Re: Intensity(Pro) vs CineForm

Hi all

thanks a lot for your replies!

For ingest, I'm quite happy with straight transfer thru firewire (I have the Sony FX1 which doesn't have HDMI, so there's nothing there to be gained by using the Intensity). I then have to transcode to CineForm/MJPEG anyway (CineForm has it's own capture tool as well).

From what I've heard CineForm definitely is the better codec. But is there an affordable way to get a (more or less) real time output of the CineForm timeline to projector/(video)monitor (component or hdmi; hdsdi is too expensive...)? Eg could I output a CineForm timeline to the Intensity during edit? Is using a secondary graphics card/port going to allow for accurate color correction etc? Would a Quadro FX 560 be better at this? I'm OK if this output only works in real time when the effects are rendered.

I expect having the following workflow: HDV(m2t) -(ingest)-> intermediate [-(after effects etc)-> intermediate] -(final render from PPro2)-> intermediate -(render for output to tape)-> HDV. I understand neither AfterEffects7 nor PPro2 can directly render to m2t, right?

Thanks a lot

-- Kyle