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Clint Comer · January 30th, 2006, 07:02 PM

Hey guys, in the pursuit to sell my movie one of the requirements is a copy in digibeta. I shot the movie with my XL-2 so its standard mini dv. Is digibeta the same resolution? Is it as simple as plugging into a deck and transfering from my NLE? I have never worked with this format before so any info would be great. thanks.

Glenn Chan · January 30th, 2006, 07:11 PM

Digibeta is 720X486. The deck is somewhere around $40k and you will need a capture card and possibly a RAID array to handle outputting to tape. The easy way to get a digibeta copy done is to get the distributor to pay for it (rent a studio where they make the required dub).

Don Donatello · January 31st, 2006, 12:23 AM

another sort of easy way to get a digibeta ..

find a production/post house that has a digibeta deck and see what they charge to transfer from hard drive to digibeta ... you then find out what card they have ( decklink, avid, aja ) .. if they have a decklink with FCP - you then render out your project to their specs ( 720x486 using blackmagic 10bit 4:2:2 codec- QT- the codec is free at decklinks site) .. you then deliver it to them on a 1394 external drive ...
if they have avid = you use avid codec etc ...

January 30th, 2006, 07:02 PM	#1
Clint Comer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 144	Digi Beta Hey guys, in the pursuit to sell my movie one of the requirements is a copy in digibeta. I shot the movie with my XL-2 so its standard mini dv. Is digibeta the same resolution? Is it as simple as plugging into a deck and transfering from my NLE? I have never worked with this format before so any info would be great. thanks. __________________ Vlog On! http://youtube.com/clintus

January 30th, 2006, 07:11 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Digibeta is 720X486. The deck is somewhere around $40k and you will need a capture card and possibly a RAID array to handle outputting to tape. The easy way to get a digibeta copy done is to get the distributor to pay for it (rent a studio where they make the required dub).

January 31st, 2006, 12:23 AM	#3
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	another sort of easy way to get a digibeta .. find a production/post house that has a digibeta deck and see what they charge to transfer from hard drive to digibeta ... you then find out what card they have ( decklink, avid, aja ) .. if they have a decklink with FCP - you then render out your project to their specs ( 720x486 using blackmagic 10bit 4:2:2 codec- QT- the codec is free at decklinks site) .. you then deliver it to them on a 1394 external drive ... if they have avid = you use avid codec etc ...