Importing hdv into dv project

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Importing hdv into dv project

Posted by Lillian Fidler on February 21, 2009 at 12:52 am

I’m importing hdv m2t files into my project which I’ve setup as a dv project and it looks fine in the source window but when I try and put something into a sequence it is VERY large and I can only see part of it in the window even though it’s on ‘fit’

I’m also wonder which dv format I should use:

DV NTSC Standard or widescreen
DV 24P Standard or widescreen

This will be distributed via DVD and should be able to be played on any computer or tv screen or larger projection for view to large audiences.

It may also be broadcast on Television at a later point.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada

Jon Barrie replied 16 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Mikkell Khan
February 21, 2009 at 5:22 pm

I can’t remember offhand since I haven’t worked with DV in a while but I believe if you were to right click the footage and select Interpret, you could change the resolution of the HD footage to suit the SD

The other option is to resize on of the HD footage on the time line and anytime you need to do it again, you copy and paste the attributes of the one you modified to the rest and the changes will be made to those as well.
Lillian Fidler
February 21, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Thanks for that, I’ll give it a try!

Lillian

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada
Jon Barrie
February 23, 2009 at 12:00 am

Hi Lillian,
Only interpret media if you see the clip in the source monitor using the wrong Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR).
The cleanest fix is to get into the Preferences (Edit/Preference on PC) (Premiere Pro/Preferences on Mac) and in the General Settings make sure the “Default Scale to Frame Size” box is ticked. Now when you add a clip to the timeline it will use the “Scale to Frame Size” function and automatically scale the clip to fit the projects frame without losing the original PAR.
Any other clips you may have already in the timeline can be selected as part of a collective group and right click to pull up the “Scale to Frame Size” function to apply to all selected clips. Make sure you remove any Scale properties because it assumes the “Scale to Frame Size” is the new 100% Scale.
– Jon 😉

Jon Barrie
aJBprods
http://www.jonbarrie.net
Lillian Fidler
February 23, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Thanks Jon!

I did that and it works fine. I’m assuming that this is somewhat of an effect? It seems that it has to be rendered as it has the red bar on top of the timeline. I did render one small clip and it took quite a long time. I’m concerned that if I build a timeline that it might also create problems with playback if everything has an effect on it. Any further advice or comments are greatly appreciated.

I already made a new post, but just to ask you directly – do you know what format is best to start my new project – right now I have widescreen DV NTSC – I’m importing mostly all hdv footage. There are several settings for DV and I’m not sure which one is best to use for the best results.

thanks so much,

Lillian

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada
Alan Lloyd
February 23, 2009 at 10:37 pm

Lillian – it’s not an effect, you’re scaling it from 1440 x 1080 down to 720 x 480. Takes rendering, to be sure.

You’re outputting DV (NTSC) widescreen, shooting HDV? Can you shoot widescreen DV on your HDV camera? Or, can you set your camera’s 1394 output to transfer SD DV widescreen out digitally? This might give you what you’re looking for without the time and hassle of scaling everything in PPro, while preserving the higher res shots on your original recording. (I know most Sony HDV cameras will do this – you didn’t mention what camera you’re using.)
Lillian Fidler
February 23, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Thanks for your reply.

I’ve set up the project to be DV NTSC but not sure if that’s the best setting.

I’m using a sony V1U camera

I’ve already shot all of hte footage with the following settings:

rec format: hdv 1080i
component 1080i/480i
program scan: 24

There are two settings under in/out rec
DV rec mode: is set to DVCAM
and
DV wide rec: set to on

these are greyed out and can’t be changed.

thanks again,

Lillian

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada
Michael Sechman
June 23, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Hi Jon,
I am trying to edit a HD movie I created and saved as a Quicktime Movie, MPG4. I am having the same problem. Not only is the movie cropped in Premieres Monitor but if I make a movie, the movie is cropped as per the Monitor. I guess what you see is what you get. I am working with Premiere Pro 1.5. Is this why I am unable to change the setting in Edit/Genersl? There is not a button for the Default scale to frame size. Thanks for any help.

Best,
Michael Sechman
Jon Barrie
June 23, 2009 at 11:45 pm

PPro 1.5 is kinda a while ago now….

Best bet would be 1 of 2 options.
– use the scale property to scale it back down to fit the edges of your frame.
– Export the H.264 file from the source monitor out to the same preset of the project you are working in.

Keep in mind that DV is not true widescreen it’s anamorphic.

Let us know how you go.

– JB

Jon Barrie
aJBprods
http://www.jonbarrie.net

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