Shoot HDV at the normal 1080-60i or 1080-50i setting, or 1280
x 720 24P if you have the JVC-HD100. Do not use the Cineframe
(CF24, CF25, CF30) modes on the Sony cameras, The 24F mode on
the Canon XL-H1, A1, HV20 (24A mode) etc is acceptable.. See here for details and shutter settings for the FX1/Z1U. The footage can be easily converted to 24 Raylight AVI for editing
at 24P using Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere Pro. This is the highest
quality method for a transfer to film or 24P digital projection.
Click here to read about Raylight and purchase or download the free demo version. First capture your footage: 2. Capture MPEG2 Transport Stream Connect your HDV camera to the computer's firewire port. You must
be running Windows XP. Download CapDVHS, a free program, by clicking here and unzip it. Run CapDVHS. Select your camera from the dropdown list (see below)
and click on the Setting tab. Select the folder you wish to capture to by clicking Save Folder. Make sure it is a folder on your media drive (a drive dedicated
to video data), and not the system drive. The Settings should be left at the defaults (see below).
3. Converting to 24P or 25P Raylight AVI The MPEG-2 captured clips must then be converted from 60i to 24P
(or from 50i to 25P). For 24F clips, there is no frame rate conversion
required, Maker ignores the 3:2 pulldown flags in the MPEG-2 stream.
For 24A (HV20) the 2-pass 3:2 pulldown remove should be used. To convert
to Raylight run DVFilm Maker from the Raylight "installData" folder
(if you purchased Raylight) or for tryout get the demo version
of DVFilm Maker at dvfilm.com/maker. The frame size can also be 1920 x 1080, and the frame rate can
also be 30 or 25. An options dialog will appear (see below) as well as a playback
screen. (note that DVFilm Maker does not play back audio from the MPEG-2
playback screen). For 60i source material, click on the 24P Editing options and
the 24P options screen will appear (see below). For 24F source material, select "Deinterlace" and then UNSELECT
it (turn off all processing). For HV20 24A mode, use "Remove 3:2 pulldown"
and "2-pass pulldown removal" and "23.976 Exact" Click OK to close the dialog. Then click Advanced Options in the dialog above. All other options should be OFF. Click OK to close the dialog. Start the conversion by clicking Start on the main options dialog (see above right). At left see that the d:\raylight is being used as the output folder. If you use the default options, Raylight will create a .rayl file
with the hi-res data, and a low-res proxy for editing will be
stored in the AVI file. The .rayl file will end up in the d:\raylight\rayl folder in this
example. If you use the Make self-contained AVI option, then no .rayl file is created. However you can not use
the Raylight Red quality level in that case, which is the fastest
level for playback. If your editing system has a dual disk stripe
(RAID) system and fast dual core processors, you can safely choose
the self-contained option. For all other options, see the Raylight ReadMe.txt file. 4, How long does it take? The conversion to 24P (or 25P) will take approximately 10 minutes
for each minute of recorded video. When it is completed, click
File, SaveAs on the main menu and choose an appropriate name for the Raylight
AVI. Check the Raylight AVI in Windows Media Player and use the Raylight
Control Panel to select Red, Yellow or Blue quality level. See the rest of the Raylight Tutorial on how to edit Raylight AVI and create an output file for transfer
to film or video.
Click on Rec to get ready for capture, and then hit PLAY on your camera. When the take has ended, click Stop on the dialog above, then STOP on the camera.
Start DVFilm Maker and the splash screen at left will appear.
Drag the .mpg file you captured with CapDVHS into the screen.
For 50i source material, select "Deinterlace..." to convert to
25P.
In the dialog at left, for 60i source material select Convert 60i to 24P and Output 23.976 exact
For all material, in the Advanced Options dialog, select User Selects Compression.
When you hit start, a compression select dialog will appear (see
at left). Choose DVFilm Raylight as your compression format. Click
Configure... if you have not already configured the Raylight output folder.
5. Checking the Raylight AVI