MiniDV to BetaSP

Blaine

Blaine

Mr. Hollywood
I've noticed that most of the Film Festivals seem to have their screening formats: 16mm, 35mm and BetaSP. Does anyone have any experience taking their edited miniDV footage out to BetaSP?
 
Yep, not for film festivals but for TV stations that would only except BetaSP.

When you finish your project you'll want to dump it to a MiniDV tape as a master. Then, if you don't have access to a DV deck with component outputs you'll want to bring it somewhere that has a DV deck with component outs like the DSR1500 and a BetaSp deck with Component ins. It's pretty much a straightforward transfer from there.
 
Thanks, it's nice to know it's a straightforward process.

Output it to MiniDV tape, huh? Since the movie is 87 minutes long, I assume I would split it onto two MiniDV tapes, then out to a 90 minute BetaSP.
 
yeh. You'll need to find a CUT point to do the edit on.
Or.... Keep it on a portable harddrive and bring it somewhere where they can put it online and do the transfer for you directly from there. The main thing is to try and do the transfer component and not composite or s-video. That will help to maintain as much of the quality as possible.
 
Or maybe you could dump to D-Beta. That would give you frame accurate edit capability for your transfer.
 
It's a mixed bag as to what each individual festival accepts for viewing. They all seem to accept 16mm, 35mm and BetaSP. Then next most common would be DigiBeta, VHS then DV. Some accept DVD and a few even accept MiniDV. I'm just trying to do some leg work in preparation. I've got to weed though all these festivals to see which ones make the most sense for my project then determine the best way to output it.

16mm and 35mm are out. Yes, if DigiBeta is acceptable that would definitely be the way to go. I have no interest in VHS. MiniDV (where acceptable) seems to be limited due to tape length and would seem to be better suited to short subjects. Of course, I'll be authoring DVDs anyway as mailers and whatnot. I don't know much about regular DV so...

Depending on the outcome of my research, I'll probably output it in several different formats as required.

I really appreciate all the input.
 
If you get your hand on a DV deck with component outputs, you can output to a full size tape, so you don't have to split up your project.
 
If I just have a camera and no deck, can I still output from my QuickTime file to miniDV? How is this done?

Edward McCain
 
emccainaz said:
If I just have a camera and no deck, can I still output from my QuickTime file to miniDV? How is this done?

Edward McCain
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Not sure how you'd do it unless you're printing to tape from and NLE...


BTW, does anyone know of a reasonably priced place in the L.A. area to have my miniDV converted to Digi-Beta?
 
Blaine said:
Not sure how you'd do it unless you're printing to tape from and NLE...


BTW, does anyone know of a reasonably priced place in the L.A. area to have my miniDV converted to Digi-Beta?
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I haven't done it, but I saw somewhere that FCP allows you to print to tape. Not at all sure what this entails, though. Does FCP control the camera? Any trick to making sure the tape ends up at 24P?
 
emccainaz said:
I haven't done it, but I saw somewhere that FCP allows you to print to tape. Not at all sure what this entails, though. Does FCP control the camera? Any trick to making sure the tape ends up at 24P?
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Yes, FCP allows you to do it.

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This is from the manual:
" Auto Record and PTV after: Check this box to have Final Cut Pro automatically put
your DV camcorder or deck in Record mode when using the Print to Video
command. Specify the number of seconds you want Final Cut Pro to wait before
going into Record mode and printing to video (after you click OK in the Print to
Video dialog). If this option is not selected, when you print to tape, you’re prompted
to insert a tape and manually press record on the VTR. This checkbox is also available
in the Print to Video dialog. "

Book IV pages 324-328

Also from book 1:

"III
Separate Output Options for Edit to Tape/Print to Video
 Different Output for Edit to Tape/Print to Video: Selecting this checkbox allows you to
redirect your program’s output to the specified video and audio interfaces whenever
the Edit to Tape or Print to Video commands are used. For example, if you’re using a
video interface, you may want to preview your video using its analog outputs during
editing, but output your final movie to tape using the digital SDI output.
When this option is selected, all the controls in this section become available. All
controls in this section are identical to, but independent of, those appearing in the
Playback Output area, above.
Note: If this option is not selected, your sequence video and audio are always sent to
the video and audio interfaces specified in the Playback Output controls—even
when the Edit to Tape and Print to Video commands are used"
 
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