Question about editing HV20 footage at DVinfo.net

Paul Cascio · February 29th, 2008, 07:01 AM

I'm currently using a Sony HC1 and A1U, but am considering buying an HV20. I use Cineform NEO with Vegas for editing.
I was wondering how footage captured via HDMI will effect editing for me.

Will NEO work?

Are the resulting file sizes bigger?

Is editing/rendering slower?

Thanks

David Newman · February 29th, 2008, 10:37 AM

If you capture live from HMDI your quality goes up significantly, no MPEG artifacts, and 4:2:2 chroma resolution (i.e. doubles.) For live HDMI capture your data rate will increase, maybe 20%, editing speed in not impacted more than 5% for the increased datarate -- well worth it for the quality. If you use HDMI for tape captured content, the quality and editing performance with be unchanged from Firewire based captures.

February 29th, 2008, 07:01 AM	#1
Paul Cascio Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN) Posts: 1,192	Question about editing HV20 footage I'm currently using a Sony HC1 and A1U, but am considering buying an HV20. I use Cineform NEO with Vegas for editing. I was wondering how footage captured via HDMI will effect editing for me. Will NEO work? Are the resulting file sizes bigger? Is editing/rendering slower? Thanks __________________ Paul Cascio www.pictureframingschool.com

February 29th, 2008, 10:37 AM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	If you capture live from HMDI your quality goes up significantly, no MPEG artifacts, and 4:2:2 chroma resolution (i.e. doubles.) For live HDMI capture your data rate will increase, maybe 20%, editing speed in not impacted more than 5% for the increased datarate -- well worth it for the quality. If you use HDMI for tape captured content, the quality and editing performance with be unchanged from Firewire based captures. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman