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So i have a project shot on the hvx200 in 24pn. I have edited it in FCP and the client is asking for the best possible HD output to show the tape. I'm figuring I will output it to a DVCPROHD tape and when they need to show the tape at conventions, they will rent a DVCPROHD player and HD display with SDI input. I realize this is the most expensive way of showing it, but money isn't so much an issue. My question is whether I can output the project from my quad to a DVCPROHD deck (i only have firewire), or if I'm better off bringing my drive to a post-house and having them export it from a fibre drive.
I wasn't sure if my system can handle actually outputting or not, since I've never done it.
Any advice? Thanks.
 
The only way in which you can successfully handle both a firewire drive is if the firewire drive is on a separate bus from the Panasonic HD1200A or 1400, depending upon which deck you rent. Those decks seems to want the entire bandwidth. So, add a firewire card to your machine and put the firewire drive on that card and the deck on the internal firewire port. Better yet, use your firewire drive for backup or sneaker-net of files and keep your media on an internal SATA drive. DVCPRO HD will playback nicely from a single drive.

Ned Soltz
 
dregenthal said:
Just wondering if DVD-HD isn't an option?
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It kinda of is, depending on which Toshiba you have.

Our HD DVDs look better than cable HD according to us and the installers.
 
HD-DVD isn't an option due to lack of a PC burner (at least I haven't seen any) , but Blu-Ray is a possibility. You could buy a Blu-Ray burner for about $1000.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=PLPXB900ASWB&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=464914

Then you'd need some Blu-Ray mastering software like Roxio DVDit Pro HD.

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/dvdit/hd/overview.html

Sony has some mastering software called Blu-Print which is hideously expensive ($50K/license), but they offer a free 30-day trial.

The client could actually buy a $600 Sony PS3 60 GB console which has both a Blu-Ray player and an HDMI output, and rent an HD projector with an HDMI input.

You'd be hanging on the leading bleeding edge, but it should work and not cost an arm and a leg.
 
Barry, I can get about 40 minutes of HD DVD footage with sound on a DL DVD burned to red laser dye DVDs out of DVD SP.
 
If you're on a tower Mac, you can print out to a DVCPRO-HD deck, with your project on a FW hard drive, just fine. Plug the deck in the front port, the hard drive in a rear FW800 port (regardless of the device being 400 or 800). I'd go with DVCPRO-HD tape. High Def DVDs are in way too much disarray for my tastes at present.
 
Even though he said "money isn't so much an issue" I was kinda coming from the ease of portability end of things . . . Not that a laptop wouldn't be a bad idea but I was also thinking if he needed to run it in a continious loop like in a kiosk setup.
 
David S. said:
However, there is no mention of the bundled software.

What software I know is available runs about $599.00
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The Pioneer BDR-101AS bundle comes with Roxio Digital Media V7. The Sony comes with Cyberlink Powerproducer, Cyberlink PowerDVD and five other programs. The Plextor comes with Ulead Videosuite and WinDVD.
 
Our primary business is HD content creation and playback at conventions, trade shows, etc. We do this every week, for MTV, Coke, State Farm, Turner Broadcast, etc. If you're on a windows platform, output a high quality mpeg2, or WMV, and playback from a good PC. If your on a Mac, consider outputing h264 and using Quicktime playback. Either option on either platform can be set to full screen looping. At infocom this year, half of the HD display companies were rolling WMV clips straight off the Micosoft web site, and they looked great.
 
MoreToys said:
Our primary business is HD content creation and playback at conventions, trade shows, etc. We do this every week, for MTV, Coke, State Farm, Turner Broadcast, etc. If you're on a windows platform, output a high quality mpeg2, or WMV, and playback from a good PC. If your on a Mac, consider outputing h264 and using Quicktime playback. Either option on either platform can be set to full screen looping. At infocom this year, half of the HD display companies were rolling WMV clips straight off the Micosoft web site, and they looked great.
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Your idea sounds great, as well as easy to access.
By the way, I am using Windows, so I probably use mpeg 2 or WMV. Do you know if Avid Xpress Pro HD can export this kind of file? If not, any software recommendation?
Thanks a lot.
King
 
c3kings said:
By the way, I am using Windows, so I probably use mpeg 2 or WMV. Do you know if Avid Xpress Pro HD can export this kind of file?
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If all else fails, you can output an uncompressed AVI file and use Windows Media Encoder (a free tool from Microsoft) to transcode to WMV-HD.
 
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