aspect ratio question

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teupaksa

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hello.
i am using videopier to capture m2t files to my mac and then convert to mov-files with clipwrap. that way my clips will have names after recorded date and time...

BUT, i capture hdv from my canon xha1 and the aspect ratio is 1440x1080. and my converted files from videopier is 1920x1080... does this matter?? i have read that canon uses some kind of pixel shift technology, and that the xha1 is actually 1920x1080...

so maybe it is videopiers interpretation of the movie and that i dont have to worry about the mov-file showing as 1920x1080 instead of 1440x1080 when captured through fcp?

what do you guys or gals think?

i would appreciate some help on this issue, as i am trying to create a workflow with hdv where i can get the recorded date and time information.

thanks,
teupaksa
 
anyone?
i was hoping that this eventually would be a benefit to all users of hdv and that more people would find it important to address the issue of achieving recorded date and time from hdv material... something fcp cannot do, unfortunately...
 
i don't know the answer to your problem, but i must say that we desperately need a STICKY on aspect ratios!
 
1080p HDV footage is not a full raster 1920x1080. Just like DVCPRO HD which is 1.5x pixel shifting in 1080 mode. If you bring it into FCP the 1440 and the 1920 should look the same.

HDV is a format of compromises.
 
so maybe it is videopiers interpretation of the movie and that i dont have to worry about the qualiy of the mov-file showing as 1920x1080 instead of 1440x1080 when captured through fcp?

sdshannon
essensially, the question is: do i get same quality capturing with videopier instead of fcp, despite the aspect-ratio information?
 
teupaksa said:
essensially, the question is: do i get same quality capturing with videopier instead of fcp, despite the aspect-ratio information?
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That depends on how well videopier converts the footage from 1440 into 1920. You could always do a short test comparing footage converted by videopier to the same footage captured by FCP natively and see if there is any discernible difference.


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