Andrew Kimery
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Walter,
Yes, the lowest quality setting on the EX cameras does not record 1080 at full raster.[gary adcock] “Yeah Andrew
we are talking about TAPE here.
HDCam is a TAPE format (8bit 3:1:1 recorded at 1440×1080) and walter was correct. “
Even when talking about tape based cameras not all of them use non-square pixels. Walter is correct in that there are a number of different non-square pixel formats but stating that all HD camera formats use non-square pixels is not correct.-Andrew
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A slight correction to Walter’s post would be to say that most HD cameras do not record to full raster codecs. Some examples of cameras that use full faster codecs are 720p HDV cameras, the EX1 & EX3, and AVCIntra cameras.
-A
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What you see in the Viewer is not affected by the compression settings in the timeline. What you see in the Canvas *is* affected by the compression settings in the timeline. So, for example, if you have a nice, hi-res PSD it will look clean in the Viewer. If you drop it into a DV-NTSC timeline the PSD will get totally pummeled by the DV codec and look worse in the Canvas. What you see in the Canvas can also be affected by the different RT display options.
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I believe LP mode is less robust (more prone to have dropouts or other kinds of errors) than SP mode but don’t take my word on it as I haven’t studied the differences between the two modes in depth.
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A 124min tape should get your 1hr of DVCPro HD in LP mode. A 66min tape will only get you 33min of DVCPro HD in LP mode.
-A
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Mark,
It’s funny you mention the VHS thing because DVCPro HD has SP and LP modes as well. AFAIK DVCPro tape durations are labeled for DV25. So a 124min tape will get you 2hrs of DV25, 1hr of DV50 and 0.5hrs of DVCPro HD in SP mode (or 1hr of DVCPro HD in LP mode).
-A
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Your only options are to upgrade to FCS2 or have someone w/FCS2 capture the clips and transcode them into a codec you can work with.
-Andrew
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To expand on what Shane said, load an Easy Setup in FCP (DV50-NTSC for example), select the sequence, hit command+0 to show the sequence settings and use those settings as guide line for transcoding the ripped DVD footage into something useful. MPEGStream Clip is a good, free app that will let you take a non-copy protected DVD and transcoded the footage into a number of different codecs.
-A
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Straight from the 80’s was my first impression as well. The old Avid branding seemed almost iconic to me. Maybe that’s cause I really learned editing on an Avid but I was surprised they went in such a different direction.
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If you can go progressive, go progressive. No fields to worry about, it compresses cleaner, and deinterlacing always toss picture info away (the question is just how much). If you already have a bunch of money invested in an interlaced workflow then you’ll have to do your own cost/benefit analysis, but if you are starting from square one progressive is better option, IMO.
-A
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