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Managing uncompressed 1080p 23.98 for offline
I have a client who shot uncompressed 1080p 23.98 and wants compressed quicktime movies created for offline editing using his firewire drives to feed his NLE.
I am capturing his footage using a dual G5, FCP HD 4.5, and a decklink dual link HD Pro card. The capture stetting I’m using; decklink 1080p 23.98 8 bit creates quicktime movies that are too large for him to manage using firewire drives. Can you down convert on capture to a more manageable 23.98 progressive video standard that firewire can handle or is there a way of compressing the original to accomplish same result?
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Yes you can, just set you capture setting to what ever fomat you require? Is your lcient using a MAC/FCP rig? The decklink HD will downconvert on capture, so the only question is what NTSC format will be best for your client.
DV at 23.98 should work great if he’s using FCP.
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A lot of times I capture 1080p/23.98 to OfflineRT/23.98 using the Decklink HD, move it to my PowerBook, cut, then online back on the G5. The irony of editing HD on a little laptop makes me giggle.
Storage and data rate only matter in relation to what gear you have.
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Hi Robert,
You can choose to capture to one of the following two compressed formats for offline editing in HD:
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