Pam Timson
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Great! Now this old dinosaur is feeling the earth again! I’ve digitized 50 hours on a sony DSR-11 as a “capture now,” and settings to ignore drop outs. Footage stays synced. But can not use batch capture. If system fails I will look into Panasonic DVCpro25 deck as suggested. Question: Should I be viewing digitized material through certain hardware / software to make sure alls good, or if it sounds good and looks good on computer its okay and the rest will be handled in post? Can’t thank you enough for the help!
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Well that explains it and I did try to research my question through Wikipedia and it did completely confuse me! However I still have this nagging insecurity about my workflow strategy. I want to get the very best from these DV mini tapes. We hope to enter in film festivals. The tapes are old and won’t hold up under repeated play/digitizing. Are the settings kindly provided by Eric in a previous reply i.e. “FCP 6.06 DV NTSC preset” the very best I can get? Many thanks to all for your input!
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Yes I must be mixed up. I am trying to confirm the proper Capture Presets for DV mini tape shot on VX 1000 in standard definition. What is correct frame size and Aspect Ratio setting?
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Yes I must be mixed up. I am trying to confirm the proper Frame Size and Aspect Ratio for DV MIni footage shot in standard. Can you recommend? Using FCP 6.06 NTSC DV.
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That’s the thing sometimes I think it looks a little off and sometimes it looks okay. Fine line between 3:2 and 4:3. These tapes date to 1997 to 2004 and may not hold up under several captures. I want to be positive I have the right capture setting. Any ideas on how to be sure?
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I have been digitizing with a custom preset of 32 kHz and that solved the Audio Sample Rate issue, no more error messages and less syncing problems, so I guess I am on the right track. But what about the Frame size of 720×480 with NTSC DV 3:2 is that correct? I don’t mean to be difficult i just want to make sure I am doing things right. i don t want to digitize 500 hours in wrong Frame size.
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I have been digitizing with a custom preset of 32 kHz and that solved the Audio Sample Rate issue, no more error messages, so I guess I am on the right track. But what about the Frame size of 720×480 with NTSC DV 3:2, is that correct? I don’t mean to be difficult i just want to make sure I am doing things right. i to digitize 500 hours in wrong Frame size.
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In reference to test I just ran with Preset DV NTSC the Item Properties reads that the clip Frame size is 720×480 so assume its still 3:2 and its supposed to be 4:3?
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Yes, I believe so. If I click on “Audio/Video Settings” and under “Summary” tab and choose “Capture Preset” “DV NTSC 48 kHz”, then click “Capture Preset” the DV NTSC 48 kHz is highlighted. If I click “Edit” a warning message comes up “the selected preset is locked and cannot be modified.” When the computer creates a copy (that provides more information about the presets) it reads: NTSC DV (3:2); Frame Size 720×480; and compressor DV/DVCPro-NTSC.
Okay I just conducted a test by digitizing a tape using computer preset DV NTSC 48 kHz. The following error message appears: The audio sample rate of one or more of your captured media files does not match the sample rate on your source tape. …this may cause files to be out of sync Make sure the audio sample are of preset matches tape.”
How do I find out wether the clip was digitized in 3:2 or 4:3 ? Wow talk about digitizing 101!
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Ummm “3:2 is a pull-down…24p” and I shot standard so I assume that means that the 50+ video that I already digitized as Capture Preset “DV NTSC 48 kHz” with the width/height at 720×480 and Aspect ratio as NTSC DV (3:2). needs to be re-digitized with a corrected aspect ratio, and that correct setting is “NTSC” with a width/height 640×480 and Aspect Ratio of NTSC (4:3)? Did I take a wooden nickel?