I have another question - and this , i guess, is directed at people who use external recording devices.

The BBC standard for broadcast states - "Inter-frame based recording formats below 50Mb/s". Now, I am recording at 1080p25 (because I am on that side of the world) and have set the recording device to capture at 1080p25 as well, using the ProRes HQ Codec. I am getting really confused with the size requirements as, coming from the IT world, we dont really deal with MegaBITS, but mostly MegaBYTES. I decided to do a little test and shot 10 seconds of footage with the following settings:

1) 1080i ProRes HQ                         - 185.4MB

2) 1080i Prores 422                          - 114.7MB

3) 1080i ProRes LT                         - 96.7MB

4) 1080p Prores HQ                        -220.8MB

5) 1080p Prores 422                         - 137.1MB

6) 1080p ProRes LT                         - 90.5MB

7) Direct to Camera SD card              - 16.9MB

Now, 1 MegaBYTE is equal to 8 MegaBITS - This means, that at its highest recording setting, the external device is able to capture at 22.08 MegaBYTES per second, and 176.64 MegaBITS per second.

All of this, is to ask the following: - am I correct in assuming that the BBC standards of 50Mb/s refers to MegaBITS, and therefore I am recording at MUCH higher than needed (which will assist with Green-Screen work and post work), or am I deluded, and should rather leave to become a street-sweeper?

Also, I do understand that this is an After Effects forum, but I am hoping that I am not the only person using After Effects that has this question! :-)   If I am, any point to the correct forum will be appreciated.

Thank you

Pierre

Thank guys,

Ill check them both out - have not had a chance to play with the device properly yet. Ill check it out next week, and post some findings out of interest.

:-)

Have a great one, and thanks for the responses.

Pierre