Tape Format compatablility (Canon/Sony) at DVinfo.net

Steve Sobodos · March 13th, 2008, 10:38 PM

I shot a wedding 2nd camera with my A1 and gave the tapes to the primary videographer. He shoots Sony HDV and it didn't even occur that he would not be able to read the tapes in his camera. I shot in HDV 30P. Now I need to find a way to 'transport the footage' to him (three tapes worth).

I could use my TMPGEnc 4.0 to convert the captured footage to M2T but how to get him the files? It would fill a bunch of DVD's when footage is about 4 minutes per Gigabyte.

Lloyd Coleman · March 13th, 2008, 11:18 PM

External hard drive.

Bill Watson · March 14th, 2008, 12:34 AM

Can you not just give him your camera along with the tapes and get him to download to his computer?

I assume he can read m2t flies?

Jason Livingston · March 14th, 2008, 01:32 AM

It depends on what editing system he is using. If he is using FCP then he can work with 30F no problem, but FCP can't import .m2ts files without doing a recompression using a 3rd-party program, so you'd probably want to lend him your camera to capture from. OTOH, there may be some NLEs that can import .m2ts natively but can't deal with Canon's 30F, so you'd have to recompress the files as 60i using an NLE or other processing program that understands 30F.

Was he shooting 30P or something else on his Sony? If he shot 60i then it isn't a big deal to convert your 30P to 60i, but if he shot 24P then you've got a bigger problem.

Chris Hurd · March 14th, 2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Sobodos

He shoots Sony HDV and it didn't even occur that he would not be able to read the tapes in his camera. I shot in HDV 30P.

Yeah, he won't be able to play your tapes. Canon's HDV 30p mode can only be played back with other Canon HDV camcorders. Best route for you to go in my opinion is for you to capture the tapes yourself and hand him a hard drive.

Steve Sobodos · March 14th, 2008, 09:32 AM

I thought about the camera lending and I might have to do that but he lives in an adjacent county - not real close. The external hard drive is an interesting idea. They are cheap enough that I could buy one put the files on it and ship it to him. He can download the files and ship it back.

I am using Cineform with Premiere 1.5.1 right now so I can either make MPEG2 or QT files for him to use.

March 13th, 2008, 10:38 PM	#1
Steve Sobodos Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Forest, CA Posts: 106	Tape Format compatablility (Canon/Sony) I shot a wedding 2nd camera with my A1 and gave the tapes to the primary videographer. He shoots Sony HDV and it didn't even occur that he would not be able to read the tapes in his camera. I shot in HDV 30P. Now I need to find a way to 'transport the footage' to him (three tapes worth). I could use my TMPGEnc 4.0 to convert the captured footage to M2T but how to get him the files? It would fill a bunch of DVD's when footage is about 4 minutes per Gigabyte.

March 13th, 2008, 11:18 PM	#2
Lloyd Coleman Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 256	External hard drive.

March 14th, 2008, 12:34 AM	#3
Bill Watson Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Noosa Queensland Australia Posts: 248	Can you not just give him your camera along with the tapes and get him to download to his computer? I assume he can read m2t flies?

March 14th, 2008, 01:32 AM	#4
Jason Livingston Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 71	It depends on what editing system he is using. If he is using FCP then he can work with 30F no problem, but FCP can't import .m2ts files without doing a recompression using a 3rd-party program, so you'd probably want to lend him your camera to capture from. OTOH, there may be some NLEs that can import .m2ts natively but can't deal with Canon's 30F, so you'd have to recompress the files as 60i using an NLE or other processing program that understands 30F. Was he shooting 30P or something else on his Sony? If he shot 60i then it isn't a big deal to convert your 30P to 60i, but if he shot 24P then you've got a bigger problem.

March 14th, 2008, 09:32 AM	#6
Steve Sobodos Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Forest, CA Posts: 106	I thought about the camera lending and I might have to do that but he lives in an adjacent county - not real close. The external hard drive is an interesting idea. They are cheap enough that I could buy one put the files on it and ship it to him. He can download the files and ship it back. I am using Cineform with Premiere 1.5.1 right now so I can either make MPEG2 or QT files for him to use.