HDV vs. DVCPro HD

Bryon Akerman

Bryon Akerman

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Okay, so I am trying to grasp Barry's book, which is awesome by the way, but I want to get some input on a question I have.

Is DVCPRO HD uncompressed HD footage? Is HDV uncompressed or compressed? I uderstand there are differant codecs, but what is the best HD recording format? Even if you shoot HD-SDI, you still have to capture it to something, right?

My brain is fried trying to wrapo it around compression, color sampling, shutter speeds and frame rates!

Bryon <><
 
Both are compressed formats. DVCPro HD is just not as compressed as HDV. it also uses a closed GOP format unlike HDV. Which is why HDV is very taxing on your editing station. if its a vs match, DVCPro HD wins easily for quality in its compression and color sampling. As well as framerates!

I know its confusing, I just sent out a 200gb .mov that had to be uncompressed 8bit codec from FCP from the HVX. Took me 3 days to get it to work. 3.5 hours each shot at compression.
 
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