Hdv-sd60p? at DVinfo.net

Robert Jackson · November 10th, 2006, 07:04 PM

Anyone tried capturing this format yet? I have one of these coming next Wednesday:

http://www.moviestuff.tv/c_15.html

I want to use my HD100 to capture some old 8mm family home movies for a project I'm working on right now. This projector apparently only works with cameras that can shoot at 60 fps, so I figured I'd shoot HDV-SD60P, but a quick look around found several threads on several forums where people were complaining about Final Cut Pro not recognizing the format. Of course, those were older threads. I have FCP 5.1.2 and I'm running it on a quad 3 GHz Mac Pro. Any insight?

Tim Dashwood · November 11th, 2006, 12:46 AM

That device is designed for NTSC and runs the film at 15fps, so I would use 30P on the HD100. The math should be pretty close, just make sure you set your shutter speed to 1/60 so that you don't see the film movement or flicker.

If you just want to transfer your 8mm to standard def for DVD, then use DV60i mode. This will also allow you to use 4x3 aspect ratio to match your original.

Robert Jackson · November 11th, 2006, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Dashwood

That device is designed for NTSC and runs the film at 15fps, so I would use 30P on the HD100. The math should be pretty close, just make sure you set your shutter speed to 1/60 so that you don't see the film movement or flicker.

If you just want to transfer your 8mm to standard def for DVD, then use DV60i mode. This will also allow you to use 4x3 aspect ratio to match your original.

Is that a delicate way of saying that nothing on Earth is going to capture HDV-SD60P? ;-)

Stephan Ahonen · November 11th, 2006, 11:29 AM

The same stuff that will capture high-def HDV will capture standard-def HDV, but definitely more stuff will work with standard DV, and DVD is SD anyway, so might as well capture at its native temporal and spatial resolution.

Tim Dashwood · November 11th, 2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert Jackson

Is that a delicate way of saying that nothing on Earth is going to capture HDV-SD60P? ;-)

No. I capture 480P60 all the time, but it necessitates the use of a m2t capture utility and then transcoding to another codec.
If you just need standard def, avoid the hassle and shoot in DV mode. You won't need 60P for your 8mm transfer device, just a 1/60th shutter speed.

November 10th, 2006, 07:04 PM	#1
Robert Jackson Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 390	Hdv-sd60p? Anyone tried capturing this format yet? I have one of these coming next Wednesday: http://www.moviestuff.tv/c_15.html I want to use my HD100 to capture some old 8mm family home movies for a project I'm working on right now. This projector apparently only works with cameras that can shoot at 60 fps, so I figured I'd shoot HDV-SD60P, but a quick look around found several threads on several forums where people were complaining about Final Cut Pro not recognizing the format. Of course, those were older threads. I have FCP 5.1.2 and I'm running it on a quad 3 GHz Mac Pro. Any insight?

November 11th, 2006, 12:46 AM	#2
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	That device is designed for NTSC and runs the film at 15fps, so I would use 30P on the HD100. The math should be pretty close, just make sure you set your shutter speed to 1/60 so that you don't see the film movement or flicker. If you just want to transfer your 8mm to standard def for DVD, then use DV60i mode. This will also allow you to use 4x3 aspect ratio to match your original. __________________ Tim Dashwood

November 11th, 2006, 11:29 AM	#4
Stephan Ahonen Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 512	The same stuff that will capture high-def HDV will capture standard-def HDV, but definitely more stuff will work with standard DV, and DVD is SD anyway, so might as well capture at its native temporal and spatial resolution.