Bill Dewald
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Just checked the specs at B&H, which affirms that it plays DV and HDV.
One possible gotcha – there are compatibility issues between some Canon HDV modes and some Sony decks. I’d do a test before, say, shooting a lot of progressive 1080 with a a Canon.
There have been detailed threads about this issue before – read up on it in the HDV forum.
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[Jennifer Marshall] “Sony GV-HD700 High Definition Walkman”
Right on. Had no idea that that came out. Looks perfect for you.
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[Michael Brown] “Would you suspect a conflict between 4.5 and the MBP, the DVI connection or OS 10.5.5 or something?”
4.5 on Leopard could very well be the culprit.
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[Sean ONeil] “Unless you’re mastering back to HDV tape later on, you should actually convert it to ProRes and not HDV. You’ll get an orange bar but you won’t get the “Unrendered” red bar.”
Assuming you have the system specs for ProRes.
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A reliable deck isn’t really a low-budget purchase. If you’re going to give it enough use that it makes sense for you to buy it, you should probably invest in a new deck with some sort of service plan.
That said, for the low budget route, i’m fond of the Sony GV-D900. I’ve used a lot of them, and you should be able to find them used for around 500-750 bucks.
Another low budget option is using a cheaper camcorder as a deck. The Canon HV30 will do both DV and HDV.
While you can look into HDV decks, which will play both HDV and DV footage, I wouldn’t recommend them, as they would be out of your budget.
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[Jesse Zesbaugh] “Easy solution to get it into something 48 DVD native?”
Cut in the native 32kHz, let compressor handle the transcode on export.
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[chris hayward] “Is this because I didn’t black and code the tape beforehand?”
No. Blacking HDV tape is useless, as timecode is recorded as the camera rolls.
You’ll have to log and capture around the TC breaks, or follow Alan’s suggestion about dubbing.
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If you’ve really rolled 90 minutes on a miniDV tape, you must have been in LP mode. Which is 32kHz audio.
LP mode causes endless headaches.
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Did it have the .omf extension on it?
Any odd charecters (spaces, slashes, etc.)?
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It’s entirely possible.
What are your system specs?
What is the source format (on the timeline)?
What format was the Quicktime file that finished? Can you use that as the source for the DVD, rather than recompressing the timeline?
Were there any “Frame Controls” used in the compressor batch? (that’s a biggie)
Can the place that’s making your transfer throw in a DVD backup from the master tape?