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HDCAM25p / PAL DVD workflow
Hi,
A european client has 30 minutes of super 16mm. Plan is to telecine (there or here) a 25pHDCAM master, then capture this to either ProRes HQ of DVCPro HD for edit on my dual 2ghs G5. Given small amount of footage, lab/post house will do the capture and deliver me the Quicktime files.
The plan is to create a 3 minute HD DVD for projection in gallery, initially in Europe.
As there will also be the need to include ( and up to HD) a few short clips of SD video (PAL @25), decision made to stay in PAL 25p world.
Question: How does either the ProRes or DVCPro HD codec hold up when output / compressed (again) for DVD? Is either one superior for outputting directly to compression for an HD DVD, like Blue Ray?
Or is it absolutely necessary to reconform short cut back to HDCAM uncompressed, and then output that for DVD compression run?
Note: this will not be a huge screen projection ( as in theatrical ) but a small wall space… so my thinking, hereby open to criticism and advice, is that going back to uncompressed may not be necessary.Thanks for your time-
Peter -
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Can’t you skip the HDCAM step and go directly to Prress?
This thread is about a related workflow:https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/223/6923#6923
Rafael -
Yes, I guess… But since there is little chance that the client would ever want to go back to the film, and since you are paying for the telecine why not create a high quality video master to cover any future needs; but the need right now is just the ability to project a short piece as part of a gallery installation.
Thanks- -
As stated in the thread I sent you, If you are talking about HDCamSR, you are right
If you are talking about plain HDCam, no.
You can not compare this codec with Proress HQ.
The two of them are compressed, but the first one is 311/8b and the second one 422/10b.
And you better work from the beginning 1920×1080 than 1440×1080.
Rafael -
Thanks Rafael.
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