| HD Footage to SD DVD ???
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 | HD Footage to SD DVD ???
by Michael Brown on Jun 18, 2012 at 1:22:16 pm |
Hi folks,
This has been answered in the past but lots has changed since then, so here I go again:
I have an 18 min. short with only one cut in it, very little movement and only a few simple titles that I need to deliver a preview on NTSC DVD for a few festivals (there are still some that only take NTSC DVDs for preview, believe it or not). I shot on 1080p and made the Pal DVD by exporting it to ProRes 422 at 720x576 16:9 – no problem so far. The DVD SP 4 manual claims that DVDSP can encode Pal footage to NTSC if you import Pal to an NTSC DVDSP project (we're talking SD of course). No dice, asset not accepted.
I have tried to export the sequence from FCP7 to NTSC 720x480 16:9 @ 29,97 fps, but QT will not play it properly (the frame rate varies constantly during playback and the image has the typical jumps every second or so, so I'm aware that my footage has not really been transcoded).
Do I need to send this to a lab that is properly equipped (which would barely be worth the trouble) or can I handle this myself?
MacBook Pro, OS 10.6.8, FCP 7 & DVD SP4
Thanks for your suggestions ;-)
Michael
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
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by eric pautsch on Jun 18, 2012 at 3:24:43 pm |
If you shot and edited 23.98 why are you making it 29.97? Encode progressive and author an NTSC dusc as usual.
Don't make a PAL since PAL set ups always play NTSC discs.
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by Michael Brown on Jun 18, 2012 at 4:02:16 pm |
Hi Eric
Maybybe I wasn't clear enough. I shot in Pal! 1080p Pal, in Europe with a European HDV-Handicam. I need to produce an NTSC DVD for festival purposes. My asset is Pal, and FCP is not a tool for transcoding. But like I said above, DVDSP4 help claims that DVDSP4 will accept Pal asstes into an NTSC DVD project and encode it to NTSC with the built-in encoder. This is what is not working, or what I am not succeeding in at any rate.
Anyone who knows this issue, thanks for your help.
Michael
Michael Brown
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by eric pautsch on Jun 18, 2012 at 5:17:32 pm |
Got it
That's why it's so important to shoot 23.98 so you avoid these issues.
You can use Cinema Tools to conform your 25p material to 23.98. Do a google search on "25p to 23.98" and tons of tutorials and advice shows up. I'll post some links if I have time later
Next you would author a NTSC 720x 480 23.98 disc and distribute this worldwide....it will play on all players. It's only in the US players that don't play PAL
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by eric pautsch on Jun 19, 2012 at 1:33:02 am |
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by Dick Osso on Jun 27, 2012 at 8:39:13 pm |
Hi Mike
I read a year ago POSTING that you had a serious issue with DVDSP4 in BUILDING an IMAGE. I am having the same issues with no solution as I've tried everything. Can we EMAIL privately ? You're in Germany, so that lets out PHONE.
dickosso@mac.com
I need your experience on this project that won't untie itself and build.
Hope to hear from you soon Michael
Dick Osso
Dick Osso
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