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HDV/ProRes Workflow problem?
Hey everyone. I have a question, hope someone can enlighten me.
Currently I work at a very small video editing firm(mainly 3 people). I’m starting to have some doubts about our workflow and it’s the most efficient way.
So here it goes:
1 – We shoot with 2 Sony HDV Cameras, one Sony HVR-V1 and another HVR-HD1000, both of them record on MiniDV, thats 1080i50.
2 – We work on a Mac Pro, 2x3Ghz Quad Core, 16GB of Ram, 3 x 500.
Our usual workflow is to use the Sony HVR-V1 connected to the Mac Pro via FireWire and capture the footage directly in Prores 422, 1080i50.
After that we would edit it on the MacPro at the studio or edit on MacbookPro’s at home.
Since our final product is DVD format, we usually resize it from 1080i to 1024×576, to save on HD space and it’s also much easier on the laptops.
We usually use QuickTime to resize, until now no problem, but recently we started having problems with the audio, sometimes when we import the footage into FinalCut the audio needs to be rendered(red line), other times(i presume the audio settings are different) becomes slightly out of sync after some playback time.
Any idea what might be wrong?
Also, do you have any recommendation for getting a better and quicker workflow?
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3 Replies
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Ahh forgot to mention, We use the Final Cut Studio 2.0 on Mac OS X Leopard.
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I can see a few things. Firstly if you are going to convert the files to standard def, then just capture them as HDV to start with. Otherwise you are transcoding twice.
Second is SD is 720 x 576 anamorphic so use compressor to convert the HDV to that format. FCP expects 720 x 576 anamorphic in its timeline and your final DVD will be that aspect ratio, so it makes sense to stay that pixel aspect. Compressor is a better tool for batch converting files. QT Conversion isn’t as good or as fast by all reports.
ProRes is your best bet for SD if space is an issue. Otherwise uncompressed is my preference. Some here swear by DVCPro50.
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Hmm, I see there, I forgot to mention that we also post stuff on the web, and in the future we’re planing on moving to WebTV instead of DVD delivery(Because the law in Portugal doesn’t allow the existence of local Tv Channels, we make our contents, news programs, interviews and then publish them in DVD format).
We shoot a decent amount of chroma key(So i guess SD is out of question :S).
I dont understand it well but I guess ProRes is better supported by FCP than HDV, right? I guess that with ProRes we have more realtime effects without the need to render.
Would be there any way of capturing directly to 1024×576 Prores?
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