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Mark Erickson
June 11, 2009 at 7:59 pm in reply to: After the promises, will I still love the EX3?

Hmmm…..
I’ll look into the BPAV folder information and the Sony clip browser.
More to investigate. That’s OK, I like to learn.

Thanks!

“Cognito Ergo Es”
Mark Erickson
September 30, 2008 at 9:34 pm in reply to: Total HDV Newbie Seeks Advice

Thanks- I’ve printed your advice and the trying different workflows.

I have a non-intel G5, will ProRes still work?

“Cognito Ergo Es”
Mark Erickson
September 26, 2008 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Total HDV Newbie Seeks Advice

I should have mentioned that.
Usual targets: SD DVD, BetaSP, various media formats (WMV, MOV, etc..) for internal streaming. We have no Blu-Ray players, HDTV monitors, but we will be getting them someday. “Be ready,” say the higher-ups. Hence this project.

Almost everything we have is pre-digital. The monitor is standad Sony CRT talking SD video from the the BetaSP PVW-2800. The BetaSP deck is taking beta component fro the AJA Kona LH (525/29.97).

Thanks!

“Cognito Ergo Es”
Mark Erickson
September 10, 2007 at 9:53 pm in reply to: Help: Aja Kona LH with no 16:9 analog out??

10-4.
I was hoping for a renderless timneline but I can make do.
Thanks for the reply.

I saw that AJA has a anamorphic coverter, but I think that’s only SDI, correct?
Mark Erickson
September 10, 2007 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Help: Aja Kona LH with no 16:9 analog out??

Smart question; “final output?”.

We are all analog. Betacam component machines. No SDI or firewire. Final out is to a Beta machine from the AJA component out. Product should be 16×9 letterboxed in a 4:3 raster/screen.

Best analogy: Looks like down converted HD as seen on SD cable TV. I hope this helps.
Mark Erickson
September 10, 2007 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Help: Aja Kona LH with no 16:9 analog out??

Thanks for the reply.
Getting my terms down, so correct me if I am wrong.
Anamorphic material = shot in 16×9 aspect ratio. Shot on Canon XL2. When played out of our ol’ DVCAM VTR, looks stretched vertically to fill the 4:3 screen.

Goes analog “into” our AJA like that. Under settings in FCP I can select capture anamorphic and edit anamorphic. What comes out of the AJA is full 4:3.

By letterbox do you mean overlay of black mattes top and bottom?
Or distorting the aspect ratio to 16×9 with black top and bottom?

Workaround: I solved it (sort of) by capturing in anamorphic and editing in not-anamorphic. FCP has to render the footage in the sequence timeline. I was hoping to avoid that.

I hope this helps.