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HDV to DVD
I’m finishing a project shot in HDV.
The client wants the project on a DVD.When i export to DVD from Premiere, I get strange results.
The PIP’s don’t line up as they should and stills display full frame instead of widescreen.
I exported to DVD using the 16×9 High Quality preset.Am I doing something wrong ?
Guess so, but can’t pinpoint exactly what …Any experts have a lifesaving suggestion ?
Thanks in advance.
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4 Replies
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HDV is not quite ready for prime time yet…no round media and no players for most of us.
16:9 anamorphic is 720 x 480 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2 (NTSC), shot with a NTSC camera set to Widescreen or Cinema mode, not a HDV camera set to 1440 x 1080 with a 1.33 pixel aspect ratio.
There is one DVD Player that will output HD Windows Media Video to an HD TV…Steve Gotz has one, but I dont remember the name. -
Hi Mike,
Actually I think that I expressed myself incorrectly. I needed to finish a HDV project to an SD 16:9 PAL Widescreen DVD. I tried to look what the result would be with the Mainconcept MPEG PRO demo. Well.. Whatever I tried it looked AWFULL. Jumpy frames and stuttering video, plus soft looking footage and this whatever the settings… Has Mainconcept missed something here? One thing is that I will NOT fork out 250 Euros for this piece of software as it doesn’t live up to the promise made. Finally after thinking about the worst case scenario (Hi dear Client, we’re not going to be able to meet your deadline …) I gave it a final shot by running it thru Canopus Procoder. And guess what? Pristine looking 16:9 anamorphic video ready to be burned to DVD! Although I have to admit that the render times for the final file where looooooong (5 hours for 7 minutes of footage), in the end it came together, but I have to admit with you that HDV isn’t ready yet for fast turnaround times. Makes me think of the early days of DV…
Thanks for replying to my posting anyway, I appreciate it greatly.
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Interesting dilemma. It seems we are within a year or so of a low cost HDV camera for consumers, but consumers will not want to play DV sized tapes on their home theater systems – seems like sony and jvc have put the cart before the horse here.
Procoder – good solution.
Mike
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Indeed. As far as capture and editing goes this all went flawlessly.
But the export part is where HDV stumbles right now. No real HD media for end users and boggy software from some manufacturers. Good thing I tried the demo before actually purchasing it!Procoder suits me fine for most of my conversion jobs and I think I’m going to stick with it for a VERY long time untill someone comes up with a rock solid export solution like the one Mainconcept is prposing but which doesn”t work.
This issue shortened my life expectancy with another year or two (again!) so I think it is time some developpers got their act together and some manufacturers of hardware should stop telling fairytales, because customers want it and we end up sorting the mess out !
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