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capture settings for DVCAM format


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capture settings for DVCAM format
by Alan___C on Nov 28, 2006 at 9:11:57 pm

I used the FCP preset for DV NTSC to capture DVCAM footage, but it doesn't look like DVCAM quality, looks like a downconvert.

I want to create and "easy setup" for DVCAM, since it is not included in Apple's defualt list - but what should my settings be??

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Re: capture settings for DVCAM format
by Joe Paolo on Nov 28, 2006 at 9:51:40 pm

DVCAM is DV. Don't judge the quality from the capture screen. Look at the video out on a monitor to access quality.

joe

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Re: capture settings for DVCAM format
by bodgetastic on Nov 29, 2006 at 12:42:05 pm

If you're watching it from QuickTime player, you need to set the player to High Quality to make it look not offline. No idea why...

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Re: capture settings for DVCAM format
by Alan___C on Nov 29, 2006 at 2:04:59 pm

Yeah - thats what I thought - but when I watch it on a Broadcast Monitor the "print to video" from FCP still seems compressed and lower quality than playing directly from the master tape.

When you edit the Sequence settings there is a "quicktime video settings" choice automatically sets to DV NTSC - so I changed it to uncompressed 4:2:2 and it seems like I am now getting the full quality from the timeline.

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