Re: DVCProHD to SD DVD

You can always use ProRes or Uncompressed if yo are concerned about quality. In my experience it's hard to see a difference over the codecs I mentioned.

The problem is: DVCProHD in 720 is either 24p with 3:2 pulldown or progressive. If it's interlaced by pulldown, go ahead with MPEG Streamclip. If it's progressive, I'd rather use After Effects for this, since it can compose 60 full frames into 30 frames with interlace (much faster than Compressor too). Or get FieldsKit with it's re-interlacer for FCP.

Unfortunately, FCP is not yet able (yet?) to preserve temporal resolution when going from full-frames to interlace.

Regards,

Uli




Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts