Posted by doc on 09/20/05 03:56

thanks John. in our case we have to produce a 4:3 and apparently thats
where the audio issue surfaces as well as some video color issues. from
what i've been researching it has something to do with trying to make a 4:3
image on a 16:9 ccd and how it affects the pixel count controls??

doc

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The key to maintaining the integrity of both the HDV video and it's MPEG 2
> audio is in the post production. As far as the video goes the Canopus
> Edius SP is currently head and shoulders above any other HDV solution
> because of it's unique and rather clever HQ codec. It's format free time
> line allows HDV to be edited just like so called 'native HDV', mixed with
> any other type of media and output to any type of media including HDCAM
> but without the qualitative compromises of 'native HDV', such as provided
> with 'best of the rest' Final cut Pro 5.
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> As for the MPEG 2 audio the key is to digitise it into the system as 48K
> PCM before doing anything with it. Once it's PCM you can muck about with
> it 'till the cow come home and it won't be subject to further compression
> issues. The first generation MPEG 2 recorded to tape on such as the Z1 is
> quite good enough for most purposes and actually better then most other
> compact DV's because of the broadcast standard preamps.
> --
> John Lubran

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