capture directly to windows premier pro

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badboy

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I have been told this was possible but have spent forever trying to work it out. Now I'm told by a technician at Raylight that it is not possible because Windows doesn't have drivers for Panasonic. I shoot greenscreen in a studio and would love to avoid the P2 expense. I have the CS3 suite. I am interested in the DVCpro50 capture specifically. So is this possible or impossible - that is the question?
 
You need to have at least ver. 3.1 of CS3 to process the MXF files in PrP. The tool to use is Onlocation, it will take the video stream via firewire and record directly to disk (then you import the files to PrP). Lot of info, you might try the Premiere forum.

The HVX drivers for Windows are available from Panasonic. You got bum scoop from the Raylight guy.

BTW, Onlocation does not install automatically with the CS3 suite. It is on a separate disk, and is installed separately (its actually a Serious Magic product bought up by Adobe.)
 
Yes, been using On Location for years and love it. I did experiments to see how it recorded in the DVCPro50 mode. There is no setting to tell what it is receiving and I couldn't find out if On Location just understands and captures in 4:2:2 color etc when being fed this signal. The color did look richer, the file was 2X DV but I didn't really pull an appreciably better key from it. Perhaps it simply records whatever signal comes its way regardless of format and I had solved my problem and didn't know it. Looked for the answer for this one a lot on web and in user manual etc. Thanks for your response. I’ve gobbled up many hours trying to work this out.
 
Capture with OnLocation is bit-for-bit identical with DVCPRO HD/50 -- you've got no worries.

Whether or not you pull a better key, of course, also depends on factors other than the color sampling -- proper lighting, spill control, interlaced vs. progressive, etc. -- but you knew that. :)
 
Wow, On Location is even more of a miracle product than I thought. Been using it for years in the DV rack days. I assume then that all of the modes of HVX output (not including 720P) are bit recordings to On Location and so it is the perfect complement for studio work.
 
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