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HDV into Decklink
I just got an Decklink HD Pro 4:2:2. What is the cheapest way to convert my HDV component outputs and audio outputs into SDI input for the Decklink?
Right now, I am monitoring the native HDV files on an HDTV, which works great, but would I actually gain any benefit to capturing the HDV as DVCPro HD through the decklink instead ? Also, how do I capture audio?
Also, would my Lacie Bigger Disk be sufficient for that capture, or do I need to go RAID?
Thanks in advance
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6 Replies
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Just digitize your HDV through firewire, using Blackmagic HDV easy setup in Final Cut Pro.
Anyway, you will need HDlink to monitor HD on a 2K monitor (Cinema display or other).Big disk is enough if you stay in the hdv codec.
This is the way it works here.
Jacques
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Is there any benefit to me going out of the HDV codec ?
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I also have a HDV camera.. Should you stay HDV the whole time, or would capturing live HDV camera footage into DecklinkHD via analog component be better? If not, why go decklinkHD at all?
-Matthew
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Hi,
We have a support note How to achieve maximum quality with HDV cameras which describes when it is useful to capture from the HDV camera via DeckLink and when it would make more sense to just capture HDV via FireWire. The short version is that if you have already captured HDV to tape, then compression has already happened and the best quality capture with be a HDV capture via FireWire using Final Cut Pro. If you are shooting and capturing live, then adding a Multibridge to your DeckLink card will enable you to capture from the uncompressed HD component analog outputs of your HDV camera and this will provide higher quality than the very compressed video via FireWire.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
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So there is no benefit at all ? I thought while you were editing, and things like color correction would handle it better in a different codec than staying and editing in native HDV. Is this not the case ?
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Hi
I was wondering about this too. As firewire captured HDV is a compressed codec, surely any grading and titles added in native HDV will cause rendering and therefor generation loss. Is it not better to put it into an uncompressed codec and do grading and titles there?
Jake
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