Comments on: U-matic transfer to DVD, Uncompressed Quicktime and Digi Beta http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=umatic-to-dvd tape transfer, digitizing, restoration and digital asset management Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: chris halsall http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-929 chris halsall Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:33 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-929 Hi, I could really do with some help. I have about 200 umatic taped documentaries (and the player) that I need to transfer to best quality digital. I have no idea about the software or hardware needed for this, but I am about to buy a new mac book pro. Do I need a converter? Can you advise on any software I should get? thanks in advance Chris Hi,
I could really do with some help.
I have about 200 umatic taped documentaries (and the player) that I need to transfer to best quality digital. I have no idea about the software or hardware needed for this, but I am about to buy a new mac book pro. Do I need a converter? Can you advise on any software I should get?
thanks in advance
Chris

]]> By: Hans Jansen http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-914 Hans Jansen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:08:59 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-914 Hi, I am very interested in more information about your U-Matic digital migration project. We have about 200 short movies which are recorded on 35 hours BVU-SP and want convertetd this to uncompressed files on harddisk. We have 2 BVU 950sp recorders with internal TBC and an external FA450p TBC. What connections for data transfer would be the best and what A-D converter is a good choice. Thanks, Hans Jansen, jans...@home.nl Hi,
I am very interested in more information about your U-Matic digital migration project.
We have about 200 short movies which are recorded on 35 hours BVU-SP and want convertetd this to uncompressed files on harddisk. We have 2 BVU 950sp recorders with internal TBC and an external FA450p TBC. What connections for data transfer would be the best and what A-D converter is a good choice.
Thanks, Hans Jansen, jans...@home.nl

]]> By: Philip Du Toit http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-910 Philip Du Toit Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:02:01 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-910 I work in a filming company in South Africa. We have resently started converting all sorts of old films and tapes. i recently got a request for the conversion of u matic beta tapes. i have no idea what they are. Are they like the normal beta tapes? Can you convert them the same way or do you need any special hardware and software? I work in a filming company in South Africa. We have resently started converting all sorts of old films and tapes. i recently got a request for the conversion of u matic beta tapes. i have no idea what they are. Are they like the normal beta tapes? Can you convert them the same way or do you need any special hardware and software?

]]> By: greatbear http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-904 greatbear Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:31:29 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-904 HI Brian Your Canopus uses the DV codec, you can't capture uncompressed with it. The best quality you will get from it is as you said earlier by using the Device native setting in your capture software. As long as you don't recompress the files, any software that can use the AVDC110 card will give you the same quality capture. HI Brian

Your Canopus uses the DV codec, you can’t capture uncompressed with it. The best quality you will get from it is as you said earlier by using the Device native setting in your capture software. As long as you don’t recompress the files, any software that can use the AVDC110 card will give you the same quality capture.

]]> By: Brian Grant http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-903 Brian Grant Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:20:09 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-903 Thanks for that. I have a Mac Book Pro 1GHZ Power PC G5 and a Canopus ADVC 110 capture card. If I use Qucktime on its own should I just have the recording preferences set to Device Native, or should I use a programme like Final Cut Pro? Thanks for your help so far Brian Grant Thanks for that. I have a Mac Book Pro 1GHZ Power PC G5 and a Canopus ADVC 110 capture card. If I use Qucktime on its own should I just have the recording preferences set to Device Native, or should I use a programme like Final Cut Pro?

Thanks for your help so far

Brian Grant

]]> By: greatbear http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-902 greatbear Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:10:15 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-902 HI Brian The quality of your quicktime files will depend on your analogue machines and the hardware you are using to digitise the footage. If you are using one of the cheaper firewire based products it will probably use DV encoding which is a compressed format. For the highest quality you could create 8 or 10bit uncompressed quicktime files but your hardware would need to support this. Blackmagic and AJA cards will let you do this and are very good. HI Brian
The quality of your quicktime files will depend on your analogue machines and the hardware you are using to digitise the footage. If you are using one of the cheaper firewire based products it will probably use DV encoding which is a compressed format. For the highest quality you could create 8 or 10bit uncompressed quicktime files but your hardware would need to support this. Blackmagic and AJA cards will let you do this and are very good.

]]> By: Brian Grant http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-901 Brian Grant Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:07:05 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-901 I have a number of old Sony U-Matic Video Tapes, which contain music clips 4 to 5 minutes in length. I also want to archive before they disintegrate. If I record them using the \Device Native\ Setting in Quicktime 7, is that the best quality file I can achieve. I am aware they will be large files. Do you know of a better way to archive this footage? I want to make individual Qucktime files and archive them on either DVD or blu ray discs as Quicktime files Thanks for any advice Brian Grant bgfl...@gmail.com I have a number of old Sony U-Matic Video Tapes, which contain music clips 4 to 5 minutes in length. I also want to archive before they disintegrate. If I record them using the \Device Native\ Setting in Quicktime 7, is that the best quality file I can achieve. I am aware they will be large files. Do you know of a better way to archive this footage? I want to make individual Qucktime files and archive them on either DVD or blu ray discs as Quicktime files

Thanks for any advice

Brian Grant

bgfl...@gmail.com

]]> By: greatbear http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-883 greatbear Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:50:36 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-883 Hi Christian We have several external Time Base Correctors (TBC's) and 2 BVU 950P VTR's, one of which has the optional internal TBC card. An older TBC would be the most appropriate for you, one with Advance Sync out and Drop Out Compensation. We have the For-a 310P which is good. Hi Christian

We have several external Time Base Correctors (TBC’s) and 2 BVU 950P VTR’s, one of which has the optional internal TBC card.
An older TBC would be the most appropriate for you, one with Advance Sync out and Drop Out Compensation. We have the For-a 310P which is good.

]]> By: christian sumner http://www.thegreatbear.net/video-transfer/umatic-to-dvd/#comment-882 christian sumner Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:15 +0000 http://www.thegreatbear.net/?p=484#comment-882 Hi What device (brand, model) of TBC do you use to transfer U-matic tapes before digitizing to computer. I have a Sony BVU-950 and would like to archive some SP tapes with DUB output to convert to a better solution - Y-358, RGB, etc. - before going to computer. Thanks in advance for a reply. Sumner Hi What device (brand, model) of TBC do you use to transfer U-matic tapes before digitizing to computer. I have a Sony BVU-950 and would like to archive some SP tapes with DUB output to convert to a better solution – Y-358, RGB, etc. – before going to computer.
Thanks in advance for a reply.

Sumner

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