PVM2800

Betacam or Betacam SP Processing via Intensity Pro

Equipment Sony Betacam SP  PVW2800 record, edit and play deck

Digitize

  • Currently, I set up the deck connected to the component and left and right audio channels to the Intensity Pro card in Flag.
  • Opened Sony Vegas and used the "HDV and SDI" capture option.
  • Set the preferences (icon in the right-hand corner of the window) in the capture window to:
    • Device: "Blackmagic Design Decklink"
    • Capture format: NTSC Standard (720x486, 29.97 fps)
  • Select the "encoding":
    • MPEG IMX MXF
    • 8-bit YUV AVI
  • select the folder that you want record the footage to.

Encodings

  1. MPEG IMX MXF
    1. Specs: Video 720x486x32, 29.97 fps interlaced, 50 Mbps Audio: 16 bit, 48KHz, 8 channel, Linear PCM
    2. 0.5 GB per minute
  2. 8-bit YUV AVI
    1. Specs: Video 720x486x24, 29.97 fps interlaced, uncompressed Audio: 16 bit, 48KHz, Stereo
    2. 1.25 GB per minute