Ernie Santella
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I found that AAC audio files work fine. If you output from FCP, using Quicktime Conversion, change the audio from Linear PCM to AAC. Works like a champ.
But, I found that Telestream Episode seems compress cleaner on the video using their program.
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Just a question. Is there a P2 card reader for down-loading into your computer? Or do you guys use the camera with Firewire/SDI out?
Seems like it would cool if there was a standalone card-reader unit with an eSata/FW800 port to quickly down-load to a hard-drive. Maybe this is my Million-dollar idea!!!
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I found the article. The only reason he states to go external is that some drives may be too large to fit. Nothing about quality or heat issues. Just size.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/taming_the_wild_blu.html
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Fastmac has one.
FastmacI bought the Lacie external. Works like a champ.
LacieWhat’s funny is I just read a post from a guy who backing up to Flash drives instead of Blu-Ray discs. With the price dropping faster on Flash drives than Blu-ray media, sooner or later, it’s gonna’ be about the same!
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I was referring to the F and H series tape-based Varicams. It’s great the new P2 versions have the built-in down conversion.
Ernie Santella
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They better not kill the HDX900. I’m sticking with tape for a while.
Ernie Santella
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The Varicam doesn’t have a built-in down-converter. You have to hang one of those AJA SDI-to-NTSC units on the side of your camera to get that. Kind of a pain to mount it and power it. Not to mention the expense also.
The HDX900 has it built-in.
Ernie Santella
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It’s a little tricky. First, you have use the back ‘VIDEO OUT’ BNC tap, not the side MONITOR tap. Then you have to put the side door panel switch into the ‘VBS’ setting.
In the Main Menu (Hold down the front menu button for 4 seconds) under SYSTEM SETTINGS, select DOWNCON SETTING. There you get options for Letterbox, Crop or Squeeze, plus some control over detail and other settings for the down-conversion to NTSC.
I used the NTSC down-convert with a SteadiCam as well as my old NTSC field monitor. That was before I bought an HD-SDI monitor. It worked great. This was one of the main reasons I bought the 900 over a Varicam.
Hope that helps!
Ernie Santella
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There are no converters needed. The HDX900 outputs NTSC Standard Def. You just have to select it in the menu. You can also choose if you want letterbox or crop.
Ernie Santella
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