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Editing SD with Sony HDR-HC1??
I’m looking at the Sony HDR-HC1 as a replacement for my Sony standard def for my home use.
In the past, I have been using FCP HD to capture the standard def and then edit.
I would now like to start taping in HD, but still, for the time being, edit in SD as I put our home movies on DVD and send out to the family.
Question: I am told the HDR-HC1 down-converts to SD into an MPG-2 format. Any problem editing using FCP HD? I figure I’ll save my FCP EDL for future capturing in HD when there is a practical way to distribute.
Thanks a ton for the help!
Roger
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4 Replies
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I don’t have an answer, but if you intend on re-editing in the future, make darn sure that the camcorder records real timecode on the tape and that it matches exactly in the down-convert. Otherwise, your eventual up-convert will become a complete re-edit.
I’d normally question the want to work at all in MPEG2, but since you specifically state this isn’t for professional use, whatever quality loss you will encounter is of lesser concern.
Are those MPEG2 files muxed or demuxed? You may have to add a step to demux the files
It very well may be possible, but I think you’re setting yourself up for a lot of frustration.
But I certainly don’t mind being proven wrong!
debe
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I bought an HC1 in Japan earlier this summer, and having only FCP4.5 (and a TiBook) I had to downconvert to DV to be able to edit the matierial I shot. No problems there. In DV-mode (and in downconverting) it’s just like any other miniDV camera.
Timecode is the same as HDV, the quality is very good DV, and so far I have had no problems with it. I did upgrade to FCP5 because of HDV support, and the difference is incredible!
You can shoot in DV (as a regular miniDV-camera without the MPEG-2 GOP compression), but why? The quality of HDV is mindboggling compared to DV, and you can always select the DV downconvert when you only need DV. Who knows in the future? If you later on decide to edit HDV, then you still have the footage in full quality.
I’m really pleased with the HDR-HC1. It’s easy to use, gives excelent pictures (for the price it is incredible!) and I feel it’s very good value for money.
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Thanks a ton for the information!
Just so I am clear (being an amateur and all), I can shot the footage in HD, set the *camera* to down-covert (i.e. NOT send HD footage to the Mac and then have the Mac convert to 720×480 which I assume would be pretty time consuming and an unwanted extra step) and then edit normally?
This is a huge help!
Regards,
Roger
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Yes. That’s the beauty of it. The camera does all the job of downconverting to regular DV.
Have fun
Per Steinar
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