[Chris Coote]

Thanks for your replies.
What about the conversion to 59.94 for delivery?
Do you drop the 23.98 sequence into a 59.94 timeline
or do the conversion directly through the Blackmagic or AJA card?
Still a little unclear on how this works in FCP.
Any issues with moving graphics looking jittery?

[Chris Coote]

We need to deliver a 59.94 HDCAM master. The only reason
the client wants to shoot 23.98 is for the “filmlook”.
If we were to edit in a 23.98 timeline, how easy is it convert that
to 59.94 for output? Would we not run into issues with jumpy credit rolls and other field based effects looking like crap? Sorry if these are noob questions, but this is the first time we have had to deal with 23.98.
DVCPRO HD is out of the question for offline because of the amount of footage needed to be captured: 26 episodes x 3 cameras. That’s why
we were thinking of apple dv.

[Chris Coote]

Mark
Just curious…what would your workarounds be for recapturing motion effected clips accurately?
Thanks

[Chris Coote]

Tom
What do you mean by affiliate clips?
Any experience with the frame accuracy question?
thanks

[Chris Coote]

Are you not taking a bit of quality hit going from HDCAM to DVCPROHD?
I guess prores should hopefully be the solution…although unproven at this point.

[Chris Coote]

Thanks for the responses.
I don’t think any graphics are being done at the offline stage
so the aspect ratio shouldn’t be a problem. I know DVCPROHD works well with FCP but they want to shoot HDCAM (the broadcaster doesn’t accept DVCPRO HD, at least not for acquisition.) So I guess that leaves uncompressed HD or Pro-res for online. How do the various hardware options compare when it comes to playing back HD without dropping frames or other problems. The AJA HD box looks very interesting but I don’t think it’s shipping yet and we wouldn’t want to put anything that new into production right away. We haven’t bought anything yet so we don’t necessarily have to go the blackmagic route. Anyone out there pumping out shows regularily in HD (not DVCPROHD)?

[Chris Coote]

OK, good to know some other people out there are in a similar boat regarding large amounts of media and having to recapture.
Plain old DV would be our preference since it provides a decent picture with reasonable file sizes. I’m still a little unclear as to whether it’s an issue going from a 720×480 – 29.97 sequence to a 1920-1080 – 59.94 sequence.

When you talk about specific hardware to make it work are you referring to the IO card (blackmagic) or something else?

In your situation are you recapturing in HD or SD? If HD, which codec?

I am trying to avoid the anger and frustration…that’s why I’m here
trying to do my homework. Unfortunately allowing lots of time to test might be out of our control.

[Chris Coote]

Does this mean we need to offline at 1080i – 59.94? That doesn’t seem right.
In the Avid we just offline at anamorphic DV 29.97 then change the format to 1080i 59.94 and recapture.
Does FCP have a hard time converting a 29.97 sequence to 59.94 when it’s time for the redigitize? What codec would you suggest for offine in order to keep the file sizes down? There is going to be a lot of footage to be captured. We need a seamless transition from offline to online.
Forgive my ignorance, we’re still early in the process of learning about FCP.

[Chris Coote]

Thanks for your responses. Could someone give me the quicky explanation on how I would go about transfering the footage and bin info that is digitized after the main drive has left the building?
Thanks

[Chris Coote]

Never mind…the installer put the codec in the wrong folder.