How To Convert 1080i 59.94 to 1080p 23.98?

[Earthworm]

We had a similar issue with a doc we did.

I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of Compressor. Since you’re finishing 1080p 23.98: under Frame Controls set the Output Fields to Progressive, Deinterlace to Best (Motion Compensated) and Rate Conversion set to Best.

It’s a very very slow render but even with a lot of footage you can probably render overnight.

[Shane Ross]

[Jason Aumount] “Is Compressor the best way to go and can we achieve results similar to a Teranex? “

Compressor is good, but doesn’t hold a candle to a Terranex. Just know that yes, it will be fine. But a Terranex would be better. As would a Kona 3 or LHi upconvert.

hardware is always better.

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[Jason Aumount]

“But a Terranex would be better. As would a Kona 3 or LHi upconvert.”

I will not have access to a Kona 3 for the capture of the DVCPro HD 1080i, but once captured straight I can bring it over to a buddy’s shop who has one. Can I do the conversion at this point or is this only doable with the Kona 3 during capture?

Thanks,
JA

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[Meg Pinsonneault]

Tony-
I’m editing a documentary right now with the same problem. I’m now hoping that Compressor will solve my problem: converting 29.97 to 23.98 without getting interlaced lines! Can you please provide a detailed description of EXACTLY how to do this conversion method using Compressor? I’m not able to change the settings you provided above, or rather I don’t know how to. And I’m not even exactly sure what settings to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks-
Meg Pinsonneault

[Earthworm]

2 reasons you may not be able to access Frame Controls:

The simplest is that in order to turn them on, you have to click the gear or star looking button to the right of the on/off dropdown menu.

The second is that you must have a clip and setting loaded.

The step by step:

Import your file into compressor.
Add a setting (Apple/Other Workflows/Advanced Format Conversions/High Definition/HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080p24)
Then click on the Inspector, choose the Frame Controls tab.
Click the ‘star/gear’ button and turn Frame Controls On.
Use these settings:

Resizing Control:
Resize Filter: Best (Statistical prediction)
Output Fields: Progressive
Deinterlace: Best (Motion compensated)
Adaptive Details (leave checked)
Anti-alias: leave at 0
Details level: leave at 0

Retiming Control:
Rate Conversion: Best (High quality motion compensated)
Set duration to: 100% of Source

Then render. I suggest rendering overnight. It takes a looong time when you enable Frame Controls.

As others have said, yes hardware is better but it costs money.
I’m used to having to do things like these without any additional budget. Compressor is decent.

I’ll use hardware when I can afford it.

[Ross Tokach]

use size controls to go to square pixels, then upres to 1080p or cross convert to a progressive format. This to me is the best way to go about it, in compressor, you can use straight de-interlace, but that will leave you with a washed image and it prob wont get through QA. This is of course, if you just want to get a interlaced image to uprez without tearing, if you want to alter the frame rates without audio flux, that is a different issue.

“Oop, I think my render is done!”