MJPEG

CineCap Output File Sizes

Sequenced Images: JPEGs        Each 16mm JPEG is about 0.4MB

PNG's         Each 16mm JPEG is about 3.5MB

TIFs           Each 16mm TIF is about 5.5MB.

Video

  1. It seems that the canon hv30 was a 1080i camcorder and the canon hv40 is a 1080p camcorder?
    1. i.      Because nothing moves
  2. The intensity Pro card uses “video standards” of 1080i…huh?
  3. On your website you mention compress mjpeg HD or uncompress  bitmap file ….is this done thru the capture card…?
    1. i.      Thru the capture software.
    2. ii.      Lossless or slightly compressed (20%)
      1. One could really not see the difference
    3. iii.      Lossless – raid recommended --- resource intense
      1. 100 feet of 16mm -or- 50 feet of 8mm/S8 film with a speed change built into the footage will require about 7 gigs of hard drive space if you choose lossless or about 1.75 gigs if you choose compressed.
      2. 100 feet of 16mm -or- 50 feet of 8mm/S8 film without a speed change built into the footage will require about 4 gigs of hard drive space if you choose lossless or about 1 gig if you choose compressed.

Film Scanned Output Files - What NLE's Support

Overview Many times people ask whether or not their NLE can support the film output AVI files.  Here's info on this topic.

Output File Format

With the latest version of CineCap Velocity HD ver 1.4 (Mar 2011) we have a couple of output options.

1)  We can output files using the Blackmagic Motion JPEG codec in an AVI wrapper.  The Motion JPEG codec is a very common codec used by many camera manufacturers.  This codec is compatible with both MAC and PC based systems.

2)  For a codec independent file format we can now generate sequenced image files.  One image is created for each frame of film and therefore this makes the "file" independent of any codec.

MAC Users

iMovie - according to wiki's comments regarding iMove 8 (released August 2007), ".....Motion JPEG encoded AVI files do appear to be recognized, this is the most common format used by digital cameras (click here to check the full article).  At this point of time I believe the latest version is iMovie 11.

I tested iMovie 3.03 on the Power MAC and the avi file does load with no problems.  One problem is that iMovie 3 and I believe 4 only support 4:3 aspect ratio.  Pretty sure that ver 6 supports widescreen 16:9.

Final Cut Pro - According to a customer (Brian Lye) back in mid 2011 using the film avi files in Final Cut Pro ..."the process is very easy.  So if you have customers with a similar inquiry the steps are: "

  • Bring the .avi footage into Compressor (program comes with Final Cut Pro package).
  • Put the settings for Apple ProRes 422 onto the file.
  • Hit Submit.
  • Voila!
  • It is easy to now edit within Final Cut.