HDV archive

	Re: HDV archive by Michael Palmer on Jun 24, 2009 at 11:36:13 pm Depending on the Export file size from your master edits, why not use DVD or Blue Ray and export as Pro Rez. This would make a great master. You may need to split the master export from 2 -3 timelines but you could alway reassemble them again later. Good Luck Michael Palmer Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: HDV archive by Mike Cohen on Jun 25, 2009 at 4:20:15 am You could render back to HDV tape. Takes a while to render but then you have a tape - or make 2. Sure it's HDV but that is a lot better than a dead hard drive. Mike Cohen Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: HDV archive by Zane Barker on Jun 29, 2009 at 6:37:28 pm [Mike Cohen] "You could render back to HDV tape" Not the best option it would add another level of compression on the video. [Mike Cohen] "Sure it's HDV but that is a lot better than a dead hard drive" Hard drives are dirt cheep these days. By a hard drive dock and a couple of bare hard drives, and simply put the same master file on both drives, that way if one drive dies you still have the other. There are no "technical solutions" to your "artistic problems". Don't let technology get in the way of your creativity! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: HDV archive by Jerry Alto on Jun 25, 2009 at 11:19:04 pm Craig- I edit and archive most of my projects in HDV. Of course I use the ProRes render control option in the sequence settings in FCP. I also have a Kona LH on my Final Cut system so it gives me lots of options for tape output. I archive by exporting an HDV native quicktime movie. I then use Toast to archive on regular DVD-R. Toast lets you spread your file over multiple dvds and puts the software on the disks to re-build the file when its needed again . Blu-ray is nice but at $10 a disk verses $.10 for dvd-r its not much of a choice. HTH, Jerry G5 Dual 3GB Ram FCP Studio 6.02 External 1 TB SATA Raid 0 Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA Sony Z-1 GV-HD700 Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: HDV archive by Jerry Alto on Jun 26, 2009 at 3:57:43 am Craig- Don't you loose the benefits of prores when you export using hdv? Good question. I've gone down the path (and the assumption) that if I shoot, edit and export in HDV native I can't keep it any cleaner. Except for the added graphics and effects I have a clone of what I shot. But just what does the FCP 'render in ProRes' option do? I assume that every video render in the HDV timeline is rendered in ProRes... but when it is exported the ProRes is conformed to HDV. So I have the best of both worlds..... no re-compression on my basic clips and a clean codec on my video effects. And I have a very small file size. I digitize, edit and export in ProRes (an intraframe codec) when I know I'm going to have lots of layered graphics and effects to speed up the editing process, not for quality. I may be off base here. I hope someone jumps in an corrects me if I'm wrong. Jerry G5 Dual 3GB Ram FCP Studio 6.02 External 1 TB SATA Raid 0 Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA Sony Z-1 GV-HD700 Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: HDV archive by Jim McNally on Jul 4, 2009 at 4:18:27 am I'm contemplating on moving up from an SD workflow. Currently tape remains my archive and if the media is removed from the computer a simple batch capture will reload all my clips in the original timeline. If I record to a CF card and simultaneously to tape I will have instant file access and an archive. However if I remove the media and no longer have the CF card files the tape won't be much use will it? All the footage will be there but in raw form and not loaded by clip. Or will the timecode sync to the timecode from the original CF file and load the tape to the appropriate position? Jim McNally The Commercial Factory www.commercialfactory.com Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index