DCVPROHD 1080i to DVD

[Bernhard G.]

Hello,

The topic You should be interested here is scaling and file-based
standards conversion;
DVD-coding itself is not the problem, since You could
get the very best coder in the industry for an affordable price:
https://www.cinemacraft.com/en/ccemp.html

Scaling frequently comes up in the forums; the bad answer:
There is not a single good software standards converter out there.
Well, there is Amberfin, but their’s iCR standards converter costs $$.$$$.-
https://www.amberfin.com/products/icr-standards-converter
It offers the very best scaling because it’s based upon the Snell&Wilcox HW converters…

But for the rest of us there is no easy way for file-based standards conversion!
At least not with acceptable quality. It’s a shame!

So the fastest way would be:
– simply use Adobe ME for scaling and encoding
– put the MPEG2 quality specs to the max (two pass VBR)
– process in 32bit float precision and with maximum render quality
Do NOT de-interlace. AME’s de-interlacing is a catastrophe.

for the best affordable quality:
– use your Matrox or AJA I/O HW, better a BMD Teranex for scaling HD to SD

(requires 2nd capture/playout device like computer / deck / recorder;
We actually do have excellent scalers in our I/O-HWs but aren’t able to use them file-based!…)

– re-capture SD uncompressed 10bit
– encode in Apple Compressor using the CCEmp plugin

Best regards,
Bernhard

P.S.: Please does anyone have an idea why file-based high quality standards conversion
is still not available to the rest of us?

[Dave Simpson]

Hello Bernhard

Thanks for the response. I will try your Adobe ME suggestion first and see how things look, then take it from there.

cheers

Dave