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HDV workflow
Hi,
As I’m a rather sporadic editor i’m wondering if I could get the latest thoughts on workflow (system settings etc) for capturing HDV & outputting to DVD.
My system: 2×3 GHz Dual Core, 6GB Ram, FCP 6.0.4Currently I’m doing the following:
Capturing using my cam as deck (don’t have separate deck)
Capture Preset: HDV – Apple intermediate codec
Sequence preset: Apple intermediate codec 1080i50Exporting:
File_Export_Quicktime Movie (current settings)
Open File in compressor and compress using MPeg2 (in DVD codecs)
Burn in DVD Studio Pro
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Issues:– I often feel the quality of my material on final DVD doesn’t look as good as it did when editing but am clueless as to why
– The size of the AIC codec is a bit of a problem in terms of disc space (my scratch disc is on one of two external drives)
– When ingesting this way I can’t log at point of capture, therefore I lose the name connection with media files when I start logging clips in browser creating potential nightmare for archiving and re-linking clips….actually this is one of the main points I’m looking for solutions.Any thoughts much appreciated. I know there’s tonnes of info about this and I have been browsing a lot but not quite finding the info I need.
Many thanks
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3 Replies
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[Peter Humble] “I often feel the quality of my material on final DVD doesn’t look as good as it did when editing but am clueless as to why “
Thats quite simple there are 2 main reasons DVD Videos are highly compressed video, and with high compression comes quality loss (some of this may be caused by your settings when you compressed it for DVD). Second your original footage was a form of HD and DVDs are SD so you are taking a higher quality image and stripping off much of that quality when going to a lower resolution.
[Peter Humble] “The size of the AIC codec is a bit of a problem in terms of disc space”
That is one of the issues with the AIC codec. Try capturing in ether HDV or in ProRes.
[Peter Humble] “When ingesting this way I can’t log at point of capture”
This issue is resolved if you were to use the Apples Native HDV codec. The same issue exists however when having the computer convert to ProRes on capture.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity! -
I’m by no means an expert but I think what might also help is by Exporting using Compressor. This way you avoid compressing your footage multiple times (and losing quality at each step), once out of FCP and then again in Compressor… Try exporting your clip in compressor using a highly uncompressed codec like 10 Bit Uncompressed or the like.
Hope you come right.
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Thanks for your responses.
I’m getting there….such a mind field of options and variables.
This is a great forum though.Best,
Peter
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