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mixing dv and beta
Hello All,
Does anyone have advice, or link to a thread, on mixing dv and 10bit uncompressed beta on the same timeline? I have thought about captuing the dv through s-video to 10bit uncompressed, or upsampling it in final cut to 10bit files so I can use them on the same timeline without rendering. Just curious if anyone has any experience doing this. I may be making a bad assumption but when I go to color correction it would be better to have the dv re-encoded to 10bit uncompressed files because of the color sampling.
Thanks
Marc -
4 Replies
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I have had good results capturing DV via analog component in 8-bit uncompressed projects. S-video should be reasonable as well. Capturing via analog S-Video will save wasted storage on a DV captured file plus a 10-bit render in your project. You could always capture a couple minutes as DV and 10-Bit analog, place them in a sequence and compare the difference.
Good luck.
Lee
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I’ve done it a lot. It works fine (no way to go Component? that would be even better, of course). The only question is, why go 10bit Beta? (I know, that wasn’t part of *your* question). You don’t gain anything by going 10bit unless you’re doing lots of graphics. Do a search of the archives for this, FCP, and
other forums to see a lot of discussion of the Beat-SP/10bit vs 8bit issue.
Ed -
I don’t think there is any benefit to going 10-bit if most of your project is video shot on Beta or DV (captured via analog input) and not graphics or animation. I have had excellent results with 8-bit uncompressed.
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I agree, just capture everything (dv, beta) to 8-bit uncompressed. Use component i/o if your deck supports it. If not, you may want to capture the dv though Firewire (not S video) to 8-bit uncompressed. in most cases 10-bit is not necessary when capturing from the sources you mentioned. 10-bit will only take up more space on drives and limit your real time performance.
Tony!
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