Urgent help! 1080i60 to 1080p24 conversion for today
by ttpayton
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May 5, 2007 at 6:12:49 pm
I'm in a bit of a bind. I've delivering a video Monday AM. I've got some drop dead 1080p24 interviews (Sony HDCAM converted to DVCPROHD) , but I need to incorporate some 1080i60 stuff I shot today on HDV (currently in Apple Intermediate Codec)
I started using Compressor to convert the HDV to DVCPROHD utilizing "medium quality" settings in the advanced frame tab, but it was estimating about 1 day to convert the 1 hour of HDV footage. Yikes.
So I used the legacy de-interlace in Compressor, and only took about an hour to transcoder the footage. Now at least I've got footage with the correct frame rate so I can edit, but holy cow the 60i to 24p does not look good. Super choppy.
So I'm wondering about my options.
1) Natress G Standards Conversions plugin?
2) Final Cut? (I admit I didn't even try this thinking it would look bad)
3) Compressor?
I'm only going to have about 5 minutes of final HDV footage in the project, but I need all the edit time I can get and need to keep this conversion time to a minimum.
Thanks in advanced for some Cow help in a Saturday!
Re: Urgent help! 1080i60 to 1080p24 conversion for today by JeremyG on May 5, 2007 at 7:31:01 pm
Your options are #1, #3 (#2 won't look good) and then you are going to have to wait for render times. I would tests with short footage clips with those options as well to see if they are going to work for you. Your other option is to run the footage through a Terranex converter if you can find one that's available on Saturday.
Re: Urgent help! 1080i60 to 1080p24 conversion for today by Graeme Nattress on May 5, 2007 at 9:04:04 pm
5 mins via my conversion plugin shouldn't take too long. Email me direct if you need help. I'm around on a saturday. OK, i'm an email addict and around every day....
Graeme
- www.nattress.com - Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
Re: Urgent help! 1080i60 to 1080p24 conversion for today by ttpayton on May 6, 2007 at 4:43:41 pm
Graeme,
I got your demo. Seems like your conversion times are much shorter than Compressor. I've got a bit more time (half a day on Monday). So I will dive into it then.
Re: Urgent help! 1080i60 to 1080p24 conversion for today by Graeme Nattress on May 6, 2007 at 4:48:49 pm
http://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/movies.htm shows how to use the plugins, but any issues, just drop me an email graeme@nattress.com and I'll help you out.
Graeme
- www.nattress.com - Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
