Its Mpeg 2, stored on normal miniDV tapes, and at the same bitrate as DV (so a 60 minute DV tape still gives 60 minutes HDV recording). They did this because HD stuff is higher res than DV, so theres more information to store, and mpeg2 can compress more than DV, so it mkes up for this.
Its straight mpeg2 but things are never quite that simple. Its actually mpeg2 transport stream I think, the file extension is .m2t Also depends how your capture & editing software handdles HDV. Some dont handle the native mpeg2 format and may capture to an intermediate codec for editing, which may take up much more disc space. Or for certain apps eg some standalone encoder, you may need to convert the m2t to a m2v. The key really is having a suitable HDV editing program, anybody who has one probably doesnt need to know any of the waffle Ive just been saying, this stuff will be invisible to them. I have that particular camera (European version) and its very nice. I havent had anything interesting to film recently though so Ive forgetten the more technical aspects of the format. Looks like its going to be a cold winter here in the UK though, snow as early as the end of this week, so I hope to capture some high definiton winterscapes in the coming months. At that point I'll probably start waffling about using higher res web video to make the best use of specific HDV camera footage again, if memory sserves me correctly I was promoting using quarter HDV which would be around the 960x540 resolution for PAL footage. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brad Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is from my (foggy) memory, but isn't it their "HDV" format, or is > that simply hypespeak for mpeg2? > > Allen_Weiner wrote: > > >For any of those who have used the new Sony Hi-Def camera, HDR-HC1, > >what is the format output from the camera. It's not clear on the site, > >but is it straight MPEG-2 or some other format. > > > >Allen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Brad Webb, Director of Social Media Technology > > http://vslabs.vsocial.com/ > vSocial | Custom One Media, LLC > 51 W. Third Street, #301 > Tempe, AZ 85281 > (602) 885-2295 - Mobile > (480) 967-9575 - Fax > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
