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Problem Digitizing DSR500 footage
A shooter sent me footage shot with a DSR500 on miniDV in DV/NTSC 16:9. When I play back the footage my camera (Canon XLH!)the display “stutters” and sometimes glitches as if it’s trying to recalibrate the video signal. For instance, the display readouts blink rather than holding steady. The digitized footage plays back with glitchy audio and looks as if the footage was digitized in a slight slow motion mode on the deck.
I’ve tried playing the footage in a Panasonic miniDV deck and I see the same issue.
Tomorrow I plan to take it to my TV station to use a Sony DVCam deck.
Any ideas in the meantime?
The Visual Rabbi
TheVisualChurch.com
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While the tape maybe a miniDV, they could have recorded as DVCAM, same codec but uses more tape per minute (60 minute tape, 40 minute record time).
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You know, I do remember that variance in record speed now. I was able to digitize the footage using a Sony DSR11 with no problems.
Thanks for the reply.
The Visual Rabbi
TheVisualChurch.com
“Crafting Visual Messages to Engage and Persuade” -
Brian,
The DSR-500 only shoots in DVCAM, Not Mini-DV.
You can record to a Mini-DV tape, however the DSR-500 will record at DVCAM speed.
60 minute Mini DV tape will record about 40 minutes in a DVCAM Camera (DSR-500).
John
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Thanks for the reply John. I learned that the hard way. Luckily, I have access to just about any deck you could think of at the TV station I work for at my “day” job.
All the best.
The Visual Rabbi
TheVisualChurch.com
“Crafting Visual Messages to Engage and Persuade”
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