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Re: HD Newbie
Hello,
Forgive me as HD is still quite an enigma to me so I’m feeling my way at the moment. I’ve just been given some DVCPro 50 blue label tapes that I somehow need to edit. I have been told that they were shot on a Varicam at various frame rates. Now I thought the Varicam shot a HD format like Sony’s Cinealta, and that DVCPro HD was the next step down, sitting somewhere between Full HD and HDV. Or am I right but the Varicam uses the same tape format?
If I am wrong then presumably I can use a DVCPro HD deck with Firewire to capture it straight into FCP HD, without mega fast drives? I am steering towards getting a KONA 2 based systen at the moment depending on what happens at NAB, no doubt the waters will become even more muddied next week??!!
Thanks in advance
Otis F
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[Otis F] “I’ve just been given some DVCPro 50 blue label tapes that I somehow need to edit.”
All of the DVCPro tapes, DVCPro100, DVCPro50, and DVCPro25, use the same formula, the color of the jacket is a reference for the different loads or run time.
[Otis F] “Now I thought the Varicam shot a HD format like Sony’s Cinealta, and that DVCPro HD was the next step down, sitting somewhere between Full HD and HDV. Or am I right but the Varicam uses the same tape format? “
The Varicam is DVCPro100 or sometimes called DVCProHD. It uses the same tape stock that the DVCPro50 and DVCPro25 uses, but it is recorded at 100mbps, four times faster than the DVCPro25 which is 25mbps. Simple math.
[Otis F] “If I am wrong then presumably I can use a DVCPro HD deck with Firewire to capture it straight into FCP HD, without mega fast drives?”
The current deck of choice is the Panasonic 1200A with the firewire IO. This deck will play back all of the DVCPro formats including the DVCPro100 or HD. When tied to the FCP via firewire, the file sizes are typically 12-15mbps in HD.
[Otis F] “I have been told that they were shot on a Varicam at various frame rates.”
The FCP-HD will need the FRC, Frame Rate Converter, plug-in for the FCP in order to work with any off speed frame rates.
Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
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Cheers Ray,
It’s all beginning to make sense, HD is still very much in it’s infancy over here in the UK. I appreciate your time.
Otis F
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Otis.
Feel free to contact me directly regarding Varicam questions.
Ray Palmer
rrpalmer@srpnet.comRay Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can’t.
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