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1. Introduction This document explains how to work with HDV format MPEG2 Long GOP based media utilizing Grass Valley EDIUS Three acquisition formats will be covered e CompactFlash media via the Sony HVR MRC 1K Memory Recording Unit e Sony HVR DR 0 Hard Disk Recording Unit e Videotape The Sony HVR MRC1K Memory Recording Unit is an optional product for Sony s professional HDV or DVCAM camcorders It comes standard with the HVR Z7U and HVR S2 0U camcorders The HVR MRC1K utilizes the widely available standard CompactFlash card for HDV DVCAM and DV file recording Table of Contents 1 Introduction The HVR DR60 is an optional hard disk recording unit for Sony s professional HDV and DVCAM camcorders Via an i LINK cable connection the HVR DR60 can record HDV DVCAM or DV streams from the camcorder and store them as video files The internal hard disk drive HDD offers a capacity of 60 GB which translates into a recording time of approximately 4 5 hours 270 minutes for HDV DVCAM and DV formats These non tape recording products offers Hybrid recording which records video on both tape and non tape media simultaneously This Hybrid recording operation allows users to have tape for archiving and files for NLE work at one time For HDV recordings both the HVR MRC IK and the HVR DR60 record MPEG 2 files with the extension M2T The file conforms to the HDV1080i specification in which MPEG 2 MP H 14 is used for2. Filename Rendered HDV Project w Save astype MPEG Files w Quality Speed IE Ee 04 Format Stream Properties HDV 1080 60 Video 1440 1080 25 97 fps Video Aspect 16x 9 MP H14 25 0 Mbps VEV Buffer Size 896 KB Audio 48 0 KHz 16bits 2ch 384kbps Powered by Rhazet Grid Technology 5 Select Save or press Enter 6 After the sequence is rendered select Capture MPEG TS Writer Ecos EDIUS rie Edit View Clip Marker Mode Capture Render Settings Help i 45 Input Settings Generic OHCI Input Generic HDV Input Batch Capture Voice Over DISCcapture XDCAM EX Clip Browser EDIUS Watch Infinity Ingest MPEG TS Writer Table of Contents 8 Output to HDV Tape 19 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 In MPEG TS Writer click on the button to select the rendered file iocuments and Settings emo dy Documents HOY Test m2Zt 8 If necessary select the appropriate HDV device from the Device list If only a single recorder is attached this setting should be set by EDIUS automatically 9 Use the transport controls to navigate to a location on the tape for the recording 10 Select the Write button The file will be output to tape For more detailed information please consult the EDIUS User Manual Table of Contents 8 Output to HDV Tape 20 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 9 Notes e When archiving files from CompactFlash media or the HVR DR
3. Open Project New Project m 60H 14401080 59 5 al Tall a 24i In the example above there is one HDV New Project preset e If desired click on New Preset to open the Project Settings Window Table of Contents 3 Creating an EDIUS Project HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 3 Choose a format that closely matches the majority of your material A few examples are given below For HDV 1080i 60 Output device Generic OHCI HD 60Hz Generic OHCI HD 50Hz Generic ORC HD 24Hz Generic OHCI SD NTSC Generic OHCI ZD PAL Generic OHCI SD 24Hz Frame rate 2 Pixel aspect 1 Held order Top Field First Audio Rate 43000Hz z me size 16 Bit Channel 2 Additional Info AVC Intra5t HDCAM For HDV 1080p 24p Native footage Output device Generic OHCI HD 60Hz Genenc OHCI HD 50Hz Generic OHCI HD 24Hz Generic OHCI 5D NTSC Generic OHCI SD PAL Generic OHCI SD 24Hz Info HDV AVCHD AVC Intrab HDCAM Output format 1920x1080 23 54 14401080 720 23 1280x1080 23 98p aver 39 94 1780x1080 23 98pA over 39 944 960x720 23 38p over 59 94p 260x720 24p over 60p Output format 1320x1080 55 94 1440x 1080 59 94 1440x 1080 29 97p 1280x720 59 94p 1280x720 29 97p 1280x 1080 59 94 1280x1080 29 97p over 59 94 360x720 59 94p 960x720 29 97p over 59 54p For HDV 1080p 24A footage Output device Generic OHCI HD G0Hz Generic OCI HD SOHz generic OHCI HD 24Hz Generic OHCI 5D NTSC Genenc OH
4. folder structure differs from CompactFlash media in that the Memory Recording Unit creates a new folder with an associated movie file each time a recording begins For long clips that exceed the FAT32 file size specification subsequent files are stored in the same folder For ingest into EDIUS the Sony Recording Unit Utility software available as a free download from the Sony Website provides streamlined transfer of files from a CompactFlash card or HVR DR6O The software will also connect M 2T files that were divided by FAT32 back together and will also rename HVR DR6O files to the same style as those from a CompactFlash card during the transfer Please note that the workflows outlined here represent just a few examples of how to work with the HDV format and that workflows can vary based on the project and or installation For more detailed information on any of the software or hardware mentioned in this document please refer to the manufacturersupplied Operations Guide for the associated product Table of Contents i 1 Introduction l HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 2 Workflow Overview CompaciFlash Media amp HVR DR60 l Import MPEG2 or DV files from CompactFlash media or HVR DR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit into EDIUS over i LINK cable or USB 2 0 2 Edit 3 Export to HDV videotape over i LINK cable HDV Videotape l Capture HDV videotape based media into EDIUS over i LINK cable 2 Edit 3 Export t
5. transfers all of these decentralized files to one specified folder on the HDD of the PC eliminating the need to open each folder to import the movie files to the NLE project Also for HVR DROO files the utility automatically changes the name of the transferred file according to the following format xx nnnn YYYY MM DD HHMMSS as described in the Introduction to this document Finally the utility also connects divided M2T files together during transfer so they can be edited precisely in the NLE as a single file without any pauses in the case of DV files no join is necessary Sony Recording Unit Utility To transfer files do the following l Launch the Recording Unit Utility V DV w Dy 2 Select the connected CompactFlash card drive or HVR DROO Select the folders containing video files you want to import 3 Select the file types HDV and or DV to be transferred La OM DV 1 10 2007 M 1 10 2007 v 1 10 2007 4 Select the folders containing the files to be transferred 5 Specify a destination folder 6 Set the prefix number of the file name This number is useful when importing files from several HVR DR6O units Select the Import button to begin the file transfer Any files divided by the FAT32 specification will be merged automatically during the transfer Destination folder C Documents and Settings Demo Transferred Files Input the number to differentiate the fies recorded on
6. 60O maintain the original folder structure e Perform a software Eject of the HVR DR60 media prior to powering down or disconnecting the i LINK cable e Perform a software Eject of the CompactFlash card prior fo removing the card from the reader 2009 Sony Electronics Inc All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited Sony DVCAM and i LINK are trademarks of Sony HDV and the HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and the Victor Company of Japan CompactFlash is a trademark of the CompactFlash Association EDIUS Pro is a trademark of Thomson Grass Valley Windows XP and Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Table of Contents E 9 Notes i 2
7. CI SD PAL Generic OCI 5D 24Hz Description Video Output format 1920x1080 22 98p 14 50x 1080 23 98n 280x720 23 38p 1080 23 98p over 59 544 1280x 10 DA over 59 94 9600720 25 980 over 59 940 900x720 24 over GOp Table of Contents 3 Creating an EDIUS Project HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 4 Select OK This will return you to the Project Selection window 5 Double click on the desired Preset The Project Name Setting window will appear Enter a Project name and Folder location Project name setting Project name Untitled or fa VW m marito 3r Co thrnnec i tamrn ides inr ment M imh MEJ r Nd NEU Cs SU JAJ mijd sll md d CI LS gm Cance 6 Select OK to load the project Table of Contents 3 Creating an EDIUS Project HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 4 Transferring Media to Local Hard Drive s Although EDIUS supports Direct Edit from CompactFlash media and HVR DR6O the recommended ingest workflow is to first transfer the media to local hard drive s using the Sony Recording Unit Utility optional for the HVR DR60 as explained below In the case of the HVR DR6O a folder e g 1O0HDVF is created when recording begins and the recorded video is stored in that folder as a movie file e g HDV10001 M2T When a new recording is made a new folder e g 101HDVF is created and a new file e g 1O101 M21 is stored within it Ihe Sony Recording Unit Utility
8. Capture gt Input Settings Gr EDIUS File Edit View Clip Marker Mode Capture Render Settings Help EznElE REF net Capture FO 43 Audio Capture Input Settings 2 Select the setting that matches the format of the media A few examples are given below For HDV 1080160 footage Input device Input format Generic OHCI Input Canopus HQ 1320 x1080 59 91i Generic HDV Input Canopus HQ 1440x1030 59 94j Canopus HO 1440x 1080 50i Canopus HO 1440x1080 29 9 7p Canopus HQ 1440x1080 23 98p over 59 94 Canopus HQ 1440x1080 23 98pA over 59 94 Description Canopus HQ 1440x1080 25p Video Canopus HO 720 59 94p auto detection Canopus HQ 720 23 37p Canopus HQ 720 23 98p over 59 4p Audio Canopus HQ 720 50p auto detection Canopus HQ 720 25p For HDV 1080p 24A footage Input device Input format Generic OHCI Input Canopus HO 1920x1080 59 94i Generic HDV Input Canopus HQ 1440x 1080 59 94i Canopus HQ 1440x1080 50i Canopus HO 1440x1080 29 9 7p Canopus HQ 1440x1080 23 98p over 59 941 m Canopus HO 1440x 1080 23 98pA over 59 94 Description Canopus HO 1440x1080 25p Canopus HQ 720 53 94n ECKE RON Canopus HQ Dm Canopus HO 720 23 98p over 59 94p Audio Canopus HQ 720 50p Video auto de tector Canopus HQ 720 25p Additional Info Canopus HO 480 59 94p 2 3 3 2 Pulldown Canopus HQ 576 25p For Canon HDV camcoderz Canopus HQ 576 50p 3 Select OK 6 Capturing HDV Video From Tape Table of Conte
9. SONY Sony HDV Workflows in Thomson EDIUS Pro HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS ProoS BE c o O O O l Table of Contents oo ze 59 6 l CN l Introduction LL aaa 4 CO O oO 2 Workflow Overview RR RR rn Oo 5 CompactFlash Media amp HVR DR60 soaa a e S l LLI HDV Videotape aa n a a a ee eee 6 e Key Workflow Features and Restrictions nom nom a mom ab goa so a 1 system Requirements 5 2 55 5 hh mmo omo oh onn os o9 Too O xarewue nx xa xa xNSqS44ERPEGEG EE tee RN Sa 7 os O ce 3 Creating an EDIUS Project llle 8 z O m E l wT 4 Transferring Media to Local Hard Drive s llle 11 oo 5 Importing Media Files uaaaaaaaaaaa IIl 12 2 3 0 Method 1 Importing from Local Hard Drive s E i Lf Method 2 Importing Directly from CompactFlash Media or HVR DR 0 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 6 Capturing HDV Video From Tape ccc eee ee 15 s nilsgo ME eee da tebe ORD LAE a oe a WRAKI Ka 15 CODN we ee EO XOX 4 9 3 Oe a oe 4X 4 XO ee OX X 49 9 3 O3 16 7 Adding Clips to the Timeline nne 17 8 Output to HDV Tape nossa anaa es 18 9 Notes lee eh hh eee ee ris 21 6 Capturing HDV Video From Tape 7 Adding Clips to the Timeline 8 Output to HDV Tape 9 Notes HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pros EEE
10. he Timeline Table of Contents i HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 8 Output fo HDV Tape l Below the Recorder Window click on the Export button and select Print to File LI lt KH lt i IP P 53 EJ 2 Print to Tape F12 Print to File F11 Print to Tape Display Timecode Print to File Display Timecode Batch Export Print to DVD 2 In the Select Exporter Plug in window select HDV Speed Encoder Select Exporter Piug in rm B Uncompressed UYVY AVI POM AIFF PCM WAVE E uncompressed vuv2 AVI H xp P2 clip BH MPEG Generic B mec cov windowsMediaAudio WindowsMediaVideo H xocam Ho H Canopus ProCoder Express For EDIUS Wizard HDV SpeedEncoder Ei Export between In and Out 4 3 Select OK Description Exporter PlugIn for Unompressed YUV AVI file Exporter Plugin for Uncompressed AIFF file Exporter Plugin for Uncompressed WAVE file Exporter Plugin for Unompressed YUV AVI file HD F Clip Exporter Plug In MPEG Generic Exporter Plug In MPEG HDV Exporter Plug In WindowsMediaAudio Exporter Plug in WindowsMediaVideo Exporter Plug in Exporter Plug In for XDCAM HD file Export your timeline with ProCoder Encode time line with HDV SpeedEncoder for Ca Table of Contents 8 Output to HDV Tape 18 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 4 Select a filename location and quality level for the rendered sequence Save As
11. ion of clip metadata c Select Add d Select Close Bin search Search by Category Clip name Text idx Search only current Folder rook l Table of Contents i 5 Importing Media Files HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 3 Select the files to be imported a To import all media select all of the clips b Selectively import files by highlighting specific clips Os Hath mY ha WF EB toot ES H H SR_ VIDEO fm HVA Eun Y Har 0001 18 02 O02 34 10 O01 WILL H MBA EPI On 01 NZ A CE pm X FOLDER X 7B Search results 0 7 BONY HEW 0001 18 02 TIRER ET 10 OU DOL l Bui IL TA Oe 49 01 OO c20 37 01 OO 0002 Dor OO O002 0000 Jum gU ross Although EDIUS supports Direct Edit from CompactFlash media and HVR DR6O as in Method 2 the video materials remain on the CompactFlash and HVR DR60 The recommended ingest workflow is to first transfer the media to local hard drive s using the Sony Recording Unit Utilitya as in Method 1 For Method 2 it is possible to copy the files to a local PC by using the HQ codec conversion function which can be called up by right clicking in the Bin window 1 Table of Contents i 5 Importing Media Files 14 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 6 Capturing HDV Video From Tape Settings Before attempting to capture video the following settings should be verified l Select
12. its video codec and either MPEG 1 Audio Layer2 for 2 ch or MPEG 2 Audio Layer2 for 4 ch is used for the audio codec The HVR MRC1K and HVR DR60 both use FAT32 for their file system which allows a Windows or Macintosh computer to recognize the recording media as an external drive without the need for additional driver software As FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4 GB approximately 20 minutes recordings that exceed this capacity are automatically recorded as separate new files In the Memory Recording Unit all files are stored in a single folder Each file is named in line with the format xx_nnnn_YYYY MM DD_HHMMSS extension as follows XX A two digit number 00 99 useful for numbering CompactFlash cards when more than 1 is used nnnn A sequential clip number incremented by one as each new recording begins i LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product contains IEEE 1394 connector All products with an i LINK connector may not communicate with each other Please refer to the documentation that comes with any device having an i LINK connector for information on compatibility operating conditions and proper connection 4 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 YYYY_MM_DD_HHMMSS The date and time of the recording which are derived from the date and time data settings of the camcorder Recordings separated due to FAT32 limitations will have new time data but retain the same clip number The HVR DR60
13. nts i 15 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 Capturing l In the Capture Window navigate the tape using the on screen transport controls or the keyboard J K L keys and set In and Out points 6 Capturing HDV Video From Tape Table of Contents i 2 Select the Capture button The clip will be captured and registered to the EDIUS Bin For more detailed information please consult the EDIUS User Manual HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 7 Adding Clips to the Timeline To add a clip to a Sequence without trimming simply drag the clip from the Bin to the Timeline To trim a clip prior to adding it to the Sequence do one of the following to open it in the EDIUS Source Window e Double click on the clip icon in the Bin Drag the clip to the Premiere Source Window Navigate the clip in the Source Window set In and Out points then do one of the following Drag the image in the Source Window to a location in the Timeline Drag the image in the Source Window to the Program window TIPS It is possible to record HDV on tape and DV on CompactFlash media HVR DR60 simultaneously by using the built in downconverter of a camcorder The DV file has uncompressed L PCM audio data unlike HDV using compressed audio This means that you can use the DV file as a high quality audio material if needed For more detailed information please consult the EDIUS User Manual 7 Adding Clips to t
14. o HDV videotape over i LINK cable Note It is also possible to import DV data from the CompactFlash card HVR DR60 or videotape with same workflow 2 Workflow Overview Table of Contents i HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 Key Workflow Features and Restrictions e Support for 1080 50 60i 24 25 30 e Streamlined import of media from CompactFlash card and HVR DIR60 System Requirements e Windows XP SP 2 Windows Vista SP e Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 04 e Sony Recording Unit Utility software e CompactFlash card reader or Memory Recording Unit from the camera mounted in an i LINK Cradle such as the Sony HVR MRC I K HVRA CR 1 e Sony HVR DR 0 Hard Disk Recording Unit e Sony HVR M35U or equivalent HDV recorder Connections e When using CompactFlash media connect the CompactFlash reader via a USB 2 0 cable or connect the memory recording unit cradle via an i LINK Firewire cable e When using the Sony HVR DR60 connect via an i LINK Firewire cable e When using HDV videotape connect the camcorder or deck via an i LINK Firewire cable 2 Workflow Overview Table of Contents i HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 3 Creating an EDIUS Project l Launch EDIUS 2 When the Project Selection window appears do one of the following Select a Recent Project Create a new project by selecting a New Project preset or by creating a new preset New Profile lelete Change Selected Project
15. the same time Prefix number 9 w o Qo 35 Q y O T OU aA O CO Oo T Table of Contents i 1 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 5 Importing Media Files Method 1 Importing From Local Hard Drive s l Use the Sony Recording Unit Utility to import to Local Hard Drive s a Utilize the Sony Recording Unit Utility to transfer the media to the local hard drive s before importing the files into EDIUS Then import them in the following way 2 Select a Bin 3 Click on the Add File icon FD102 18452 MK 01 02 16274 10 A MZT File 16 420KB MZT File 2D21KB MZT File 3KB MZT File 1KB IDX File LKR IDY File LKB IDX File 1KB IDX File KR TX File UD 0005 2007 01 02 184526 4 Navigate to the folder where the transferred files are stored and do one of the following To import all media select all of the M2T files e Selectively import files by highlighting specific clips 5 Select Open 1 Table of Contents i 5 Importing Media Files 12 HDV Workflows in Grass Valley EDIUS Pro 5 Method 2 Importing Directly From CompactFlash Media or HVR DR60 l Select the CompactFlash card or HVR DR60 drive in the Bin window EDIUS Q t T j FOLDER x M root 0 1 SWE ES H c mud Eu HVA DO HDD OO D DO D I f 1 Sequence 1 2 Click on the Search icon x a Change the search item to FileName b Input search word idx file extens
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