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SD DVD Encode from HDV
Hi.
I’ve just tried to encode a DVD from an edit using HDV material. The result is a very flickery DVD, which looks exactly like the flicker you get with field reversal.
On the same DVD was a piece which had various SD sources (including mini DV), and which was onlined onto a DVCPro HD timeline.
The assets for this piece were fine.I then tried to render the HDV edit onto a DVCPro HD timeline and re-encode it for the DVD, but the result was exactly the same – flickering as though the fields are read in reverse order.
All encodes were done by exporting from FCP via Compressor and using the best quality DVD setting.
I’ve checked the original media and timeline settings and the field order is consistent throughout (upper/odd), so I don’t understand what the problem could be.
It’s the first time I’ve tried to encode for DVD from HDV edits.Incidentally, no interlacing issues are showing up on the original HD timelines.
Anyone have experience of this particular phenomenom, and more importantly, does anyone have a solution?
Baffled!
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2 Replies
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Because of the compression on HDV you can’t put it into a DVD. Remember, it’s a long gop format. The best you can do, and maybe the smartest, is to bring it into FCP as DVCPRO HD. The quality is the same but the output is no problem onto a DVD.
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Thenks for the reply.
This is what we’ve set up for future shows, but this was captured as HDV & edited before we agreed on the DVCPRO HD workflow, and we have another show still on as HDV as well.
The thing I’m not getting is why it still didn’t work when I rerendered it into a DVCPRO HD timeline, which would presumably convert it into true frames.In the end I tried laying it to tape, recapturing it and encoding the recaptured clip. This has solved the problem, but is a bit of a roundabout and timeconsuming process.
Is there anyone out there that knows why a simple rerender won’t work? I’d be interested to know the technicalities even if there isn’t a solution.
If anyone knows of a simpler/ quicker fix than the layoff & recapture rigmarole I’d love to hear it.
Cheers
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