Sounds simple. It is not.
But that 100GB file over a 1Gbps fiber connection? Still 20-30 minutes. And you have 13 episodes. And dailies. And deleted scenes. If Season 03 was shot on HDCAM SR (1080p/23.98) , the image quality is fantastic – it’s a lossy, but visually lossless, MPEG-4 Studio Profile codec at 440 Mbps (SR-HQ). It holds up beautifully for a 4K upscale. upload s03 hdcam
There is no FTP from the tape. It’s a linear, real-time analog/digital hybrid handshake. One dropout, one sync glitch? Re-wind and try again. Here’s where Season 03 gets spicy. Standard HDCAM had 4-8 audio channels. HDCAM SR can carry 12 channels of 24-bit/48kHz audio or even 24 tracks of embedded AES/EBU. Sounds simple