Master delivery format for HV20 at DVinfo.net

Glenn Gipson · October 1st, 2007, 10:53 AM

I shot a feature with my HV20, and it's 94 minutes long, so what do I deliver (to the distributor) the final program on? There are no mini-DV or HDV tapes that go past 90 minutes, are there? Also, is it possible to transfer the file from right off of my Hard drive to HDCAM? If so, how would I prepare the format for such a transfer? Thanks.

Ray Bell · October 1st, 2007, 12:23 PM

blu ray is the answer

Kaku Ito · October 1st, 2007, 01:04 PM

I helped a film company who shot their feature film with XL H1, HDV that is and it was two hours long.

We used Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme with FCP with HDV timeline, output from Decklink HD's HDSDI to HDCAM. The transfer went fine and the film lab was surprised with the result. We had to separate it to two tapes tho.

I had few people provided opinions here in the forum which I really appreciate.

I hear in U.S., some labs take the data on a hard drive directly. Like Ray mentioned, you can save 50GB of contents back up on Bluray as data. It takes about 12 hours to make the disc though.

Oh, and if you, I assume you did, shot with 24 frame mode, then transferring to FCP from HV20 would not assure which field to start upon capturing. Just capture as 1080/60i anyway, then conduct reverse telecine with CinemaTool with the right field setting and the correct start frame of the cadence. If you get to it then I can help you figure that out by giving me the first few seconds of the captured footage.

Chris Hurd · October 1st, 2007, 01:25 PM

HDCAM is the world's most common format for HD broadcast masters. A film distributor should have no problem accepting an HDCAM master.

October 1st, 2007, 10:53 AM	#1
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	Master delivery format for HV20 I shot a feature with my HV20, and it's 94 minutes long, so what do I deliver (to the distributor) the final program on? There are no mini-DV or HDV tapes that go past 90 minutes, are there? Also, is it possible to transfer the file from right off of my Hard drive to HDCAM? If so, how would I prepare the format for such a transfer? Thanks.

October 1st, 2007, 01:25 PM	#4
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	HDCAM is the world's most common format for HD broadcast masters. A film distributor should have no problem accepting an HDCAM master. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

October 1st, 2007, 12:23 PM	#2
Ray Bell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,414	blu ray is the answer

October 1st, 2007, 01:04 PM	#3
Kaku Ito Trustee Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Posts: 1,382	I helped a film company who shot their feature film with XL H1, HDV that is and it was two hours long. We used Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme with FCP with HDV timeline, output from Decklink HD's HDSDI to HDCAM. The transfer went fine and the film lab was surprised with the result. We had to separate it to two tapes tho. I had few people provided opinions here in the forum which I really appreciate. I hear in U.S., some labs take the data on a hard drive directly. Like Ray mentioned, you can save 50GB of contents back up on Bluray as data. It takes about 12 hours to make the disc though. Oh, and if you, I assume you did, shot with 24 frame mode, then transferring to FCP from HV20 would not assure which field to start upon capturing. Just capture as 1080/60i anyway, then conduct reverse telecine with CinemaTool with the right field setting and the correct start frame of the cadence. If you get to it then I can help you figure that out by giving me the first few seconds of the captured footage.