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Is TC from HDV Downconversion to SD accurate
I am trying to offline HDV footage by digitising HDV as SD footage into FCp5
then outputting an EDL to an online system.
The Question is will the TC from the downconverted HDV footage accurate once inside FCP?
thanksfaryar
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2 Replies
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Probably, but why would you want to work in SD? Takes more space than HDV for starters, and if you source the same tapes online/offline, there won’t be any error wouldn’t think.
Jerry
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I have done a few projects where the editor captured from the Sony Z1 HDV camera into FCP as downconverted DV. Then the project file was reconformed on my FCP from a Sony Z1 camera as HDV, then upresed to Uncompressed HD. All was in sync so yes, the TC is accurate. I have also tested the Miranda and Convergent bridge boxes and recaptured frame accurate from HDV straight to uncompressed HD.
I also understand why you want to use this workflow as editing DV is bread and butter for most FCP systems, even on laptops/G4’s and older FCP versions than 5. It also simplifies the process of making vhs dubs or DVD’s for client approval, without downconverting from HDV. And I thought HDV was the same data rate as DV so same disk space anyway.
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