks for the reply, Luke

nick
Sean Meredith
April 27, 2005 at 10:00 pm

Why does the Black Magic website list support for many many frame rates including 1080p/24,
but doesn’t list 720p/24? I’m about ready to buy, but I keep getting nervous due to lack of documentation.
Luke Maslen
April 28, 2005 at 4:01 am

Hi Sean,

720p/24 is a Varicam frame rate and we don’t bother to list much in the way of Varicam frame rates as there are lots of them. The only native 720p frame rates are 720p/59.94 and 720p/60. All other rates are Varicam including 720p/24. We support 720p/24 in 8 and 10-bit uncompressed timelines.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
Sean Meredith
April 28, 2005 at 4:14 am

That’s what I figured and hoped, but since 24p with the Varicam is pretty common, I was surprised that it’s never mentioned. Nice to know for sure.
Jeremiah Black
May 1, 2005 at 7:47 pm

Luke,

So just to make everything clear (I’m pretty darn dense)….

1) You cannot capture 720p 24fps DVCPROHD with the decklink.
2) You cannot playback 720p 24fps DVCPROHD with the decklink to a monitor.

3) So, if I capture DVCPROHD 720p/ 24fps footage from the firewire deck, capturing it natively with the DVCPROHD codec. I will NOT be able to monitor it on my HD monitor using the Decklink HD Pro card either thorugh the SDI outputs or the analogue conponent outputs?

4) If the previous 3 items are true, are there plans to support it in the future?

jeremiah black
dual 2 gig G5
2.5 gigs of RAM
Decklink Extreme capture card

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