Apple Intermediate codec or Pro Res 422

Just out of interest, is there a clear winner between capturing using AIC or PR 422 when working with HDV footage? The final output will be a SD DVD. I am assuming that AIC will create smaller files?
If I capture using either, can I still use idvd or will compressor > studio Pro be the only route for me?
Thanks
Stuart

Gotcha ... well there's nothing wrong with that workflow per se. My suggestion is only that one doesn't need to transcode everything prior to capture but rather only those sections that are actually used in the final edit (ie transcode it at export). Every action has its pro's and cons tho, the capture as ProRes method would result in media files around 6x bigger than that of HDV or DV ... as long as you have the storage capacity to handle that, and as long as those drives are sufficiently fast enough to deal with the vastly increased data rate (for possibly multiple simultaneous streams of the same during editing) then you're good to go. With the right equipment, editing in native ProRes is a breeze. The capture as HDV and edit as HDV (with renders as ProRes) means much smaller file sizes / lower data rates, so more modest equipment can easily handle it. The downside would be that when rendering in the timeline (or for export) your render times would be slightly longer as the app still needs to deal with the more computationally intensive HDV codec as its source (although the target for the render is the less intensive ProRes) ... of course, this is still very much faster than rendering/conforming back to HDV!
The choice ultimately is yours, and if your client is happy to let you experiment then I'd encourage you to do so and see which works best for you and your set up. I know of those who do exactly as you've been advised in your training, others who's preference is to capture as native HDV and then edit with that directly in a fully ProRes timeline ... but for me, my preferred workflow is as follows:
Choose the appropriate HDV Easy Setup and then Log and Capture the footage.
Create and open a new sequence, open the Sequence Settings window > Render Control tab and set the Render codec to ProRes 422
Edit ... and when the edit is complete choose Export > Quicktime Movie w/ settings as Apple ProRes 422 ( +not Current Settings+ )
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