HDV to DVCPro HD

[David Battistella]

Since the Koan does not have analog inputs I would have to sasy that the best thing you could do is capturethe native HDV stream and then convert all of the clips to DVCPRO codec.

David

see this:

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=83&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/battistella_david/recapturing_HDV/index.html

[Michael Garber]

…or rent/buy an AJA HD10A and convert the component analog to HD-SDI. Will take far less time than conversion.

[Paul Belanger]

How is the audio working in this set up.
Audio from HDV deck into the Kona 2 K box.
I switch the Kona panel to analog in.
Monitor out of the audio out of Kona 2 K Box.
Am I correct on all this?

[John Ladle]

the kona 2 can do HDV, from the Canon camera because it is SDI. 8 bit uncompressed 1080 hd off that lense is nice too…

for analog sources like the sony, the kona LH/lhe can take 1080 hdv to 1080 uncompressed or DVCPRO HD. 720 to 720 as well.

also, the hd10a is very popular with kona 2 owners. analog video to the hd10a, analog audio to either a flying cow (if you can find on these days) or the shortly (any day now????) shipping ADA-4.

whatever you do, try not to go HDV to DVCPRO hd in the timeline. it takes a while and the quality is not there.

[Uli Kunkel]

You could also check out http://www.miranda.com and try their HD-Bridge. It will take your HDV and convert directly to HD-SDI while keeping timecode. It works with the JVC and Sony HDV formats.

I’m avoiding this solution right now, however. The HD-Bridge is a fabulous product, but I’m taking my HDV footage to film, and I want to avoid the generational loss.