Hey, I make short films from time-to-time with DV video cameras. You can check out one of mine here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqAV7zQGbwg. Anyway, I'm moving up to 1080i and need to know what kind of equipment I need besides a HDV camera. I have a relatively new dual core PC with 2GB ram and 8800GTS gfx card as well (getting more harddisk space soon). Can you who've successfully moved up to HD from SD tell me how you did it? Thanks in advance!
2007-10-18 04:31:09 · 3 answers · asked by rotciv_gan 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
I have Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 as well
2007-10-18 04:43:33 · update #1
Forgot to add - Is it better to shoot HD then downsample to SD DVD if the audience does not have any devices capable of playing HD-DVD or Blu-ray? Would there be a marked increase in quality than if I shot in miniDV?
2007-10-18 04:47:54 · update #2
Pet it, kiss it, then cherish it, it will be your best friend. Like the old Saying goes, HD is a mans best friend!
2007-10-18 04:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HDV is the same data rate as miniDV SD. that is why it can use the same tape. What happens in HDV to capture more pixels is to resort to temporal compression. That means motion is estimated over multiple frames using MP2 compression. This make editing somewhat more sophisticated as you just can't cut at any given frame.
This will produce a quality of picture similar to HD on broadcast television.
As you suspected, a DVD made from miniDV source will have better quality for SD display, particularly where camera or subject motion is involved. However HDV and widescreen display is the future so you probably should start shooting in that format when situations allow.
2007-10-18 14:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're familiar with editing MiniDV video, the process for HD cameras isn't all that different. The two variables are your editing software and your media devices.
First, you'll need a editing suite capable of working with HD video. Pinnacle has some packages that do that.
The last variable is what you're going to do with your video once you're done. If you have a recordable Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive and compatible player, you're set. Since you most likely don't have either, you'll need a media streaming device that can handle HD connected to your TV, like Netgear's Digital Entertainer.
You can find out more about these things below:
http://www.techlore.com/blog/entry/17130/Recording-and-Playing-HD-Home-Movies/
http://www.mydigitalentertainer.com
http://www.mydigitalentertainer.com/article/10064/Review--My-First-Experience-with-the-NETGEAR-Digital-Entertainer/
2007-10-18 11:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by Tie_Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋