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Export XDCAMHD to SD_DVD issues
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Before I get yelled at, I did read the FAQ and followed the threads regarding this, and I still have an issue that maybe someone can help me correct.
I followed Walter Biscardi’s method of exporting a XDCAM 1080i sequence as a reference movie, bring that into Compressor and create a SD file for DVDSP. The result was pixelation on interview shots and stair-stepping on some still animations. Am I missing some setting in Compressor that I should be doing? Is there anything that should be changed from the default settings?
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How are you watching/monitoring the DVD?
David Roth Weiss
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I’m watching on a blu-ray DVD hooked up to an Aquos monitor
2 points- on computer monitor it plays fine. I also downconverted it thru the Kona card and captured it onto digibeta, then digitized that and compressed it, and that played fine, so I know the monitor isn’t the issue.
One other note..I just discovered monitor is hooked up thru composite…(this is in a conference room, not my edit room) I will try and hook up component and see if that helps (it should) -
ANYTIME you look at SD video on an HD monitor, it will look bad.
Let me ask you this… What bit rate are you compressing this at? an average of 5.5 or 4.5? You can go as high as 6 and your video will look absolutely gorgeous.
Oh yeah… one more thing. I’ve noticed this issue when making reference movies, too. I always create a stand alone file just for the purpose of making DVDs, then when its safe, I delete them.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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I was using the 6.2 average rate associated with the 2-pass VBR
I normally do use a self-contained movie, but in the interests of time I was doing a reference movie.
You are right, however..in that viewing on an SD monitor is an improvement -
Did you set up your rending to ProRes422 or to the old standby of XDDCAM HD?
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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Pro-Res…I did read up on the threads before starting…and thru the Flanders monitor the images are gorgeous..and even when I watch a down-converted feed from the LHi to an SD monitor it still looks great.
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Just for fun… Export a self-contained clip and compress that one.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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I would disagree with your definition of the word “fun”..but I will try it when I get some downtime.
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