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30P or 24P to DVD question
My first post on CreativeCow:)
Up to now, I’ve been editing mostly home video’s shot on DV, editing them in PP 1.5 and exporting to DVD stream using the Encoder built into PP ( the mainconcept encoder, I believe).
I am trying to get away from the interlaced look and I’ve been doing a lot of read on progressive frames, most 24p and 30p.
I am editing a short film for my friends and it was shot with a DVX100, unfortunately they did not shoot in widescreen mode or in 24P, amateurs 🙂
I’ve converted the footage to 30p using After Affects plugin Magic Bullet, I also faked a letterbox effect using their tool as well. The results are pretty good. I’ve imported this footage back into PP and I am ready to export to DVD, using the encoder. My question is, what settings do I use?
1. I assume I cannot use the 16:9 aspect ratio?
2. I would be using NTSC progressive and change the frame rate to 29.79? or can I use 23.976?Basically, my question is how do I create the DVD like hollywood movie studios? In my research, I read that if a DVD is not progressive it will play in interlaced? But if the player is progressive is will play as such. I belive this process is automatic in the player. SO how I can ensure I am encoding properly?
Also, if someone knows a guide or website that deals with this in more dept I would appreciate it.
Thanks
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4 Replies
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The problem here is that converting interlaced to progressive does cause a subtantial quality loss. I honestly would stick with interlaced, because the majority of people outhere still view DVD’s on interlaced format (any non plasma or LCD screen). Converting your footage to 24 fps is also going to be a quality loss nightmare.
Vince
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I will take your advice for movies shot in 60i.
But I am planning to shoot and edit my own wedding in 24p. Assume this, how would I proceed in burning for DVD? Would I convert it to interlaced for most viewers?As for myself, I have a progressive DVD player and plasma. But how does hollywood create a DVD for both situations?
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Well, I kind of made it a rule to export in the same format (Progressive /Interlaced, and frame rate) as it was shot in, unless the client insists on a different format.
I’m not sure what the actual compatibity issues are nowadays for progressive DVD’s, maybe someone can shed some light on it.
I would export progressive 24P.
Vince
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If you are exporting to DVD from within Premiere Pro, it doesn’t seem to want to burn a 23.976 frame rate. But, Premiere Pro will export to MPEG2-DVD, or even DV AVI, which you can put into Encore and it will create a 23.975 fps progressive DVD correctly. That will preserve the “film look” you are probably trying for.
As far as being able to use a 16:9 aspect ratio on 4:3 footage that has been letterboxed: that’s a question I’d like answered to. How is it done? Can it be done? I would like the film I’m working on to display 16:9 on a widescreen tv, and let a normal tv display it letterboxed.
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