[Uli Kunkel]

You could also check out http://www.miranda.com and try their HD-Bridge. It will take your HDV and convert directly to HD-SDI while keeping timecode. It works with the JVC and Sony HDV formats.

I’m avoiding this solution right now, however. The HD-Bridge is a fabulous product, but I’m taking my HDV footage to film, and I want to avoid the generational loss.

[Uli Kunkel]

Are you saying that you can capture DV via firewire and transcode to DVCPRO at the same time?

[Uli Kunkel]

Thanks for the advice. I have a KONA 2 card and a 2TB RAID array. I can convert the PAL to NTSC using a program called DV Atlantis. However, we are finishing to 35mm film. So, wouldn’t it be beneficial to keep the PAL in PAL format and convert the NTSC to PAL?

Also, consider that film is 24fps, so if I’m editing with PAL, should I 24@1 or conform to 25p doing 24@25?

Converting everything to 8-bit uncompressed won’t be hard with the KONA.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.