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DVCPRO HD 24P to PAL
Hello cowzers. I have directed a project in Europe shot on the HVX in DVCPRO HD 24P. We have finished the edit (in NTSC 23.98 DVCPRO HD) and now need to convert to PAL. I had a facility here in New York do a Terenex conversion but the only PAL equipment I have is DVCAM and I am unhappy with the down-rez results. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this without a deck or tapes (from within FCP)? I do not see a DVCPRO HD PAL choice in Compressor. I am currently rendering some tests using PAL uncompressed.
How would you do this if this were yours?
Thanks.
Jim
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3 Replies
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I think you do not have to convert to PAL if your footage is 720p 24, as its neither PAL or NTSC. You just change the playback preference in the system settings to 24@25 to playback in PAL land. Just export as is.
The 1080i resolutions have 50 (25fps) and60 (30fps) respectively.
Not sure what you are trying to do here. Are you trying to continue your edit on a PAL system?
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I believe Nattress has some nice plugins that will do that.
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If you don’t need to maintain the time exactly, the easiest way is to output a final cut pro movie (self contained) then reconform it to 25 frames in cinema tools, then drop that into a PAL timeline and scale down with motion quality set to best.
If this is for sound then you need to put out 24@25 with a frame repeat rather than frame blending. In fact IMHO the frame blending option always looks a bit crap.
Movies are all just telecinied at 25fps for PAL countries (check the listed running time on a dvd versus the actual) It’s not ideal but it’s the best solution at this time.
Cheers,
Toby
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