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KONA LH/LHe Installation and Operation Manual — Understanding Typical
PhotoJPEG Data rate: approximately 1-3 MB/second standard definition or high
definition—supported by internal system drive
Quality: Very Good
The Apple PhotoJPEG codec offers an excellent compressed media choice for
on-line quality at low data rates. PhotoJPEG can use the full-raster at 4:2:2
sampling. Final Cut Pro 5 allows you to adjust quality using a PhotoJPEG
control panel. KONA LH allows for PhotoJPEG monitoring and/or output in
both SD and HD. KONA LH can capture from almost any HD or SD input,
directly to PhotoJPEG media.
DV (DV25) Data rate: 3.13 MB/second (megabyte/second) standard definition only—
supported by internal system drive
Quality: Good
In this workflow, DV is usually input to a Power Mac running Final Cut Pro 5
through its FireWire port. DV offers good quality, but it has lower Chroma
resolution when compared to DV50, JPEG, or uncompressed. You can use
KONA LH to convert DV projects to uncompressed—in real time—for
monitoring and/or output. Alternatively, KONA LH can capture uncompressed
from any input, directly to DV media.
DV50 Data rate: 6.26 MB/second standard definition only—supported by internal
system drive
Quality: Very Good
Like DV25, Final Cut Pro 5 also supports the Panasonic DV50 standard
definition codec. DV50 is a 4:2:2 compressed format and therefore has higher
chroma resolution when compared to DV25. Also like DV25, you can use
KONA LH to convert DV50 projects to uncompressed—in real time—for
monitoring and/or output. KONA LH can capture uncompressed from any
input, directly to DV50 media.
DVCPRO HD Data rate: 12 MB/second high definition—supported by internal system drive
Quality: Excellent
Like DV50, Final Cut Pro 5 also supports the Panasonic DVCPRO HD high
definition codec. You can use KONA LH to convert DVCPRO HD projects to
uncompressed—in real time—for monitoring and/or output. KONA LH can
capture uncompressed from any input, directly to DVCPRO HD media. When
playing the DVCPRO HD format back, the KONA LH hardware handles the
work of properly scaling the video for monitoring and output—which provides
for more streams of RT effects, since the G5 processors are freed up to handle
the RT.