One more point I'm sure you'd like to know and any number of folks in
the cinellera cult should be able to ellaborate on is MPEG and all the
other evil freemasonic codecs...
I don't want to even really think about them but until theora stops
looking shifty and pixilated like h263 or something were all stuck
with propriatary h264 and hdv the asinine mpeg2... --there's more but
there out of your league I'm guessing cause cause they're mostly
genlock driven and renninated betacam and Japanese designs... Avchd is
h264 and hdv is mpeg2 and those for better or for worse are today
formats in 2008...
I don't know if it matters much to the end user or us "prosumers"
Cause all that shits available online but basically MPEG2 are a lot
larger than h264s for similar quality (except I haven't seen any
1080p avchd yet) many will tell toy MPEG is more professional, but
that's just stupid... Both look fine, niether is film... What really
matters is a lens adapter like the red rock micro m2 (which can be
built)
But as far as editing avchd h264 you'll run into some interesting
problems... I don't want to ellaborate because it -
A
qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqa confuses me too, but basically as much as mpeg2
is made for playback, h264 is made for maxrecording/data capacity...
I think they designed it thinking of Japapnese business men on
vacation with no intention of editingppqq
Sent from my iPhone.
On Aug 2, 2008, at 10:15 AM, "B. Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello all,
This is a bit off topic, but this may be an issue other cinelerra
users
are dealing with.
I've never owned a video camera, but thought now may be a good time to
net a standard def camera before hidef takes over entirely.
Seems miniDV is already on its way out, the only ones I've seen in
stores seem to be very low-end. Other options appear to be flash and
HDD
cameras.
So that brings me to my question:
Is it worth getting a miniDV camera at this point? I have a few miniDV
tapes of video documentation around, but I could always convert those.
I'm familar and comfortable DV for real-time (pd/gem) and production
of
video documentation.
Here are a few pointed questions:
Anyone using flash or HDD cams on linux? (are they just normal
mass-storage devices?)
Do the flash and HDD cameras give you options for anything but mpeg2?
(DV, mjpeg, sequence of frames?) A camera that stores video so
compressed off the bat does not sound like a great option, especially
for any real-time use.
Any recommendations of cameras that are known to work on linux, are
flexible in terms of format, and are around $500 US?
Are the HDDs in these cameras normal laptop size? As in can they be
hacked/swapped once the warranty runs out?
Is it worth getting one of these hidef cameras? Is the hidef codec
working in cinelerra and patent unfriendly?
Thanks all for your time and consideration.
I'm looking forward to the future of lumierra!
B. Bogart
_______________________________________________
Cinelerra mailing list
[email protected]
https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
_______________________________________________
Cinelerra mailing list
[email protected]
https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
