Exporting HD to DVcam

[Walter Biscardi]

[howard wexler] “The original source was DVCPro 50 HD”

that’s not HD. DVCPro 50 is Standard Definition. DVCPro HD is HD.

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[John Pale]

Tell us what Easy Setup you used in FCP and how you configured the Kona Control Panel.

Also… If your footage was in fact DV50 and not HD, doing a center crop is a significant loss of resolution. (you are cropping out lots of pixels).

[Howard Wexler]

Exporting DVCpro 50 from DV NTSC 48k Sequence via AJA 525/29.97 8 bit to DSR 30 deck. Primary and secondary AJA Format is 525/29.97, Digital Video Output 1 is Primary 525.29,97 and output 2 is secondary 525/29.97, Analog Output is Secondary 525/29.97 and format is Composite +Y/C