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HDV to SD in Realtime
We’re doing a spot that looks like it should be “the cheesy shot on video look” so we’re using an HDV cam. We were going to have the post house dump it into their Avid’s as an SD stream (final output is SD). However since I saw that FCP 5 will do native HDV we’re picking up FCP 5 to use that instead. We use FCP 4.5 and a Decklink Xtreme to cut together reels normally so we haven’t stretched the system yet. So my questions are thus:
1. After I dump in the HDV can I watch it in SD thru the Decklink Xtreme in real time while editing (downconverted and possibly letterboxed) without nesting an HDV comp into a Decklink set comp?
2. I read that HDV’s aspect ratio is 1.333. So it’s basically 4:3? Or is it 16:9 like HD seems to always be?
3. We have a 2 disc array using FW800. Is this fast enough for HDV playback?
I’m cross posting this.
Chris Smith
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2 Replies
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Hey Chris,
1. Yes, choose the HD 1080 setting for the deklink card.
2.16:9
3. Yes,HDV has the same throughput requirements as DV. Chek the Apple site for FCP5 system requirements for HD.
-Rick
Repetrope Productions
Tampa, Fl -
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