HVX footage storage?

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mushyosh

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I've been told two different things about HD footage.

1. It takes up massive amounts of storage space.

2. HDV is the lowest form of HD, and does not take up more storage space than normal DV footage.

Also, I was windering, The panasonic uses a different type of HD footage than other cameras right? Do they both take up the same amount of storage?

Can someone explain this to me? We use FCP here at work.
 
There are different codecs that record HD information, and HDV is one of them. You are correct, it takes up the same amount of space as normal DV footage (25Mbps). The new Panasonic camera, the AG-HVX200, records HD information using a different codec; Panasonic's own DVCPROHD format. DVCPROHD uses 100Mbps when recording 1080i or 720p in the 60p mode, meaning that it is taking up four times as much space as the HDV format does. The tradeoff is more space used for higher quality (less compressed) video. Both formats are compatible with Final Cut Pro.
 
When referencing "massive" amounts of storage space, they're probably talking about uncompressed high-def. That can take up around 200 megabytes per second. Compare that against DV or HDV, which takes up less than 4 megabytes per second.

DVCPRO-HD is a higher-quality storage codec than HDV, but it doesn't take *nearly* as much space as uncompressed HD. DVCPRO-HD (as used on the HVX) takes up around 13 megabytes per second. To put it in context, an hour of DV takes up 13 gigabytes; an hour of DVCPRO-HD takes up about 50 gigabytes. So a common, cheap 300-gig hard drive can hold about six hours of HVX footage. Is it more than DV or HDV? Sure. Is it "massive" or "unmanageable"? Not at all.
 
Haakon said:
Both formats are compatible with Final Cut Pro.
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That's if you are using FCP 5 BTW. Earlier versions don't support HDV. Just to make it clear for mushyosh.
 
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