Component to Composite for DVD?

[Harley Michailuck]

You should be able to get Composite output by hooking up the Y/G output from the Kona 2 card to the Composite input on your DVD recorder. Of course you’ll have to open the Kona Control Panel and set Analog output to Composite/SVideo.

HTH

Best,
Harley

Harley Michailuck
Brass Orchid Post fx
Saskatoon, SK Canada

https://www.brassorchid.com

[Shane Ross]

[Dave LaRonde] “I’m going to guess that using DVD Studio Pro for your approval copies isn’t a good option, because the process you describe above is WAY less time-consuming and much more convenient.”

I used to use Compressor and DVD SP for my approval DVDs, but they’d take between 6 hours and 18 hours to author. WAY to long. 6 hours is too long.

I connected my Kona LH to a DVD recorder and it outputs in real time. And I can watch it and look for errors.

And yes, it looks fine.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

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[Shane Ross] “I connected my Kona LH to a DVD recorder and it outputs in real time…

And yes, it looks fine.”

I’d even go farther and say “fine” is an understatement.

I think most real-time DVD recorders (at their Higher Quality (one to two hour) settings make great quality DVDs.

And, yes, the SPEED SAVINGS over in-the-computer compression and burning are enormous.

What you don’t get is those great DVD Menus that the Mac software can help you create.

But I mainly send out client and approval dubs on DVD (instead of the hideous quality VHS copies I used to send).

[Shane Ross]

Yes, when the clients receive a DVD of full res DVCPRO HD, when they are used to getting VHS outputs of AVR3s…it tends to blow them away.

“This is your ROUGH cut?”

And yeah, burning a DVD with the FedEx time quickly approaching is nerve wracking.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Harley Michailuck]

[Dave LaRonde] “Does it look okay when you do it that way?”

It looks good using the Composite output… and even better using the S-Video hookup to the DVD recorder.

Best,
Harley

Harley Michailuck
Brass Orchid Post fx
Saskatoon, SK Canada

https://www.brassorchid.com

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[Harley Michailuck] “[Dave LaRonde] “Does it look okay when you do it that way?”

It looks good using the Composite output… and even better using the S-Video hookup to the DVD recorder.”

I burn from a DV FireWire connection.

Never goes analog at all.

[Tony]

I have compared the quality using a real time dvd recorder versus IDVD or DVD studio pro and the differences are major.

Granted the software version is very time consuming but the result image quality is vastly superior compared to a cheap dvd real time recorder which has used the composite input.

It is a ok solution for content approval dubs but the increase in noise as well as the softer pictures make it unsuitable for a final output.

Ultimately the end user has to decide how “good” does it need to be given the client, budget and schedule.

Tony Salgado

[Neil Ryan]

[Matte] “… (instead of the hideous quality VHS copies I used to send)”

“Tell us more about VHS, Grandpa”
“Well kids …”