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  • work flow from HD to SD

    Posted by Stephanie Castillo on August 20, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Hello,

    I’m taking 3/ tapes and digitizing the footage through BrightEyes 25 Analog to SDI into a Sony XDCam HD PDW-F70 deck. After digitizing I am exporting to both Blue-ray and DVD formats. However every time the sequences render the audio ends up 10 seconds out of sync. I have tried both the following sequence settings and work flows:

    Frame Size – 1440×1080 with HD(1440×1080) (16:9) Aspect ratio
    Pixel Aspect Ratio is HD(1440×1080)
    Field Dominance is Upper (Odd)
    Editing Timebase is 29.97
    Quicktime Video Settings
    Compressor HDV 1080i60
    Quality 100%
    Audio Settings
    Rate 48 kHz
    Depth 16-bit
    Config Channel Grouped

    Video Processing
    Render in 8-bit YUV
    Process Maximum white as Super White
    Motion Filtering Quality Normal

    -AND-

    Frame Size – 1920×1080 HDTV 1080i (16:9)
    Pixel Aspect Square
    Field Dominance is Upper (Odd)
    Editing Timebase is 29.97
    Quicktime Video Settings
    Compressor Uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2
    Quality 100%
    Audio Settings
    Rate 48 kHz
    Depth 16-bit
    Config Channel Grouped

    Video Processing
    Render in 10-bit material high precision YUV
    Process Maximum white as Super White
    Motion Filtering Quality Normal

    No matter the settings the audio is out of sync. I have tried taking the sequences both through Compressor (DVD best quality 90 minutes) and Quicktime Conversion.

    If someone could explain what is wrong with the settings I am using I would be extremely grateful.

    John Fishback
    replied 16 years ago
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  • John Fishback

    August 20, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    Please describe you workflow. After getting your 3 tape onto the Sony deck how did you capture them? Did you use a FCP Easy Setup? If so, which one.

    John

    MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
    FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

    Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

  • Stephanie Castillo

    August 21, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    I log and capture into FCP using the default settings:

    Format HD
    Frame Rate 29.97
    USE Custom

    Sequence Preset: Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 59.94 -10bit
    Capture Preset: Blackmagic HDTV 1080p 59.94 Apple ProRes (HQ)
    Device Control: Blackmagic HDTV 1080i 59.94
    Playback output Video: Blackmagic 1080i 59.94 -10bit (1920×1080)
    Playback output Audio: Blackmagic Audio
    Edit to tape/PTV Video: Blackmagic HD 1080i 59.94 -10bit (1920×1080)
    Edit to tape?PTV Audio: Blackmagic Audio

  • John Fishback

    August 21, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    So, you are capturing as ProRes HQ. (BTW, you really only need ProRes422, but I don’t think that has anything to do with the sync). Next, do you edit your material in a ProRes sequence? Your earlier post mentioned codec settings of HDV and Uncompressed 10-bit. It appears as if your framerate settings are okay. After your edit, you should Export a self-contained QT movie Using Current Settings. Do not use QT Conversion or Send to Compressor. Take that self-contained file into Compressor and use the presets you’ve mentioned to make the mpeg-2 and ac3 for the DVD.

    John

    MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
    FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

    Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

  • Stephanie Castillo

    August 22, 2010 at 1:23 am

    I’m pretty sure the sequence is in ProRes. If its not how to I change that. So export to QT then compress it so I can take it into DSP to burn to DVD?

  • John Fishback

    August 22, 2010 at 2:05 am

    Look in the Sequence Settings and see what’s listed beside Compressor. If it’s not ProRes, change it to that and render. Then Export the self-contained movie at Current Settings and use that file in Compressor to make the mv2 and ac3 files you’ll use in DVDSP.

    John

    MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
    FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

    Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

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