Need Advice Using a DVD Recorder w/ EX footage

[Matt Davis]

Originally Posted by Paul Newman

Does FCP output an HDV stream from the timeline - Realtime?

Yes, via FireWire, which can go into a camera such as the Z1, or to a deck such as the M15, which will downconvert to SD in real time for viewing on a standard CRT monitor.

And @L.J. Morelli - yes, 1080i works, 1080p HDV works (when I use the EX1's 25 Mbit codec, so it's still technically HDV). But now I'm using 720p almost exclusively, so may go Matrox MXO2... But I digress...

[Paul Newman]

So FCP can produce a realtime HDV transport stream from the timeline which can be recorded directly to tape - very clever indeed.

Paul