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DVCPRO HD and FCP 5
Hi All,
I have a client I am working with next week who has a bunch of footage that was shot with an HVX 200 Panasonic witth the P2 cards. The shooter has already captured the video (as quicktime files, I believe HD quicktime files) to an external hard drive that has firewire 400 and USB 2 inputs. So, I don’t need to capture, which would be a problem b/c I don’t have a capture card or HD peripherals to edit.
Anyway, I have a Power Mac G5 dual 2.3 gig machine with 2.5 gigs of RAM and an HD 23 inch Apple Cinema Display. Will I be okay working with this footage, being that it has already been captured for me. I just need to edit some SOTs, VO’s and maybe a short news package or two from these clips. I am supposed to deliver the final product as standard DVCAM for the client. My thinking is that I will edit the piece(s) and export using QT conversion, Quicktime movie with DV/DVCPRO NTSC codec, 29.97 frames and 720 x480 size. Correct??
Any input is much appreciated!
Scott
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Better way to do the downconversion if you have nothing else is to drop the HD timeline into a DV timeline and render. Exporting in the DV format can yield some funky results.
Best way to do it is with a Kona card to perform the downconvert in realtime.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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