Peterson
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dank viel
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Hi,
I was going to post a similar question but this thread is perfect. I have offlined an NTSC BetaSP project using the DV codec to save space. Now when it comes time to up resolution I was planning on using the BM 8bit codec as that is what BetaSP is, 8 bit YUV 4:2:2. But from working the offline cut, I know that I will have to export several clips back to AE (7.0) again for stabilization once I recapture at the higher resolution. There are also quite a few color timing problems. Does it make any sense / difference to select these particular clips for 10 bit capture to help with the back & forth with After Effects, that is in terms of quality loss, etc? Is 8 bit adequate or should I capture everything @ 10 bit? I’d rather not, because I think I might be pushing the abilitiy of my two drive SATA raid ( BM speed tested at around 125 read/write).
Thank you,
peter
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Howdy,
this should work fine, does with my system w/Decklink Extreme.
Attach the B-Y & R-Y cables from DLink to your Betacam SP deck as usual, but take the Y component cable and instead of connecting it to the Y component input, run it instead to the ‘reference’ video input. There are two of these reference video BNCs, one above the other. Now attach the DeckLink Y to the bottom ‘reference’, then attach a separate short bnc cable from the top ‘reference’ bnc back to the Y component input. You have now essentially looped the Decklink Y through the reference input and should be set. -
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Attach the B-Y & R-Y cables from DLink to your Betacam SP deck as usual, but take the Y component cable and instead of connecting it to the Y component input, run it instead to the ‘reference’ video input. There are two of these reference video BNCs, one above the other. Now attach the DLink Y to the bottom ‘reference’, then attach a separate short bnc cable from the top ‘reference’ bnc back to the Y component input. You have now essentially looped the Decklink Y through the reference input and should be set.
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hi –
I have done both updates and so far so good. Note that I am not doing anything particularly complex, not much more than logging and capturing at the moment, but the particular project was begun in previous updates and seems OK with the newest… so far.
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Thanks for all replies. I will feel less nervous in taking jobs without hesitation – which undoubtedly will place me on systems much newer than MC v7.1!
Great forum, hope I can likewise be of help on topics in future.
Oh – peterson and peterallen are same person – I was somehow double registered and Ron L left me with this one. -
Oops, my mistake: that seems to have been the problem. Thanks for the tip & your time –
pete
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I read somewhere here that RT effects in FCP are not yet supported with JPEG?? Just beginning with FCP, spent the last many years on Avid and just now re-surfacing into a much changed NLE world so all input is very much appreciated.
Anyway, thanks very much for the tip and taking the time to reply –peter
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I actually do know better about component monitors – been using the 20″ Sony PVM20-M4U at work for years. I am just now stepping out of Media Composer into my own FCP system and being a bit cheap.
I will go for the Decklink Extreme, though. Everything I read seconds your opinion.
Noticed that you’re in Dallas – I was born and raised there, although been up in New York for a long time.
Great spots, by the way. I am fascinated by the economy and terseness required while working within the :30 second margin – perhaps especially because I’m just surfacing out of a very long documentary project.
Thanks again for all of your time and good advice.Peter
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Thanks for your reply. Now the next question is… which decklink card? I went to the site and there are a lot of flavors. My needs now are simple enough but it would be great to aniticipate the future somewhat. Do you also work with final cut pro? The Decklink Extreme seems a good bet for everything short of HD, but sort of demands a production monitor with component inputs.
Anyway, thanks.