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What’s the alternative for Blackmagic DV capture.
Hi Everyone
FCP version 5.0.2, Mac OSX 10.4.2
I have a client who has shot their footage on Panasonic Varicam DVCPro, 720p 25fps. Also some of the footage is shot on HDV.
This project is not going to be onlined therefore they would like best possible picture quality possible. If in Avid they were going to select 2:1 res)
I use Blackmagic Declink Capture card and normally for offline I use Blackmagic DV preset.I have xserve raid with 2tb stoarage which I dont think dont think will be sufficient to do it in 8bit or 10bit considering I might have 30 hours worht of footage.
Is there a capture setting that is higher quality than DV that wouldn’t require too much drive space.?
Any help is very much appreciated.
Thanks
Julie
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9 Replies
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I would use a Blackmagic DVCPro HD setting. I wouldn’t go down to DV! If you were going to do that, why did you waste your time and money shooting in DVCPro HD and HDV?
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Hi Mike, thank you for your reply.
It was actually the client that shot on DVCpro HD and HDV. They tend to choose format without considering the edit. (they just get excited with the word HD)
If I dig the hd dvc pro using the DVC pro HD setting how do I capture the HDV? Which capture preset would I use. Also can I mix the both on the same timeline?
Thanks
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I’m not an expert, but I would capture them seperately and then drag the HDV footage to the DVCPro HD sequence and render and move on from there staying in DVCPro HD.
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Mixing different footage on a timeline is a BAD idea.
A proven workflow is to capture the DVCproHD footage across firewire using the DVCproHD set up then capture the HDV footage using the DVCProHD codec but capturing over analogue component in via a card like the Decklink HD Pro or Kona LH from an HDV deck with component outs. That way you don’t mx codecs, stay HD and don’t have to faff about with the HDV intermediates etc.
Do you have an HD card? I assume you do because you need to monitor it, right?
Lex
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Sorry Decklink Pro doesn’t have analogue in. That would be the Multibridge extreme.
Lex
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Log and Capture the HDV native in a separate FCP project and software convert the files via compressor to DVCPRO 100. Then open your DVCPRO 100 project with the Varicam footage import the new files and edit away. You could toss the HDV footage but keep the FCP file encase you need to recapture the HDV original. Hope that helps. (the software conversion route retains image sharpness over the analog conversion route.)
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Hello,
I found this storage calculator which is quite handy.
https://www.aja.com/support_kona.html
scroll down the download page to the storage calculator
DVCPRO HD is only 14.5 MByets/second. 30 hours of DVCPRO HD is only 1.57 TB. This is actually about half the size of a Digibeta uncompressed. You didn’t say how many hours of HDV you had but it is only 3.32MBytes/second or 12 GB/Hour which is actually slightly smaller than DV files.
So why go small picture when HD is really here! You should get an HD Monitor but you can still downconvert in real time and view analog.
Good Luck,
Tim
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No it doesnt but you could get there SDI to component D/A.
Scott Davis
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There’s even a widget for storage calculation:
https://digital-heaven.co.uk/videospace/what will this button do?
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