http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: 720 - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72706 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:01:50 +0000 composite1 72706@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Since it's just a reception and not a film you're planning on exhibiting on large projection or for broadcast, Decide whether you need to use HD or not. You have to consider what the final output for the project will be. If it's going straight to DVD without mass distribution you can easily do 16x9 SD in widescreen and have done with it. Now if your client is paying for HD quality, 720p is fine whether for DVD, a basic Blu-Ray setup or simple broadcast (TV or web.) If your client is paying top dollar for a project with serious compositing, graphics with an intention for high-end distribution, then yeah 1080p is a good place to start.</p> <p>However, you have to take into account how well your setup will ingest 1k+ video, what your capacity to store and safely work with the footage is and how much time will it take to get the job done. Now though I shoot primarily in 720p, I have 1080i available and won't hesitate to bang out a nice SD piece if HD isn't absolutely necessary. Food for thought.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72701 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:44:37 +0000 motives76 72701@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>ya,</p> <p> </p> <p>I agree shoot in HD or 1080P then down grade if needed with compression. But if this is going to go on DVD even 720P would be a bit big</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72637 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:26:16 +0000 WSanford 72637@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> For me shooting in HD and down converting is still just future proofing as it has always been. </p> <p> 720 is my output to the internet for file size reasons but I prefer to shoot in 1440/1080 or full HD and be able to reframe in the edit if need be. Very handy when having to stabilize footage in AE.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72636 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:03:59 +0000 Brian 72636@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It's good to keep the end product in mind, but if the client suddenly decides they want HD after you've shot the thing, it would be handy to be able to say, "Sure, no problem," instead of "Oh, sorry, it's all SD."</p> <p>I'm shooting my two upcoming projects in 720, mainly because my computer starts to wheeze and sputter when I feed it 1080 clips. I'm sure that'll change though as time goes by...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72624 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:24:09 +0000 Shaun 72624@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm getting more and more into video, but my brother in law (who shoots documentaries with PBS and a few other networks, is finishing his first self produced documentary (Cape Spin) that's being shown in International Film Festivals, Sundance Channel, etc...  shot the entire thing in 720p.</p> <p>That being said... as Bruce mentioned, you could probably get away with shooting in SD and make the file much more manageable, but also, like Bruce said, I'd prefer to shoot in a higher res to account for any zooming, etc., so I'd do 720p.</p> <p> </p> <p>Best of luck!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72576 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:57:41 +0000 BruceMol 72576@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Pierre,</p> <p>Personally I gather the highest signal I can and downconvert. Recording in 1080 allows you to recenter and even zoom 50% (w/o pixelating) in a DVD project. If you are concerned about file size you don't even have to shoot at 720p since DVD's aren't HD. Just go SD 16x9 (720x480). 720 is an HD format = 1280x720 and 1080 is 1920x1080</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72573 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:21:20 +0000 Pierre Tessier 72573@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'll be shooting at a reception that will last about 4 hours. Shooting time will certainly be between 2 and 3 hours! That will be a lot of data to transfer at 1080p. Since this will go onto a DVD, is it really worth it to shoot at 1080p or would 720p do the trick?  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/camcorder-options-for-streaming-video#post-68149 Fri, 20 May 2011 23:43:58 +0000 AthanJ098 68149@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all.  I hope this is posted in the right area.</p> <p>I'm looking for some feedback regarding a camcorder that I will use for indoor shooting of a music performance that will eventually be streamed online.  I want to shoot HD at 60p and was looking for a camcorder that would record decent 720p HD since that's probably the end resolution that I will try to stream.  </p> <p>I was originally looking at the Samsung HMX-H200 vs the Sony HDR-CX110.  The Samsung records in typical mp4 (H.264) format whereas the Sony records in AVCHD.  The Sony records in 1080i, but I didn't really want to deal with interlaced video, so I opted for the Samsung so I could record full 720p 60fps.  However, these are both last year's models and this year Samsung has similar specs with the HMX-H300, but Sony threw me a curve ball with the HDR-CX130, which now shoots full 1080p video at 60fps. In my tests with the Samsung HMX-H200, in low light settings I saw more noise with 720 vs 1080, but in very well lit scenes, I couldn't tell much of a difference on my 21.5 inch monitor between 720 and 1080.  That said, for my music performance shoot I will have plenty of light, so my question is should I just stick with the Samsung and record 720p 60fps if 720p is my target resolution for streaming this video on the web anyway?  Or should I get the newer Sony and record at full 1080p and convert it to 720p in post?  I've heard if you record higher quality from the beginning, your results will be better, even if converting to a lower resolution.  Also, I've read that the bit rate that AVCHD records at is higher and therefore yields higher quality.  But will this higher quality codec and higher resolution even be noticed when compared to 720p footage? </p> <p>Anyway, I'm at a point where I need to make a decision.  I'm weighing the practicality of the Samsung with the possibility of added quality of the Sony at the higher resolution.  I just don't know if I'll see that quality if I'm compressing my video for web streaming anyway.  Any help would be appreciated, and if you have other camcorder ideas, feel free to mention those as well.  Sorry for the book, kind of a simple yet loaded question.  Thanks in advance!</p> <p>Athan</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38884 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:07:35 +0000 thewatcher 38884@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yeah, it's starting to sound like I got a raw deal on the camera.  Still, I've found some cheap HDV cameras on ebay (and a few cheap HDV decks), but will they maintain 24 fps (or even work at all) when I play back my 24p MiniDV tapes?  Neither the cameras nor the decks have 24p listed as one of their capabilities; they're either 30 or 60p. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38875 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:43:18 +0000 robGRAUERT 38875@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> yea. you should be able to put the tape into a cheaper camcorder with no quality loss. Also, try looking for a used HDV deck, that is, if you will trust the previous user. Seems you may have been screwed with your purchase of this used camera. </p> <p> I've read that the reason why Firewire ports can burn out like yours did is because of the sudden jolt of electricity that goes to the port once you plug it in. The port could also burn out on your computer. So the best thing to do is plug in your camcorder and turn it on while the computer is off. Then don't turn off your camcorder that your using as a deck...ever.</p> <p> I have a miniDV deck connected to my computer and I never turn it off.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38872 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:30:50 +0000 thewatcher 38872@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I finally sent the camera to JVC out of frustration... apparently the firewire circuit has been shorted either by myself or the previous owner.  As much as I relish the thought of paying the $1,928.17 I was quoted to replace the mainboard, I was curious if anyone knows of any cheap workarounds. </p> <p>I simply don't have the funds to purchase an HDV deck outright, but I was curious if I could put a MiniDV tape with 24p HDV footage into a cheap consumer handheld HDV camcorder and use that as a replacement deck.  Any thoughts or better suggestions?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38283 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:34:22 +0000 thewatcher 38283@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I just tried HDVSplit, but that didn't recognize the camera either.</p> <p> I'll try giving Vegas another go...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38255 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:14:53 +0000 Johnboy 38255@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you should be using the internal capture utility in Vegas to capture HDV, if that still doesn't do it try hdvsplit to capture, it's free.</p> <p>John</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38253 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:07:26 +0000 thewatcher 38253@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I recently acquired a used (but in excellent condition) JVC HD100U.  Everything seems to work fine on the camera, but the problem I (and apparently half the people who own this type of camera) have is that I cannot capture 720 24p HDV footage in ANY NLE program.</p> <p>I've been scouring the internet for a solution to the problem... I currently use Final Cut Pro 6.0, which has no problem recognizing the HD100 when it's set to DV mode, but when set to 24p it simply cannot even find the camera.</p> <p>Being lucky enough to have several friends with PC's, I tried my luck with Sony Vegas 8.  That too failed to recognize the camera.</p> <p>I've tried numerous workarounds (neither HDVxDV nor DVHSCap recognizes the camera either), but nothing seems to work.  I'd assume that the Firewire port on the camera was malfunctioning if it weren't for the fact that it works fine in DV mode...</p> <p>Again, it seems bizarre that instead of failing to import footage properly (dropped frames, lack of timecode, etc.), no NLE will even see that my camera is connected.</p> <p>Does anyone have any other suggestions?  Is there some setting on the camera for outputting HDV that I need to change?</p>