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I can't believe I really have to come back to this thread again (for the last time I hope😤).
There's absolutely no secret about DV & HDV capture process/workflow at all - it's all over the internet. Considering it as a darn common (and also obsolete) knowledge so I never bother to mention it in any detail. But if you insist...
By pure coincidence it happened to be a customer just sent me a miniDV tape asking for an .mp4 file of it. So it's just a matter of hooking up my camcorder to the installed firewire card in the pc, open the capture program, then start capturing. The result will be ready-to-edit .avi files transferred into the hard drive. Dump them into the preferred NLE and start editing...
That's it! That's ALL about DV/HDV workflow.
BTW both DV & HDV workflow will be practically the same, just only different in file type. And that works for both capturing recorded content on the tape, and to capture "live" from the camera. Capturing straight from firewire interface will also solve the display issue you encountered (and never figured out how to solve) on your HV20 as well. So HV20 is the VALID option - been there, done that, now retired it. Just DON'T capture from its HDMI OR analog output - use firewire interface and firewire interface only, then problem solved!
Working with GH5 is even easier since it will record .mp4 straight to the SD card. So it's just a matter of popping out the card, copying all recorded files to the hard drive, then starting the edit with whatever NLE of your choice right away. Once I relize the convenience of the file-based workflow I NEVER go back to tape-based (and analog video) stuff again, never.😒
One more time - there are several alternatives besides using analog video capture gear for cine film scanning, which will give vastly superior results than any analog SD stuff. Here is one example.
https://youtu.be/yStZmqdWDLA?si=K9CjMnJnlRhWLfjp
Hint: this is practically the same as my GH5 setup I'm using, which gives me this.
https://youtu.be/8-h47rpexLU?si=fxq-l9AIVU6fT01P
(So many more sample videos on my channel. Feel free to browse through it.)
PS I'm not a big fan of aggressive post-processing so it'll be only color correction and that's it. No noise reduction, no dust/scratch removal, no stabilization, just exactly what's already on the film only.
There's absolutely no secret about DV & HDV capture process/workflow at all - it's all over the internet. Considering it as a darn common (and also obsolete) knowledge so I never bother to mention it in any detail. But if you insist...
By pure coincidence it happened to be a customer just sent me a miniDV tape asking for an .mp4 file of it. So it's just a matter of hooking up my camcorder to the installed firewire card in the pc, open the capture program, then start capturing. The result will be ready-to-edit .avi files transferred into the hard drive. Dump them into the preferred NLE and start editing...
That's it! That's ALL about DV/HDV workflow.
BTW both DV & HDV workflow will be practically the same, just only different in file type. And that works for both capturing recorded content on the tape, and to capture "live" from the camera. Capturing straight from firewire interface will also solve the display issue you encountered (and never figured out how to solve) on your HV20 as well. So HV20 is the VALID option - been there, done that, now retired it. Just DON'T capture from its HDMI OR analog output - use firewire interface and firewire interface only, then problem solved!
Working with GH5 is even easier since it will record .mp4 straight to the SD card. So it's just a matter of popping out the card, copying all recorded files to the hard drive, then starting the edit with whatever NLE of your choice right away. Once I relize the convenience of the file-based workflow I NEVER go back to tape-based (and analog video) stuff again, never.😒
One more time - there are several alternatives besides using analog video capture gear for cine film scanning, which will give vastly superior results than any analog SD stuff. Here is one example.
https://youtu.be/yStZmqdWDLA?si=K9CjMnJnlRhWLfjp
Hint: this is practically the same as my GH5 setup I'm using, which gives me this.
https://youtu.be/8-h47rpexLU?si=fxq-l9AIVU6fT01P
(So many more sample videos on my channel. Feel free to browse through it.)
PS I'm not a big fan of aggressive post-processing so it'll be only color correction and that's it. No noise reduction, no dust/scratch removal, no stabilization, just exactly what's already on the film only.
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