Hi8 video capture workflow with Atomos Ninja Blade?
 

Hi,

I hope anyone with skill can help,

I'm an amateur enthusiast trying to digitise my over 120 video8 tapes, (I couldn't afford using an external service for this so I decided to go solo)

I know you guys know your stuff,

Just wondered on a yay or nay in your opinion on the following setup:

Starting with a s-video out from Camcorder into the following setup:

1: SONY RDR-HXD870 (has a reasonable TBC), then out again via s-video to

2: Analgue-to-SDI converter (blackmagic design), into -

3: Decimator Design MD-HX - the out via HDMI cable to

4: Ninja Blade, (writing Pro Res LT 1080p)

Looking forward to any advice you may have,

Cheers,
LP

Too many devices, Get a decent Hi8 or D8 camcorder with built in TBC, If you must use your BM converter use SDI instead of HDMI, SD SDI is idiot proof standard and it is geared towards analog SD unlike HDMI that is all over the place if you are not carful to select the right parameters. Save your files as AVI 4:2:2 and process from these master files, Good luck.

That's great advice, much appreciated.

Your DVD recorder can output HDMI, so there's really no point in going back to an analog output. If you can set the HDMI output to be 480i, just capture that directly with the Atomos (since it has HDMI input). If for some reason the DVD recorder adds HDCP, run it through a cheap HDMI splitter first to remove it.

This is a convoluted method, with zero gains for time or quality.

Hi,

Appreciate the input, any practical advice within mentioned setup would be really helpful,

Many thanks,
LP

OK, will have a look into that

Makes sense, will try it out