What is the best way to convert HDV to HDCAM?

[Joseph Bradley]

If you create a new sequence, set the settings for HD1080i60, drag the HDV footage into it and render, that should create the changes you need.

[Walter Biscardi]

The best workflow is to come component out of an HDV deck and capture directly through HD card at the 8 or 10bit 1080i. I would use an AJA HD Component to HD-SDI converter and connect that to a Kona 2 or Kona 3 system.

That will yield the cleanest image from HDV material.

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[Craig05]

Thanks guys for the info…I will look into both solutions. This forum is fantastic!!

Cheers,
Craig

[Michael Gissing]

Better than component out, you could use either the Miranda HDV bridge or the Convergent HD Connect LE, which takes the firewire mpeg and converts it into HDSDI. However, as you have stated that you don’t have a card to take either HD SDI or component, then why not just export an HD uncompressed 10 bit 4.2.2 quicktime from the HDV timeline? Same as rendering with jbrad2’s solution but you go straight to the final QT file without tying up huge amounts of disk space. Uncompressed HD will need around 350gig for the 50 minutes.