Motion to broadcast file formats?

i'm not sure if i'm asking the right question here but here goes: I'm trying to set up a motion project which will ultimately go to broadcast tv. The stations want dvx, beta sp (tape), dgs or something called vyvx? Is there a way i can get this format to them from a motion project?

hi,
Motion can go way higher in quality than that!
The Dvx thing is a falvour of compact DVD foorage. Beta SP obviously is a tape format. After a whole 2 minutes of searching I didnt find out much about the other two, except that Vyvx seems to be a company involved with fibre optics.
So Motion will produce a really high quality export, better than beta sp for example. You will need a video card like the kona 2, or blackmagic cards or similar with 422 control to talk to the beta deck and layback to it ( and you'll need a deck of course). To get the others you'll have to export as a quicktime and find some software to convert and down grade it. There's bound to be a bit out there to do it.
So the work flow is make the project in Motin at the best quality you can, export out at high quality, and then down convert, or import into FCP and layback to tape.
Hope this helps
adam

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