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    S-VHS to Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 720×486?

    Posted by John A. mozzer on May 27, 2019 at 12:27 am

    If you had the right equipment, what format would you digitize S-VHS videotapes to? The objective being, to preserve them as digital video on computer storage at best possible quality, “future proofing” them for any possible format?

    Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 720×486 video in a Quicktime wrapper, per Rec. 601? Or 720×480?

    John A. mozzer replied 6 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • David Roth weiss

    May 27, 2019 at 1:57 am

    Definitely NOT uncompressed, it creates a huge file that is WAY overkill for what you’re doing. Pro Res 422 is more than adequate.

    David Roth Weiss
    Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
    David Weiss Productions
    Los Angeles

    David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy forum.

  • John A. mozzer

    May 29, 2019 at 5:50 am

    Thank you.

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