DVCPro HD to DV timeline conversion?
by mortimer heathcliff
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Jul 2, 2008 at 7:30:50 pm
Wow, i'm having a heck of time doing what seems like it should be very simple. I have 13 22 minute HD tv episodes, all in single DVCPro HD (1280 x 1080) files on DVCPro HD timelines in FCP. I simply want to convert them to DV NTSC (720 x 480) QT files in a letterboxed format so the client gets "all the picture" and it isn't all squished vertically. I've tried several variations of codecs, and can't seem to end up with the letterboxed look. I get some very nice looking DV files, but they "fill the screen" with some very tall skinny people walking around. This had been the source of another thread where i was trying to send these DVCPro HD files to an Avid editor and was directed to download the Avid DV 100 codec...which I did, and it seemed to work fine, but i just figured i would try to send smaller DV files instead via "yousendit" or my iDisk...
it is very frustrating to be struggling with what seems so simple...
Re: DVCPro HD to DV timeline conversion? by mortimer heathcliff on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:10:48 pm
ya....
i had that one figured out just a few minutes ago, but thanks for the help. i was going to come on here and post my solution after i send this short test clip to my Avid client to see how well the file plaes for them.
boy, i really hate it when i seem so stupid with this stuff, but you guys are really patient in answering some of these really dumb and basic questions i have. thanks again for all you guys do here!
Re: DVCPro HD to DV timeline conversion? by Jeremy Garchow on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:19:23 pm
[mortimer heathcliff]"boy, i really hate it when i seem so stupid with this stuff, but you guys are really patient in answering some of these really dumb and basic questions i have. thanks again for all you guys do here!"
Oh man, no worries at all. Questions are why this forum is here.
