Unsure on I/O choice for HDV

[Catherine Ceigersmidt]

P.S. I’ll be editing on FCP 5.1

[Walter Biscardi]

[CathyCam] “I’m researching the best possible workflow for editing in native HDV, and outputting in either DVCPRO HD or uncompressed 1080i HD.”

Then get an AJA Kona 3. The Kona offers realtime playback via HD-SDI. You can edit to tape out directly to either a DVCPro HD deck or an HDCAM deck.

I convert HDV to DVCPro HD during ingest and edit in that codec.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Mark Maness]

And best of all… Cross-conversion!

There is a flavor of HDV that is 720p. The Kona 3 can cross-convert this to 1080p on the fly and it makes your whole world so much easier…

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com

[Stillmoving]

Hello Wayne –
Question about cross conversion – I have already ingested HDV through the JVC Deck – and I’ve been editing in FCP on a 720p timeline — It’s time for me to get out of HDV as I prep for a more proffesional “on-line” — is cross conversion still an option for me? Is Kona the thing? Or a BlackMagic product? Please weigh in. Thanks

[Mark Maness]

[Honeysyringe] “Question about cross conversion – I have already ingested HDV through the JVC Deck – and I’ve been editing in FCP on a 720p timeline — It’s time for me to get out of HDV as I prep for a more proffesional “on-line” — is cross conversion still an option for me? Is Kona the thing? Or a BlackMagic product? Please weigh in.”

To answer your question, The AJA Kona 3 is the product for you. I can’t answer for Blackmagic but I do know for a fact that Blackmagic’s tech support is terrible. AJA will go the extra mile and then some more… AJA has priority overnight product replacement with their support. That’s amazing in our industry.

As for your question about cross-conversion… This is the time to use it. I always capture and edit my projects in thier native frame sizes and then cross-convert as needed for output. You said you have a 720p timeline. No problem… You can cross-convert to 1080p in realtime without a hitch.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com