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Converting HDV (XD Cam) to SD I get lines in footage
Hi! I am pulling XD cam footage off of the cards through final cut. The media was shot
as frame size: 1920 x 1080, 29.97 frps. xdcam ex 1080i 60 compressor, field dominance Upper,
and pixel aspec square.I need to convert to to SD. I tried doing an uncompressed 10 bit 720x 486 CCIR 601 NTSC (40:27)
and the stuff gets lines in it. Pixel aspect ratio is CCIR 601 I tried playing with the field dominance, but
“upper”. “Lower” and “:None” al had lines in it.How do I down convert this stuff so it doesn’t look awful? Thanks!
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5 Replies
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How are you converting this footage? Deck? Software? What?
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
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I was trying to down convert in FCP by changing sequence settings from HDV to 10 Bitt 422.
But, I recently read that I should not convert in FCP. I should do it through my Kona LHE card.
So now I am trying to figure how to do that…any thoughts?
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Does anyone know how to use KonaLHE to down convert from FCP HDV sequence to digi beta (SD)
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If you are converting in FC you need to make sure that your HD footage (Upper) gets the Shift-fields filter when dropped in a 8/10b/Proress SD NTSC sequence (Lower).
I think that the AJA LH can do the downconversion without problems.
Faster and better than in FC.
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Thanks Rafael,
I ended up calling AJA to get the low down on down converting through Kona Card.
They were a huge help-props to the AJA peeps.You are right, AJA was faster and absolutely better than FCP conversion. Thanks for your help, Cat
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