Why do I lose all sensation of speed on DVD?
by Chris Simpson
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Aug 14, 2009 at 7:10:10 pm
This may seems odd, but I've creating multi can event dvds of karting. Using HDV and DV cameras, recording HDV and miniDV obviously, when I'm editing it in Final Cut Pro, or even viewing H264 files for upload and then viewing them on line on say vimeo, there's a distinct impression of speed, actual speeds are up to 80miles an hour, not massively quick but then again I'm videoing fairly close say 5-200m, and there is a lot of circuit furniture, barriers and lighting pylons, etc, so there's plenty of things to provide contrast, while when I output using DVD Studio Pro, to output to DVD, I find there's a distinct loss of the sensation of speed, like you could run faster. The video runs the same length of time, but it just looks and feels slower.One or two others have commented how tame it all looks, on dvd.
I fear it could be inherent problem with interlaced video, that my Mac Pro cinema monitor, gives the appearance of speed due to it being progressive ?
Anyway any settings in DVD Studio Pro or maybe on the sony cameras that should know?
Re: Why do I lose all sensation of speed on DVD? by Chris Simpson on Aug 19, 2009 at 2:22:19 pm
hi,
Well I also posted it in the DVD studio pro forum when I realised there was one, and it's just because it's better quality, some even suggested sitting with a an electric fan in front of the TV. Its the choppiness I think its lacking, of the comparitively low res of the monitor/on line that gives it more speed.
I'd have thought my monitor was progressive and the TV is interlaced? No? I thinking less frames per second on the monitor, and 25i/50 on the tv, making for a smoother, better, but perversely slower looking. I was just wondering if there was a setting or property I had missed. Apparently not.
