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How to burn an HDV 1080i60 project on DVD? Confused about interlacing and frame rate
Hello, I’m new to HDV editing (and to FCP). I have completed a film using HDV 1080i60 footage (captured in FCP) but I have no idea how I should export it so it looks good. I’d like to make a DVD, and have a HDV version for the web as well (YouTube, probably).
I have tried exporting with the default settings (that is, a HDV 1080i60 mov) and then make a DVD with Compressor (using the “Make DVD” default template). Two things bug me about the result: the titles in my film look bad, and the frame rate is way too fast! It looks amateur.
For the titles, it’s as if everything has been deinterlaced, including titles which are not even interlaced (but again I don’t fully grasp this whole interlacing thing, so maybe what I’m saying doesn’t make sense). In other words the video looks good (even though I’m sure it could be better), but the titles look bad. When I save in HDV 1080p30, (I haven’t burned a DVD yet, but from the looks on QuickTime), the video looks interlaced (contrarily to the 1080i60, I can see ugly lines when I pause and when there’s fast movement), but the titles look GREAT (much better than HDV 1080i60). I don’t know if the frame rate would be any better on a TV though (I’m going to make a DVD and try).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!
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8 Replies
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Your material is interlaced, so just go ahead and make your DVD and watch it on a TV. TVs are interlaced and the DVD will look exactly as it’s supposed to.
For the web, as long as you’re video is exported at 50% of the original size, or smaller, you don’t have to worry about the interlace, it will disappear.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Hello David! Thank you very much for the reply. Yes, it looks good, except the titles and other stuff that is not the original footage as I said. Do you understand what I mean? Also it’s almost too fluid (frame rate too fast), I don’t really know how to describe that… I’ll have to burn and watch the 30p version to see if it’s different.
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OK I have finally burned a DVD with an HDV 1080p30 file. I’m MUCH more pleased with the result (compared to the 1080i60): the frame rate is now as I would expect it to be (not too much fluid, just normal) and the titles appear perfect, not deformed at all. HOWEVER there is ONE problem, when the footage moves too fast (especially horizontally), we can see that the footage was originally interlaced (not sure how to call that effect, but it’s ugly…). So do I have to deinterlace all my footage (excluding the titles and other generated clips)? Thank you!
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Sorry, but making a 30p DVD from a 1080i source does not compute. Your workflow does not make sense to me, so I can’t help you.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Haha, I told you, I’m a beginner, and it’s probably right to say that what I’m doing doesn’t make sense. All I’m saying is I tried making a DVD with my 1080i60 file and I didn’t like the result: frame rate too fast, not the effect I want. What do you suggest at this point? 🙂 Thanks for your help.
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You could deinterlace the 60i file and change the sequence settings/field dominance to “none.” Set field dominance on all titles and graphics to none also. But it’s a lot of messing around to get a mediocre result. Now, if you can shoot 30p from the get-go and work in a 30p setup, you’re making sense.
What makes you think 60i is too fast anyway? Is it so bad to have smooth motion and smooth pans? We’ve all been watching 60i television since birth.
For your 60i file, I’d leave it alone for the DVD. It’s not going to get any better with manipulation. For the web, I’d deinterlace it during compression to your web format of choice.
If your camera can shoot 30p, or better yet, 24p, try shooting and editing with that.
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Thank you very much. Yes I should have shot in 30p, I realized it after. I found that if I export to 720p30 the image looks good and it’s progressive. 🙂 Problem solved, I guess.
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Might I add that I commiserate. 60i footage looks particularly awful when directly output to DVD from FCP/Compressor. One workaround that often works (depending on your camera) is to print to tape at 1080/60i, then use the in-camera downconvert to SD to import again from that tape. The result often looks far superior than just monkeying around in Final Cut, but it depends on which camera you’re using and how sophisticated the downconvert method is.
Good luck!
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