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Varicam, what Codec should I use for capture
Hi there. HD is making me a confused person
I should specifiy now that I am capturing footage from DVCPro tapes recorded on a Panasonic Vari Cam (720p). The deck I am using is a panasonic HD1200A and I Have a AJA kona LS capture Card.
I want to edit for final output for PAL, so 720×576 (it will be 4:3 letterboxed 16:9) and a frame rate of 25.
So my question is which of Final Cut Pros many capture presets do I use. Do I need to downlaod a third party Codec.
I tried using DVCPro HD 720p60 codec but this doesn’t deliver the Data rate I was told to expect (14 mb/sec rather than 5.6mb/s). However it does seem to work. Will I simply have to scale the final movie to fit the proportions of PAL 4:3? As this is a green screen shoot how will my Key be effected by the Codec, GOP, P an B frames, or will final export with a quicktime conversion solve this. Final cut Pro doesn’t seem to suppourt the Codec I desire whihc would be 720p25, i think. so what do I do?I appreciate your help in clearling up these mysterys of HD
I am on a dual processor G5 with 3 gig of Ram.
Thanks Sincerely
Peter Stenhouse -
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OK – here’s what you do:
(you have to have a 1200 with the HD-SDI board to make this work)
You find the menu 25, set value to 3, reboot the 1200.
Then you capture to a 1080 i50 timeline with either a uncompressed or a DVCPRO HD codec.
Just did this on an online. worked like a charm.
Gunleik
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As I mentioned on the Apple forum, he has a Kona LS, which is an SD card. He will have to capture via component outs, and at a PAL SD resolution.
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[peter stenhouse] “I tried using DVCPro HD 720p60 codec but this doesn’t deliver the Data rate I was told to expect (14 mb/sec rather than 5.6mb/s).”
The 5.6mb/s data rate is for 23.98 material. 15mb/s is correct for 59.94 material
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Thanks for your posts shane. I think you are onto something there…however I seem to reset all the settings in the deck in an earlier effort to use the internal conversions of the panasonicHD1200. The 720p lamp is off and I don’t know how to turn it back on. The machine room here is a mess and makes me want to weep with its tangle of cables.
I don’t know what more to say, I’m beaten.
Peter -
Hi Guys
Ive got the exact same problem but im using a black magic card HD decklink card.
Ive managed to capture everything at 1080i 50 even tho it was shot at 720p but now my system is struggling to play back the footage and making it a problem editing.
Im running a MACPRO 8cor system with 8gig ram is this still not enough to play back 1080i footage???
Coz what i had to do is take my 1080i project and copy and paste it onto a 720 pal timeline which affect the quality in a big way.
Your help will be much apreciated.
Thanks
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