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January 26th, 2008, 01:14 PM
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Vegas Pro 8 project settings/Cineform HDV capture
I downoaded a trial version of Cineform HDV, and used it to capture HDV clips from my Canon XH-A1. I used the default Cineform settings, except high quality instead of medium.
I'm ready to do the editing in Vegas. I will be burning a DVD for playback on SD TV, and I want to have the highest quality picture I can get. I'm looking for advice on project settings in Vegas. Should I use the NTSC DV template, or the HDV 1080-60i template? I'm thinking of using 32-bit floating point - does that sound appropriate? As I said, I'm looking for advice. |
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January 27th, 2008, 10:26 AM
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If you're going to use Cineform, then I would suggest you use the HDV1080i/60. Otherwise, I can see no reason to use Cineform, and would instead simply capture as DV.
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January 28th, 2008, 06:31 AM
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Stephen , im inthe same boat you are. I have a canon XHA1 , and 6 HDV tapes that i need to convert to the best quality from this camera. So i downloaded the trial version of HDV and HD. When my trial runs out ill have to buy NEO HDV and B&H photo.com . They have it for 219 or something like that. Cheaper than the cineform site. Im going with the HDV version because i didnt see any quality difference using the NEO HD. So id rather spend 200 than 600.
I captured one whole tape the other day. My settings were...... Preferences automatically convert to AVI- checked quality high - checked framerate automatic- checked I enabled smart rendering but i think im gonna try this off with a recapture resize video - none split file on scene changes 1 tape was 95 gig. I couldnt believe it. I think its because i enabled smart rendering. Did u have that enabled? |
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January 28th, 2008, 04:17 PM
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I used the exact same settings as you did, except I did NOT have smart rendering enabled. |
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January 28th, 2008, 05:18 PM
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yea , im gonna disable smart rendering and see how big my file size is tonight . And also if the playback is better on WMP classic. Im sure i wont notice a difference in picture quality.
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January 28th, 2008, 05:19 PM
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then , im gonna render something small in vegas 7 , until i get 8 , and see what the best settings are for that as well.
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January 28th, 2008, 08:31 PM
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January 29th, 2008, 06:26 AM
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stephen , last night i captured the same tape using cineform hdv but this time disabled smart rendering and it came out to be 70 gig , instead of 95 gig.
Im gonna get two 500 gigs and raid stripe them so i get a total of 1000 gig and itll be faster and cheaper than just one tarabite drive. Ill put my vegas production .veg files on another drive thats mirrored so i dont loose any information. Im gonna render a clip in vegas tonight and see what gives me the best possible picture for my jvc 70inch display. my TV takes 1080i so i think ill keep that framerate , but if vegas allows me to change to progressive , ill try that too. My vp50 can take the 1080p and deinterlace it to 1080i for my TV which then converts it back to 1080p. I have a feeling that just leaving it 1080i is better for me because theres less processing invloved........ |
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January 29th, 2008, 04:14 PM
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January 31st, 2008, 06:25 PM
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stephen , sorry i havent replied back with some news , ive been busy trying to finish up my kitchen. Im at the end of my remodeling project. I have a copy of vegas 8 pro , so im gonna install it tonight and this weekend do some short editing and rendering. I havent forgotten about you.
Chris |
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