Actual Resolution When Capturing Direct To Nle at DVinfo.net

Doug Fearman · February 23rd, 2007, 02:52 PM

Hi everyone,
If I capture footage directly from the "head" of my gs70 directly into FCP will the lines of resolution be more than if I first captured to mini-dv tape?
Thanks in advance.
Doug

Boyd Ostroff · February 23rd, 2007, 03:14 PM

Not sure what you mean by capturing from "the head" vs tape. You should be capturing through your camera's firewire port because that will give you digital data without any conversion.

But no matter how you capture, all NTSC DV is 720x480 pixels. It doesn't matter if you capture it live from the camera or by playing back a tape in the camera. It's all the same 1's and 0's, and the resolution is always 720x480.

Doug Fearman · February 23rd, 2007, 03:46 PM

Thanks Boyd.

February 23rd, 2007, 02:52 PM	#1
Doug Fearman Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: upstate new york Posts: 97	Actual Resolution When Capturing Direct To Nle Hi everyone, If I capture footage directly from the "head" of my gs70 directly into FCP will the lines of resolution be more than if I first captured to mini-dv tape? Thanks in advance. Doug __________________ Would someone turn on the lights!?

February 23rd, 2007, 03:46 PM	#3
Doug Fearman Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: upstate new york Posts: 97	Thanks Boyd. __________________ Would someone turn on the lights!?

February 23rd, 2007, 03:14 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Not sure what you mean by capturing from "the head" vs tape. You should be capturing through your camera's firewire port because that will give you digital data without any conversion. But no matter how you capture, all NTSC DV is 720x480 pixels. It doesn't matter if you capture it live from the camera or by playing back a tape in the camera. It's all the same 1's and 0's, and the resolution is always 720x480.