My last post too.
"And I am not speaking about gaining any additional Data/colordepth/whatever by converting HDV to something else, and not about "better" data, but about a more manageable file and codec format, without the restrictions of handling a long-gop MPEG2 stream."
Once again a myth. What "restrictions" on long GOP MPEG-2? It's in a file on your disk. It's QT just like any other QT codec! (Why do you say it's "different?" Share it with anybody. Much better to send HDV via the net than ProRes. Your NLE inputs HDV just like any other codec. YOU have no awareness of what source is in what codec. Totally invisible to the editor.
"In FCP5 you had to render into your sequence codec (or into AIC) for HDV (no ProRes in FCP5), and you still have to render into HDV codec if you want to master back to a HDV tape."
And, in 2005 gas cost a few bucks. What's your point -- who didn't upgrade for $500?
And, of course, you have render to WHATEVER export codec you want to use. So when you make a BD disk you'll wind-up rendering to MPEG-2, AVC, or VC1-1. No matter what -- HD export via a file requires rendering to SOMETHING long GOP at some point.
PS: Apple may say no more codecs, but note they just gave us a nice complete set of XDCAM codecs. Clearly, Sony expect folks to edit XDCAM natively. (AVC-Intra and AVCHD must go to ProRes today, but not in the future.)
Best Regards,
Steve Mullen
Digital Video Consulting--Las Vegas
www.mindspring.com/~d-v-c
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