• Media 100

  DCVPROHD 1080i to DVD

  Posted by Dave Simpson on September 19, 2012 at 1:03 pm

  Hi All,

  I have a program edited for Broadcast done in DVCPROHD 1080i. I also need to make a DVD for a presentation. How should I export the timeline to burn a DVD in I DVD and maintain as much quality as possible? I know it won’t still be HD but any advice as to how to get the best results would be appreciated.
  I’m using Media 100 Suite 2.0.1 and I have Adobe Media Encoder and Compressor if need be.

  Dave

  Dave Simpson replied 13 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bernhard G.

  September 21, 2012 at 7:39 am

  Hello,

  The topic You should be interested here is scaling and file-based
  standards conversion;
  DVD-coding itself is not the problem, since You could
  get the very best coder in the industry for an affordable price:
  https://www.cinemacraft.com/en/ccemp.html

  Scaling frequently comes up in the forums; the bad answer:
  There is not a single good software standards converter out there.
  Well, there is Amberfin, but their’s iCR standards converter costs $$.$$$.-
  https://www.amberfin.com/products/icr-standards-converter
  It offers the very best scaling because it’s based upon the Snell&Wilcox HW converters…

  But for the rest of us there is no easy way for file-based standards conversion!
  At least not with acceptable quality. It’s a shame!

  So the fastest way would be:
  – simply use Adobe ME for scaling and encoding
  – put the MPEG2 quality specs to the max (two pass VBR)
  – process in 32bit float precision and with maximum render quality
  Do NOT de-interlace. AME’s de-interlacing is a catastrophe.

  for the best affordable quality:
  – use your Matrox or AJA I/O HW, better a BMD Teranex for scaling HD to SD

  (requires 2nd capture/playout device like computer / deck / recorder;
  We actually do have excellent scalers in our I/O-HWs but aren’t able to use them file-based!…)

  – re-capture SD uncompressed 10bit
  – encode in Apple Compressor using the CCEmp plugin

  Best regards,
  Bernhard

  P.S.: Please does anyone have an idea why file-based high quality standards conversion
  is still not available to the rest of us?
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  Dave Simpson

  September 22, 2012 at 1:22 pm

  Hello Bernhard

  Thanks for the response. I will try your Adobe ME suggestion first and see how things look, then take it from there.

  cheers

  Dave

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