HDV Codec Question at DVinfo.net

Robert Bec · January 13th, 2009, 04:31 PM

Hi Guys

I have a question about capturing HDV do I use the pro res or pro res HQ codec to capture or just the standard HDV codec

I did a couple of test firstly using the HDV codec i noticed my data rate was around 3MB/sec and then i did a test with the pro res HQ and my data rate was around the 18MB/sec

Is there a difference which one should i use? I also noticed you don't get a log & Capture window with the Prores HQ setting as soon as you press log & Capture it starts capturing. One thing i loved was the scene detection awesome

regards

Robert

Mike Barber · January 13th, 2009, 04:55 PM

HDV/ProRes workflow options for FCP have come up several times in this forum. You will likely find you answer by following the link in http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/non-linea...p-6-0-5-a.html

William Hohauser · January 14th, 2009, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Bec

Hi Guys

I have a question about capturing HDV do I use the pro res or pro res HQ codec to capture or just the standard HDV codec

I did a couple of test firstly using the HDV codec i noticed my data rate was around 3MB/sec and then i did a test with the pro res HQ and my data rate was around the 18MB/sec

Is there a difference which one should i use? I also noticed you don't get a log & Capture window with the Prores HQ setting as soon as you press log & Capture it starts capturing. One thing i loved was the scene detection awesome

regards

Robert

ProRes should be more than enough for editing HDV. ProResHQ would be good if you were recording in a higher quality tape format.

January 13th, 2009, 04:31 PM	#1
Robert Bec Major Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 358	HDV Codec Question Hi Guys I have a question about capturing HDV do I use the pro res or pro res HQ codec to capture or just the standard HDV codec I did a couple of test firstly using the HDV codec i noticed my data rate was around 3MB/sec and then i did a test with the pro res HQ and my data rate was around the 18MB/sec Is there a difference which one should i use? I also noticed you don't get a log & Capture window with the Prores HQ setting as soon as you press log & Capture it starts capturing. One thing i loved was the scene detection awesome regards Robert

January 13th, 2009, 04:55 PM	#2
Mike Barber Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto ON Canada Posts: 731	HDV/ProRes workflow options for FCP have come up several times in this forum. You will likely find you answer by following the link in http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/non-linea...p-6-0-5-a.html __________________ Mike Barber "I'm laughing to stop myself from screaming."