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XDCAMHD Offlining help…
I’m editing a feature shot on the Sony XDCAMHD, starting later in the month. There will likely be 30 disks shot at the HQ setting by the time all is said and done. I had planned to work at HDV bitrate (3.2Mbps) so I don’t need terrabytes of disk space to store everything in it’s raw 35mbps state. Is there a way to use the Sony Transfer software but bring in the footage at a different setting? Of course in the end I will want to consolidate the final project and “redigitize” it at the full 35mbps bitrate. Will this work with the Transfer software or am I better to bring in the footage traditionally using the HDSDI on my Kona LHe?
much thanks.
Marcus R. Moore
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Umm…
HDV is 25 Mb/s, which off the top of my head is something like 3.2 MB/s- bits vs Bytes. I’m making a rough calculation that you’ll need around 480 GB of storage for 30 hours of footage at 35Mb/sec (around 4.4 MB/sec). Unless you’re planning on conforming as 1080 uncompressed, you should be very comfortable 1TB of disk space.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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Colour me stupid me on that one. But colour me happy for being able to work at full resolution as well…
Marcus R. Moore
Disproportionate Pictures -
That’s the beauty of some of the newer codecs. You don’t need to offline if you’re working with DVCPro HD or XDCam HD.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog
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