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Backup is really not an issue with AVCHD. I have a pair of 1TB USB drives. When I get back from a shoot, I copy the contents of each card to its own folder on one of the drives. Each night Carbon Copy Cloner backs the main drive up to the other one, so I have a backup.
Total cost of those two drives : $320
At 50 minutes of HD per 8GB card, I should end up saving money in the long run on tapes.
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#1) I realize that. The machine room was supposedly set up by a previous employee who supposedly knew what they were doing. That person has since left and nobody else here has tried to use it. A lot of it works just fine, I’m just trying to analyze the situation and plan a route of attack.
#2) The unit has a 805054 chassis attached to the bottom, which is properly connected between the various decks & the AJA. I’ve followed cables on all ports and confirmed they are connected to the same sources as the posted chart I am attempting to route from. The main unit, however, I cannot find a model number that corresponds with any unit on the company’s website. What I can find are the following:
Series 16 Video Audio Matrix
404091-03
It is a component video router.#3) I’ve spent the day trying to figure out if everything is plugged in correctly. Not going to assume it will just work, but before we hire someone to come in and configure it, I’m going to make sure everything is plugged in correctly.
#4) Basically, yes. An RS-422 cable has been run between the Sierra & all the decks, and another to the AJA. It is my belief (hard to get a straight answer out of people who don’t want to admit that they just don’t know) that this machine room was wired & the router installed when the Final Cut system was purchased. So I doubt there was an AVID on this before — in this facility. However I would venture a guess that the router was purchased used.
Has it ever worked before? Nobody here knows Final Cut Pro, or HD. That’s why they hired me. I know AJA & FCP, I’m just not a router/machine room expert. I can route something on the front panel, so long as it has been set up properly before I touch it.
Thanks for your help, Bob!
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No, it’s RS-422
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They are able to get it on tape in the camera because they’re not going through firewire. The DV format supports 4channels, but DV over FW doesn’t.
I wouldn’t use it anyway, because at 4 channels, it’s only 12bit 32khz, which is not recommended.
I don’t know about getting it back to tape. I’ve never delivered on DV.
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You can capture all 4 channels from the DV tape, but you have to make 2 passes. DV over FW only supports 2 channels at once. You have to capture the video and 1st 2 channels, then create a new clip with the same in & out, set up FCP to capture the second 2 channels (in the capture preset), set your deck/camera to output 3&4, then do another pass.
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There are two things to consider. Format, & aspect ratio.
If your DVCAM is shooting widescreen, I’d just downconvert out of the HDV camera while capturing. If the DVCAM is shooting 4×3, I’d shoot 4×3 DVCAM on the HDV camera.
It will be easiest in the editing process if you work with DVCAM from both sources. From what I’ve read, HDV converted to DV looks better than material shot in DV with an HDV camera.
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I use Soundtrack Pro for this. It’s pretty quick and easy to send your sequence to STP, then create a bus for 1, 2, 3, and 4, I add a little compression to the busses to even up the levels a bit, and then route each bus to it’s own output.
Then I export Channel Grouped, which will give me 4 separate files for each channel.
Drop those onto your FCP timeline, route them to the proper output there, and print to tape.
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The IoLA will not play DVCProHD out. It is SD only. Before you buy a new monitor to view HD, you’ll need to get a Kona card.
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Unless you’ve accidentally altered your setups, the DVCPro setting should capture a frame that is 720×480, which is the standard frame size for all DV-based formats.
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DV & DVCPro25 are the same thing. If you’re shooting regular DVCPro, just use the NTSC DV (or PAL DV, depending on where you are and what you’re shooting) preset. If you’re shooting DVCPro50 or DVCProHD, then use the appropriate easy setup.
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