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DVCPRO HD, also known as DVCPRO100 is a high-definition video format that can be thought of as four DV codecs that work in parallel.
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DVCPRO and HD
DVCPRO HD supports native progressive format when recorded to P2 memory cards.
The format has been superseded with DVCPRO HD.
Like DVCPRO50, DVCPRO HD employs 4: 2: 2 color sampling.
DVCPRO HD uses smaller raster size than broadcast high definition television: 960x720 pixels for 720p, 1280x1080 for 1080 / 59. 94i and 1440x1080 for 1080 / 50i.
DVCPRO HD equipment offers backward compatibility with older DV / DVCPRO formats.
When recorded to tape, DVCPRO HD uses the same 18 μm track pitch as other DVCPRO flavors.
DVCPRO HD is codified as SMPTE 370M ; the DVCPRO HD tape format is SMPTE 371M, and the MXF Op-Atom format used for DVCPRO HD on P2 cards is SMPTE 390M.
While technically DVCPRO HD is a direct descendant of DV, it is used almost exclusively by professionals.
Tape-based DVCPRO HD cameras exist only in shoulder mount variant.
The main competitor to DVCPRO HD is HDCAM, offered by Sony.
DVCPRO HD supports native progressive recording at 50 or 60 frame / s in 720p mode.
Nevertheless, manufacturers often label cassettes with DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50 or DVCPRO HD and indicate recording time with regards to the label posted.
Cassettes labeled as DVCPRO have a yellow tape-door and indicate recording time when DVCPRO25 is used ; with DVCPRO50 the recording time is half, with DVCPRO HD it is a quarter.
DVCPRO and also
DVCPRO, also known as DVCPRO25, is a variation of DV developed by Panasonic and introduced in 1995 for use in electronic news gathering ( ENG ) equipment.
Panasonic video recorders that accept medium cassette can play back from and record to medium cassette in different flavors of DVCPRO format ; they will also play small cassettes containing DV or DVCAM recording, via an adapter.
Final Cut Pro 5 also added support for Panasonic's P2 format for the recording of DVCPRO HD video to memory cards rather than tape.
DVCPRO and known
* Although Ikegami is known as a manufacturer of high-quality television cameras, the company does not make video recorder mechanisms ( VTRs ), and has been a licensee of professional video formats such as Sony's Betacam SP and DVCAM, and Panasonic's DVCPRO.
DVCPRO and is
When recorded to tape, DVCPRO uses wider track pitch-18 μm vs. 10 μm of baseline DV, which reduces the chance of dropout errors when video is being recorded to tape.
Tape-based DV variants, except for DVCPRO Progressive, do not support native progressive recording, therefore progressively acquired video is recorded within interlaced video stream using pulldown.
Cassettes labeled as DVCPRO HD have a red tape-door and indicate recording time when DVCPRO HD-LP format is used ; a second number may be used for DVCPRO HD recording, which will be half as long.
DVCPRO and high-definition
While Xpress Pro was originally aimed at DV and uncompressed standard definition editors, the upgrade to Xpress Pro HD with version 5. 0 of the software added support for high-definition editing with the 8-bit version of Avid's DNxHD codec or Panasonic's DVCPRO HD codec, and version 5. 2 added support for HDV editing.
DVCPRO and video
All DV variants except for DVCPRO Progressive are recorded to tape within interlaced video stream.
JVC developed the competing D9 / Digital-S format, which compresses video data in a way similar to DVCPRO but uses a cassette similar to S-VHS media.
In professional video recording settings, such as broadcast television, videotape was still heavily used in the mid-to late 2000s, but tapeless formats like DVCPRO P2, XDCAM and AVCHD, are gaining broader acceptance.
Like DVCPRO Progressive, HDV-SD was meant as an intermediate format during the transition time from standard definition to high definition video.
Since HDV was introduced, tapeless — or file-based — video recording formats such as DVCPRO P2, XDCAM and AVCHD have gained broad acceptance.
Developed to address the needs of the growing number of compressed video standards ( DV, DVCPRO, BetaSX, MPEG2 ) it allows lossless transfer of data to other devices which have the same codec, for example DV to DV or SX to SX.
DVCPRO and format
The DV standard, which debuted in 1996, has become widely used both in its native form and in more robust forms such as Sony's DVCAM and Panasonic's DVCPRO as an acquisition and editing format.
Panasonic used its DV variant DVCPRO for all professional cameras, with the higher-end format DVCPRO50 being a direct descendant.
In 1997, Sony bumped its Betacam series up to HD with the HDCAM standard and its higher-end cousin HDCAM SR. Panasonic's competing format for cameras was based on DVCPRO and called DVCPRO HD.
The format was intended for use in professional camcorders and used full-size DVCPRO cassettes.
::* DV ( 1996 ): Sony debuted the DV format tape with DVCAM being professional and DVCPRO being a Panasonic variant.
In April 2004, version 4. 5 of Final Cut Pro was introduced and branded by Apple as " Final Cut Pro HD " due to its native support for Panasonic's tape-based DVCPRO HD format for compressed 720p and 1080i HD over FireWire.
The main competitor to HDCAM is the DVCPRO HD format offered by Panasonic.
DVCPRO and can
Older Sony decks would not play large cassettes with DVCPRO recordings, but newer models can.
* Panasonic DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra camcorders can record DV ( as well as DVCPRO ) onto P2 cards.
DVCPRO and DV
* DVCAM, DVCPRO — used in professional broadcast operations ; similar to DV but generally considered more robust ; though DV-compatible, these formats have better audio handling.
* The DV, DVCAM, & DVCPRO Formats -- tech details, FAQ, and links
Unlike baseline DV, DVCPRO uses locked audio and 4: 1: 1 chroma subsampling for both 50 Hz and 60 Hz variants to decrease generation losses.
Like DVCPRO, DVCAM uses locked audio, which prevents audio synchronization drift that may happen on DV if several generations of copies are made.
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Panasonic launched DVCPRO HD in 2000, expanding the DV codec to support high definition ( HD ).
It features the ability to show 16mm, 35mm, DLP digital projection and 70mm vertical, HDCAM, Betacam, Betacam SP / SX, DigiBetacam, DVCAM, Mini DV, DVD, VHS, Blu-ray, D5, and DVCPRO all in state-of-the-art projectors.
It features tapeless ( non-linear ) recording of DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO-HD, or AVC-Intra streams on a solid-state flash memory.
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