t.elder Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I am doing a few days next week on a documentary that has been shooting on 35mm and syncing at the lab. I haven't yet found out which lab they are using, but I am considering using the 744T or another lower-priced hard disk / compact flash recorder (not a DVD-RAM PD-6, in other words) and I am wondering what is the best route for this. Is the InDAW the only way to do this? I am assuming at this point that syncing the takes in a non-linear editing system is out of the question. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tourtelot Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 If your 7-series has been hardware and software updtaed to v.2.03, you can simul-record to DVD-RAM or, if you are over-the-shoulder, transfer the INHDD or the CF to an external FW drive, either a DVD-RAM burner or an external HDD. If you can power your 744T from a gel-cell or the AC wall-wart (12VDC) you can even use a bus-powered external drive/burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Timan Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 You can: sync the takes manually in a non-linear editing system, sure (check that your editing system's software version is up to date and compatible with 744T's files); use InDAW, Fostex DV-40 or Fostex DV-824 in a telecine seession; and deliver either on a DVD-RAM simultaneously written during recording (see Doug's post) or deliver on DVD-R or CD-R made after the fact on your computer with disc burning software (format in either FAT32 or UDF/ISSO9660). Only the former requires the hardware/firmware update. Good luck! I am doing a few days next week on a documentary that has been shooting on 35mm and syncing at the lab. I haven't yet found out which lab they are using, but I am considering using the 744T or another lower-priced hard disk / compact flash recorder (not a DVD-RAM PD-6, in other words) and I am wondering what is the best route for this. Is the InDAW the only way to do this? I am assuming at this point that syncing the takes in a non-linear editing system is out of the question. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.elder Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 use InDAW, Fostex DV-40 or Fostex DV-824 in a telecine seession; I had always thought that the DV-40 and the DV-824 used a proprietary format that disallowed the use of DVD-R, DVD-RAM, and CD-R's which were created using different systems. Good to know. thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Timan Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I had always thought that the DV-40 and the DV-824 used a proprietary format that disallowed the use of DVD-R, DVD-RAM, and CD-R's which were created using different systems. Good to know. Nope, they all work fine. The original DV-40 firmware only reads CD-R and DVD-RAM, though. Fostex later updated the firmware to allow use of DVD-R, but you should make sure the particular machine you use has been updated if you intend to use DVD-R format discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Barnts Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 I learned after purchasing a big order of DVD+Rs that at least some DV-40s won't read them (DVD-Rs are fine). The DV-824 reads both (newer hardware). Anybody need some +Rs with my name and info preprinted on every single one?! Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Timan Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I learned after purchasing a big order of DVD+Rs that at least some DV-40s won't read them (DVD-Rs are fine). The DV-824 reads both (newer hardware). Anybody need some +Rs with my name and info preprinted on every single one?! Oh well... I've never heard of DVD+R as an admissible format for the Fostex machines...was it listed as such somewhere? nvt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Barnts Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Not that I know of, I was simply learning by trial and error when it was difficult to get a clear answer (this was a while ago). DVD-Rs are definitely the way to go, I just wanted to make the distinction so no one else would make the same foolish mistake I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Timan Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Not that I know of, I was simply learning by trial and error when it was difficult to get a clear answer (this was a while ago). DVD-Rs are definitely the way to go, I just wanted to make the distinction so no one else would make the same foolish mistake I did. Gotcha...yeah, hopefully the telecine machines will soon support everything. $100 PC and Mac external optical drives seem to have an easy time accepting just about any existing format for playback, so it seems a bit silly that $5000-15000 optical drive-based controllers don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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