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Playing out an HD sequence to an SD tape
Hello,
can someone help?
I have an HD sequence ( 1920 x 1080, 1080i)which I am trying to play out to an SD tape (don’t have an HD deck at mo).
The playout seems to freeze on one shot but the audio is fine. It also seems to be letterboxed.Can someone suggest what I can do so it plays out normally (16:9) to SD tape?
I have tried creating a new SD timeline and importing the edit into that but all the edges of the footage become jagged.
thanks
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2 Replies
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You need a Video I/O card for this.
Alternatively you can output your HD timeline to a file and drop that into Compressor and create a 16X9 SD file and bring that back into FCP and lay out to SD tape.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
If you have a firewire based system, FCP can’t push the HD stream down the firewire chain). Actually it can for HDV, but you ant an SD out.
Nest your sequence in a DV sequence. Yes, it will be letterboxed (well, HD is 16×9 and SD is (mostly) 4×3. Square peg, round hole.) If you don’t mind losing the sides, you could blow this up. This will output from FCP, but will likely require rendering for output.
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer
Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC
Avid & Color Videos Vasst.com
Compressor Essentials Lynda.com
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