VV3 and 4:1:1 for TV Broadcast?

pjprod wrote on 6/24/2002, 7:30 PM
I currently edit weddings with VV3 and I have been approached by some clients to edit a fishing show for broadcast on our local TV station. The footage would be shot on DV. Will the quality of 4:1:1 converted over to Betacam SP via the Promax DAMAX converter be broadcast quality? I was told that the Pinnacle DC-2000 would be the way to go because it bumps 4:1:1 to 4:2:2 for better quality. The thought of switching over to Pinnacle and Premiere makes me sick!! Any thoughts from the forum and Sonic would be appreciated.

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GaryAshorn wrote on 6/24/2002, 8:10 PM
Nothing wrong with using a good camera with DVCAM etc and using for Network use. Done all the time. Just use good lighting and shooting techniques. You can bump to Betacam SP for network use as I and many others do. Taking it to a digital 4:2:2 format isn't going to make it any better for them so that is not a necessary step. Just edit cleanly with a good system and master out to a component tape of choice. Ask them what they will take, accept and so on. Shoot, you can take a well lite Super Cam bumped to Betacam SP and they will use. I should know, I have done it!

Gary Ashorn, PE
kkolbo wrote on 6/24/2002, 8:30 PM
As has been said, the bump to 4:2:2 digitally will make no differenceif it was shot on a 4:1:1 tape to begin with, which MiniDV and DVCAM are. The best quality will be by keeping it in the same format from beginning to end. The key is a good camera. I use a PD-150. Light it professionally. Lighting can make as much of a difference as anything.

Some stations down here and many in Europe (BBC in particular) can handle DVCAM. For those that can't I take it to a local post house that has a DV deck that outputs component and have them dub it to BetaCam SP or Digi. (most post houses that have DV decks have component output for conversion to Beta)

Remember that most of the FOX stations started with S-VHS. A solid DV production is much better than that! Heck we were broadcasting 3/4 not that long ago!

Remember, before submitting it to the station, make sure you do not have illegal colors or audio for NTSC. There is nothing worse than to have a station engineer send back your tape because it was out of bounds. The word amature tends to come out of their mouth at that moment.

K
swarrine wrote on 6/24/2002, 9:44 PM
Quality in, quality out.

411 is 411, no way to (really) make 411 in to 422.

However, if you deliver an edit on Beta SP the TV station will probably assume you know what you are doing and is less likely to check...