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  • Outputting 25fps to 50i through Kona

    Posted by Michael Nichols on October 10, 2010 at 4:14 am

    Anything special I need to know with regards to sending footage that was run through compressor originating in 23.98 to 25fps, then out to 625 PAL digibeta @50i?

    I assume the Kona will interlace for me, but I want to make sure I don’t hit any roadbumps. I used compressor to go from 23.98 to 25fps while staying at 100% of my original run time.

    Michael Gissing replied 15 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Michael Gissing

    October 10, 2010 at 6:33 am

    Yep Kona3 goes from 25p to PAL SD 50i in my experience no problems. I presume your sequence is set to field order NONE

  • Michael Nichols

    October 11, 2010 at 1:03 am

    I am compressing with Compressor to go from 23.98 HD to 625i25 (50i PAL?)

    When I make my pro res file, should I keep the dimension 1920×1080 and let the Kona downconvert and scale?

    This way, I would only have to compress one file, correct? I have to deliver letterbox and anamorphic PAL digibeta and I am originating 1080/23.98 Pro Res 4444.

    Right now, I am running my file through compressor with 2 settings:

    625 4:3 letterbox @25fps (100% of source speed)
    625 16:9 Anamorphic @ 25fps (100% of source speed)

    Should I do something different?

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  • Michael Gissing

    October 11, 2010 at 1:47 am

    Kona will do a better downconvert and in real time. I would leave Compressor doing just the frame rate conversion and stay 1920 x 1080

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