Hi

I'm getting confused with the capture process of high def footage. I'll explain & maybe someone can help.

I shot the footage with a Sony HVR V1 in high def mode.

When I come to capture it in my PC via firewire, in Pinnacle Ultimate I have the following options.

Pal Standard
Pal Widescreen
Pal Progressive
Pal Progressive Widescreen
HD 1280x720/25p
HD 1280x720/30p
HD 1440x1080/50i
HD 1440x1080/60i
HD 1920x1080/50i
HD 1920x1080/60i

I'm not sure what I should select in Pinnacle.

In Adobe Premiere CS3 I don't get any option to change anything.
I select Capture - Settings & change Capture Settings to HDV Capture.

Then in Project Settings - General I have the following settings which are all greyed, ie can't be changed.

Editing Mode: DV Pal
Timebase: 25.00 frames/second
Video
Frame Size: 720 horizontal 576 vertical 16:9
And some other stuff.

So as far as I understand 720x576 doesn't equate to high def?

Can someone take a bit of time to explain to me, it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Hi, you also have to choose the same options or close in adobe premiere, you do that when you start a project, you have to choose the preset you want to want .
Then you have to read your camera manual to know wich preset to use .
Gonna give you an example i have a hv20 and ir allows me to shot in different modes,if i shot in normal high definiton i would choose HD 1440x1080/50i, cause i know it shoots in1920x1080/50i but stores in tape as 1440x1080, if i shot in 24p then i would choose 1440x1080/50i if i shoot in dv mode and widescreen then i would choose Pal Widescreen if i choose 4:3 then i would choose Pal Standard and so on .
Hope i could help .


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Thanks for reply, see I thought High Def was a standard, I didn't realize it could have lots of variations???

Having checked my manual I now follow, thanks

You're welcome