HDV to DVCPro HD

[David Roth weiss]

Yes, you can capture them through the camera’s analog outputs with your Kona card.

[Shane Ross]

Uh…the Kona 2 card only has SDI inputs. You are gonna need an SDI>Analogue converter.

This would be a breeze with the Kona LH, as it has analogue ins..

But yes, you can capture HDv as DVCPRO HD. In fact, that is the preferred method of dealing with HDV.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Paul Belanger]

Thanks David

So I can usse the Kona 2’s DVCPro HD preset.
I’ll need to find out what fps to use.
I was told that the other DVCPro HD footage was captured at 10 bit.
Can this be right?
The DVC Pro codec says 8 bit.

[Joseph Bradley]

If you have a deck(firewire) you can capture into final cut, import those clips and put them on the timeline. You’ll need to render them to the timeline to see them and work with them. you should use apples intermediate HDV codec to work with these clips.

[David Roth weiss]

Oops, my bad, I thought Kona 2 had both analog and SDI I/O.

[Shane Ross]

The didn’t capture the DVCPRO HD footage at isn’t native rate? They people might have captured it as 10-bit uncompressed. Verify that…before you capture the new footage. Make sure you capture everything at the same rate.

DCVPRO HD is an 8-bit codec…but as I said, they might have captured it as uncompressed HD.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Paul Belanger]

I don’t have that converter.
I wonder if anybody rents it in LA.

[David Roth weiss]

Paul, I assumed you had component in, In either case, if you did have component inputs, or if you can route through the DVCro 100 deck, you are able to capture either 8 or 10-bit. If 10-bit was done earlier you should match that.

DRW

[Paul Belanger]

Unfortuately I have about 18 hours of HDV so I don’t think I can render all that.

[David Roth weiss]

See my later post, you can probably route through the DVCpro100 deck…