720 50/60p analogue out to disc at DVinfo.net

Nigel Traill · July 8th, 2005, 08:03 PM

Obviously using one of the convertor options - analogue component out to HD SDI will deliver a signal that can be captured and edited on a NLE.

The questions I have are:

What are the costs and benefits over using the standard 720 24/25/30p to miniDV or hard drive?

What does one lose coming out analogue and converting via one of the third-party products?

I have one last question - how will the JVC 1080i output (either from the camera or HD50 deck) compare to the Z1 1080i output? (I know this may be a theoretical only at this time).

Cheers,

Nigel

Ken Hodson · July 8th, 2005, 11:54 PM

"What are the costs and benefits over using the standard 720 24/25/30p to miniDV or hard drive?"

Not compressing to HDV. Cost is a very expensive RAID setup and a analog to digital converter.

"What does one lose coming out analogue and converting via one of the third-party products?"

You loose the massive compression of HDV.

Frederic Segard · July 9th, 2005, 11:36 AM

Regardless of the very minor loss you might get going from analog to whatever third party converter, or directly to your HD component-in NLE. You will definitely get a much better picture compared to using the HDV codec.

Of course, carrying around your NLE or non-HDV HD deck around in the field might not be practical. But in a studio environment, this might be the best setup... capture directly on your NLE! I'd imagine you'd get killer keys with such a setup.

July 8th, 2005, 08:03 PM	#1
Nigel Traill New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 21	720 50/60p analogue out to disc Obviously using one of the convertor options - analogue component out to HD SDI will deliver a signal that can be captured and edited on a NLE. The questions I have are: What are the costs and benefits over using the standard 720 24/25/30p to miniDV or hard drive? What does one lose coming out analogue and converting via one of the third-party products? I have one last question - how will the JVC 1080i output (either from the camera or HD50 deck) compare to the Z1 1080i output? (I know this may be a theoretical only at this time). Cheers, Nigel

July 8th, 2005, 11:54 PM	#2
Ken Hodson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 1,315	"What are the costs and benefits over using the standard 720 24/25/30p to miniDV or hard drive?" Not compressing to HDV. Cost is a very expensive RAID setup and a analog to digital converter. "What does one lose coming out analogue and converting via one of the third-party products?" You loose the massive compression of HDV. __________________ Damnit Jim, I'm a film maker not a sysytems tech.

July 9th, 2005, 11:36 AM	#3
Frederic Segard Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 209	Regardless of the very minor loss you might get going from analog to whatever third party converter, or directly to your HD component-in NLE. You will definitely get a much better picture compared to using the HDV codec. Of course, carrying around your NLE or non-HDV HD deck around in the field might not be practical. But in a studio environment, this might be the best setup... capture directly on your NLE! I'd imagine you'd get killer keys with such a setup.