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re: HDV and Multibridge
I’m editing in FCP 5.1 native HDV footage – shot and captured with the JVC GY-HD100 cam and partner deck. We are getting close to an “on-line” for color correction etc. – and have been warned that it could get pricey. Would a Multibrdige allow me to upconvert the HDV to uncompressed HD? Is that a naive question? Are there lots of “othe steps”? If I’m on the right track here — would fire wire 800 drives be enough to ‘save’ the new HD files? Reading BlackMagic’s website – it seems like this is the tool — but I only truly understand half of what I read. Many thanks in advance.
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[Keith Wasserman] “Would a Multibrdige allow me to upconvert the HDV to uncompressed HD?”
You can do this if you’re capturing via the component output of your camera via the Multibridge Pro or Extreme. You have the choice of going to uncompressed (8 or 10-bit) as well as DVCPRO HD. It’s as simple as choosing the matchin easy setups in Final Cut Pro. However, if you’re going to be capturing uncompressed HD, you’ll need fast drives and fw800 ones will not cut it. The data rate is about 160MB/sec for 10-bit HD at 1080i60.
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Kristian Lam
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Thanks for that — at this point – we’ve captured all the tapes in HDV through the JVC deck via Firewire. We’ve been editing on HDV 720p timelines. We also have 24p timelines — because there was a Panasonic DVX 100 on the shoot as well. So I’ve got multiple formats to deal with – and I’m wondering if there is a “pro-sumer” solution to help prep me for the online. $2500 for the multibridge is not prohibitive – if it’ll save me twice that in the next step. I just don’t know enough about the next step to know how to prepare. Our goal is to get everything to 1080i. Any suggestions? many thanks in advance. Keith
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Are you outputting to tape and sending it off for color correction?
if so, what tape format?
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hello Borjis
Cheers for picking up this thread. My understanding, was that we were bringing our FW 800 drives to NYC ( we’re in VT ) – hooking up to their systems and going from there. It’s become clear that this is likely to be a big headache! We have the JVC BR-HD50 deck…is it more sensible to do our ‘conforming’ ( and am I correct that this means getting all formats into one – rendered timeline? ) before the on-line? It’s a 2 hour doc. with multiple formats and stock footage. I realize that organizing all this stuff is WHY you go to a post house (!) – but I’d like to do AS MUCH as I can prior…even if that means additional gear and a steep learning curve. What do I do to prep in FCP to get the best picture quality – is it seq. settings? Compression settings w/in seq. settings? Should I export to Compressor and “rebuild” the project in one timeline that’s HD DVC PRO? Am I totally off the mark? Let’s say I DO want to output to tape…my understanding was that HDV can do that. Pursuant of all these questions — is there a post house out there in NYC / Boston / Montreal – that you might recommend? If there is sense to be made in all of this. I thank you in advance for your suggestions. Keith -
I own the HD100 cam as well as the BR-HD50U deck. Nice equipment!
so right now your edit is in HDV format correct?
Your other sources, are they all SD?
Are they 16×9 or 4×3?What is your final delivery master tape, SD or HD?
I have some thoughts but need more details to help you out. 🙂
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Morning Borjis – apologies for the tardy reply. We want our final delivery Master tape to be HD. Currently we are in Native HDV inside the Mac. We also have 24p footage – which lives on it’s own timeline – and which gets rendered if the formats are mixed. Now, here’s the thing: – we are not responsible for the final master…the POST HOUSE ( TBD ) will create the final master. After color correction, audio mix, sound design etc. There is a chance we will have the opportunity to blow-up to film – we are asking the post house to take this into consideration. My question is still: how can I prepare the highest quality, most organized project/product – to the Post House. I suppose the partner question is – am I showing up at the post house with project files and hard drives? Am I showing up with a ‘master tape’ which I’ve created by laying back the BR-50? I am a failry saavy SD FCP editor – and really haven’t had deliverables which stretched beyond authored DVD’s – or a SD print to tape. — So I’m really at the next level of the game, and clawing my way up the learning curve. First step: new capture card? – am I looking to uncompress the HDV? etc. etc.
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It sounds to me like you should convert all of your footage
to DVCPro-HD and go from there.mpeg streamclip can do this quickly and efficiently.
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