hi hector, thankyou verymuch for the guidance,
Capture FireWire to FCP (yes… I know it’s an avid question)
in FCP you can FW captur HDV straight to ProRes HQ.
Avid should be able to link to these files via AMA even on a PC.
ProRes files are just as good quality as a high DNX but they don’t require expensive hardware to be captured.
If you don’t count the Mac 🙂
ProRes HQ is 27.5 MBs on your drive. And is definitely good enough for mastering…
your real problem BTW is HDV… It’s not a good format.
after gone through all the pros & cons, from three given option ideally thought of settling down to above mentioned,
again my queries is
what would be the better way to transcode prores HQ files for offline edit?, which we send it through ftp(for the offline edit)
is that any stand alone third party application for capture & Transcode?
eventually HDV is just for timebeing,
cheers
riaz khan