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Questions on HDV capturing to DVCPro HD or HDTV 720p 59.94 Apple Pro Res HQ
I have a mac 8 core with a Black Magic Intensity Pro Card in it. I am begining to work on a project that was shot on the JVC110U at 720p/24p HDV. I will be capturing video and audio via Black Magic Intensity HDMI.
My issue is this, my SATA raid drive is pushed to the limit speed wise when I capture, HDTV 720p 59.94 Apple Pro Res HQ (making the footage 1280 x720). I am worried about issues like dropped frames as the project progresses.
When I capture the footage via HDMI DVCPro HD the footage is much smaller in file size but is 960×720.
I want to make sure that this project stays very high quality but is it worth it to capture HDTV 720p 59.94 Apple Pro Res HQ (making the footage 1280 x720). This is a documentary that will ultimately be in festivals
I am looking for opinions on this brothers and sisters. -
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One option is to capture as native HDV via firewire and in your sequence settings, change the render option to ProRes so your final before ouptut is ProRes. I have done many projects with this workflow on a humble G5 and external firewire800 drives so it is not difficult or overly hardware demanding.
Others (you will find heaps with a search of this forum) prefer to go straight to ProRes and avoid editing mpeg.
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