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Super. How about the DF or NDF?
Should I have the audio on Line, Mic or Cam?
Hopefully these record 30 min tapes even though the indicator only goes to 15 min on the VA-5.
Speaking of the VA-5, how about these settings: PB/EE, LNG/AFM?
Thanks!

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Yes! It works. So that’s where the play controls are. Great Matte 🙂
Any tips for the settings in that other flip-down control panel on the front of the BVV-5? VITC, F-Run/R-Run, Realtime, DF/NDF, advance, shift.

For the component input on the VA-5 this should do the trick, right?
https://store.yahoo.com/yhst-3455591325931/3b-e26m-6.html

Thanks
J

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Matte, I greatly appreciate all the knowledge you shared. Thank You,
J

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“If you want the highest quality, you’ll want to use a component signal to BetaSP coming from a breakout box that will process uncompressed from the computer.”

Then to accomplish this I would want to follow this advice from a previous post, right?:

“But you must have a special cable that will fit your breakout box’s component output jacks on one end AND with a plug that fits that “camera” multi-pin input jack on the other (rather expensive cable, I’d think.)”

Any idea what this kind of cable is called or where to get one. Also, why do you not use one if it is the best soltuion for the inputting to the BVV-5?

Thanks so much for all your time!
J

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Check it out:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=ARTUBEPAC&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=150665

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So with your set-up, you find that using the BNC Composite input of the VA-5 gives very good quality?

I am making SP tapes for several Adelphia commercials and want to give them the best quality I can achieve.

My source material usually ends up being uncompressed AVI, as oppossed to DV compressed AVI.

I guess the ultimate question is what hardware you recommend to get this uncompressed avi into the VA-5? Is it possible to avoid tranferring in DV and just use the uncompressed avi if I am using a breakout box connected via firewire??

Thanks Again :o)

Since I am using the to export

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Matte, you wrote:
“You connect the output of your computer’s DAC-2 to the BNC video input of the VA-5.”

So it only takes one cable to connect a breakout box to the VA-5? That BNC must be a good cable. Where do you recommend I get one from?

For optimum quality, I would have thought you use the 3 component outputs of the breakout box to connect to the VA-5, rather than the BNC cable.

Much Thanks,
J

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The Behringer Eurorack UB802 Mixer looks perfect. Though I already have a Tube Pac Professional Tube Preamp/Compressor with XLR i/o and 1/4″ i/o. Will this serve the same purpose of raising the line level into the BVV-5?
J

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Great response Matte

A few more questions:

1) What is the best choice (under $1000) to go from your computer to the BVV-5 Betacam SP, if not the DAC-2… Maybe the DAC-10?

2) Ever heard of the Pinnacle Reeltime breakout box? I may be able to get one of those. They are kind of old, but do offer component video at a 13mb/s transfer.

3) Anyone know if Reeltime works on XP, not just NT???

4) I just ordered a VA-500 playback adapter yesterday. That is only composite out, correct? Any thoughts on the best way to connect it to an ext. monitor?

5) Don’t laugh at this one: I am looking at getting the Sony PVM-1350. What is up with the i/o jacks on the back? Those don’t look anything like the normal composite/component jacks on my HDTV. Where do I get cables that will fit in those holes? Please check out this picture get a better idea of what I mean:
https://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PVM-1350-Color-13-Pro-Video-Monitor_W0QQitemZ7560942644QQcategoryZ21517QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks again Matte and everybody!
J