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DVCPRO50 project questions
I’m getting ready to start an editing project using DVCPRO50 for the first time and I have a couple of quick questions.
My plan is to transfer my film to Digibeta and then dub to DVCPRO50 (the film transfer place doesn’t have DVCPRO50) so I can digitize via Firewire to my Macbook Pro. I hope to edit using the FCP DVCPRO50 preset and then print back to video on DVCPRO50.
Are there any suggestions to make sure my footage has the best resolution possible? Any potential issues with audio sync or dropped frames?
I had thought about dubbing from Digibeta to DVCPROHD and then digitizing but don’t have a KONA box (are those rentable?) and more importantly don’t have an HD monitor and have never edited in HD. Is that a good decision? HD would be great but I’m not sure I have the hardware necessary (or the HD chops at this point).
I’ve searched the forum and found several helpful posts re: DVCPRO50 but none that describe my proposed workflow scenario and potential issues with Firewire.
Any tips or links to other resources appreciated!
Dave
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2 Replies
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Why not transfer your film to DVCProHD? The bit rate is 2x of DV50, but you can still edit it on MacBook Pro with a FW800 drive.
Can you have the transfer folks master to a Panny 1200/1400 deck(an archived master), then go FW to you MacBookPro?
My 2 cents.
Good luck,
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Thanks for the heads up, Jim.
I had thought about HD (I have a raid with FW800) but was under the impression that I’d need an HD monitor? Obviously, I’ve never edited HD before and am a bit cautious. I do have one of those SONY GV-HD700 HDV players and wondered about using that to monitor?
In terms of the film to tape transfer, Digibeta is the best option at the place I’m using (their only other option is Beta-SP) – I could dub Digibeta to DVCPROHD and work in HD as you suggest though. My plan was to do a daily rental of a DVCPRO deck for digitizing and printing to video so I could easily make that rental an HD deck instead of DVCPRO50.
I’d be up for an attempt at editing HD if there aren’t too many technical ‘gotchas’ that might slow down my first time HD editing and affect my final image quality.
Thanks again and any other thoughts appreciated!
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