Posted by Tadeusz Krzeminski on 10/25/07 22:31

On 22-10-07 8:41, in article
1193038882.741926.78310@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com, "Wotcha"
<kirbister@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 Oct, 16:20, Tadeusz Krzeminski <krzem...@onet.pl> wrote:
>> On 18-10-07 7:01, in article
>> 1192687319.471297.228...@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com, "Wotcha"
>>
>> <kirbis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What would people recommend I transfer the footage onto - in order to
>>> preserve the quality at reasonable cost? I would like the option of
>>> producing a HD version of the DVD in the future, although the source
>>> material actually dates from 1976!
>>
>> Finul Cut Pro is a good choice, the question is whether you have any video
>> interface with SDI inputs which easily allows you to preserve quality. If
>> yes, you have to consider which codec to choose for capture. Unfortunately
>> I'm not video editor and I can't give you any hint here.
>>
>> And if you can, just keep this tape for future. When HD recorders will
>> become a standard everywhere, you will be able to capture it easily again. I
>
>> don't think Digital Betacam become unreadable in the next couple of years as
>> almost every professional SONY machine nowadays (HDCAM, SRW etc.) is
>> backward compatible (for playback only).
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> Thanks for the suggestions. I have asked around for anyone with such
> an interface.

As far as I am concerned, AJA is the most reasonable choice.

http://www.aja.com/html/products_macintosh.html

>If anyone has suggestions on suitable codecs then feel
> free to chip in. In the past DV has been fine, but I'm conscious of
> wanting to 'up the quality' for any future usage.

ProRes 4:2:2 is a new codec inplemented in the lastets Final Cut Pro (6).
Might be worth to see it and to consider using it - seems to be future
proof. Expensive though...

> Is there a
> calculator for working out how much HD space I would need to store in
> various formats?

If you dig deeper, you should find some tools on the net.

Good luck!

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Pozdrawiam / Best regards

Tadeusz Krzemiński

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