Kona Capture Card to Increase Rendering Speed?

[Amber Miller]

Now, I guess I don’t understand what you mean by “logging purposes only”
What about HDV 1080i60 vs. DVCProHD? Would DVCProHD be better then?
Because i was trying 1080i60 and it still seemed to be a drag.

[Mark Maness]

[Amber Miller] “Now, I guess I don’t understand what you mean by “logging purposes only””

Logging footage is just that… Digitizing the footage, looking at it carefully, naming the clips you want to keep and throwing away (or deleting the media) that you don’t need. Not everything shot will be needed.

[Amber Miller] “What about HDV 1080i60 vs. DVCProHD? Would DVCProHD be better then?”

These are codecs. To understand this, you need to learn about the codecs. Personally, we like to edit in DVCProHD 1080i60 because its a high quality codec that has been around for a long time now. Its fast and easy to work with. DVCProHD is an I-Frame codec. HDV is something totally different. Its a Long-GOP codec. So, every time you work wit it, it has to render and conform to the HDV codec. DVCProHD works much easier. There is no conforming. Just edit and render.

This is also the reason why we have an option to capture HDV as ProRes422. Its a friendlier codec than HDV.

Look on the net about codecs and their uses. This will help you very much.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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[Amber Miller]

So, would you recommend capturing my HDV footage as:

HDV 1080i and then convert to DVCPro HD

or

ProRes and then convert to DVCPro HD

And by converting– I am using the batch export.

[Shane Ross]

HDV to ProRes…stop there.

Shane

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[Mark Maness]

Yes, I agree, Shane… For this case, ProRes422 would be Amber’s best option.

Amber, I’m not sure if you understand what we are talking about. In your Easy Setups, you’ll find options to capture HDV to ProRes422. I’d select HDV to ProRes422 – Sony – 1080i60. This will capture your HDV footage into the ProRes422 codec. This will make it easier for editing and outputting to whatever you want.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com

[Amber Miller]

I think you got me confused now.
In the easy setup- I selected ProRes 422 TO BEGIN WITH under the format option. That’s what my current project is. And I thought you said ProRes was my problem and to use something more like DVCPro HD.
Is it actually supposed to say HDV to ProRes422 – Sony – 1080i60 in the easy setup? Because I don’t see that. This is what I’m looking at below…… I appreciate the help!

[Amber Miller]

OK– Nevermind. I found it in the A/V settings. HDV- Apple ProRes 422

Now, you’re saying I should just capture it this way and edit? Or then convert to something else like DVCPro HD?

[Mark Maness]

No… Just edit in ProRes422. I was explaining our workflow hoping that you’d see that it can be used in various ways. We have to mix formats, so its easier to capture in a more friendly codec for our needs.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com

[Amber Miller]

ok. I tried dumping new footage with these settings. Seems to be a TON better. 🙂

Several more questions if you would~

Now, how should I have the sequence settings setup?

Frame size I have set to 1440×1080 of course

What about the pixel aspect ratio? Difference b/w HD 1440×1080 vs. square/ anamorphic?

Field dominance I match to the clip (that being upper)

And the compressor to Apple ProRes 422

Should I keep it interlaced I assume? (under the advance tab)

What is 4:4:4 chroma filtering?

What would be the best way to convert all my pre-made animations to suit this format better?

ALSO:

I just noticed I’m getting ECC errors in my memory status for one stick.
From what I read.. says not to worry. Should I?

Thanks for the help. The Apple dude obviously didn’t know much.