Input HD recording through component cables?
- Thread starter FatBird19
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Into the HVX?
No.
No.
The answer or the lack of that capability?
lack of compatibility. That REALLY would have been useful and solved all my problems.
Any chance it could be a firmware update or is that a hardware thing?
dregenthal
Veteran
not if you're thinking of recording DVC-PRO HD
Barry_Green
Moderator
No HDV camera, deck, or HVX can do that. There is no such thing as component input in the cheap-HD world.
Does it cost too much or something?
Look at the price of the cheapest DVCProHD deck.
That will surprise you.
These prices are pretty current:
The AJ-HD1700 Studio VTR for $62,500, and
The AJ-HD1200A Compact VTR for $21,000.
Source: Link to Panasonic DVCPRO HD VTR page (http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...toreId=11201&catalogId=13051&catGroupId=14595).
That will surprise you.
These prices are pretty current:
The AJ-HD1700 Studio VTR for $62,500, and
The AJ-HD1200A Compact VTR for $21,000.
Source: Link to Panasonic DVCPRO HD VTR page (http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...toreId=11201&catalogId=13051&catGroupId=14595).
Spartacus
Veteran
Hm,
so the best thing that could happen for HVX/HPX users would be, when broadcasters/posthouses/agencys will say this:
"We accept the following delivery formats: Digital Betacam tape, HDCam tape and P2 storage cards"
Now 16Gb P2 card prices only have to come down to tape costs...
so the best thing that could happen for HVX/HPX users would be, when broadcasters/posthouses/agencys will say this:
"We accept the following delivery formats: Digital Betacam tape, HDCam tape and P2 storage cards"
Now 16Gb P2 card prices only have to come down to tape costs...
ozduc
Well-known member
What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to record an edited program back to P2?
This is what I WANTED to do:
I'm planning a mockumentary film project and we're trying to work out the camera we want to use. I love the image that the Canon XH A1 produces: It's so crystal clear and the noise level is very low and pleasing to the eye. However, I hate what HDV compression does to the image in high-activity scenes.
The solution I HAD in mind is to bypass HDV compression altogether by sending the A1 image out through the component cables while recording into another camera's component input like the HVX and record in dvcproHD 1080.
Apparently this won't happen though. It really would have solved my problems.
That does surprise me. Why hasn't someone built a cheap portable deck? It's basically a camera minus the CCDs and lens: shouldn't a deck be possible to build for a fraction of camera cost?
Barry_Green
Moderator
That won't work, no. You could go into a deck, but that'll be $25,000.
You could try a Wafian Hard Disk recorder, but I think those are still five digits...
You could try a Wafian Hard Disk recorder, but I think those are still five digits...
Barry_Green
Moderator
A DVCPRO-HD "deck" is coming, the P2 Gear. Yes, it's a fraction of the camera cost, but that fraction is about 2/3. It's $4,000. However, it also doesn't do component in, it has outputs for component and HD-SDI but only firewire in.
What can you do with firewire in? I can't think of any camera that puts anything through firewire except for pre-compressed video. Am I missing something?
Barry_Green
Moderator
You're missing nothing. The firewire in would allow you to dub back from the computer or do live recording from a camera that outputs a compatible signal. But no, it won't cross the bridge from HDV to DVCPRO-HD.
ozduc
Well-known member
Well it would seem your only choice at present would be to either:
A) Rent a DVCPro HD deck and use the canon camera tethered to it. (I believe that is what canon did for their watchmaker demo for the XLH1.
B) Have the camera tethered to a computer and record in the DVCPro HD codec in FCP.