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upconversion DVCAM (DSR500) to high def DVD
I want to test the visual quality I can get if I upconvert DVCAM from a 16:9 DSR 500 (with 800 lines) to high definition DVD. I would edit and burn the DVD in FCP 6.0. The DVD I would burn would be high Def DVD, one version at 1080 lines and another at 720 lines (isn’t that HDV quality?).
I am brand new to FCP… and to these issues. Is there a trick to doing this… in terms of capture setting thru firewire?… in terms of other settings when burning the DVD or other?
Appreciate help!
L
LR
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How are you going to do the upconversion via Teranex, hardware video card, Compressor or plug-in? Let’s start there because I have no idea what kind of system you have. If you have no hardware card or plug in, you might try an export to Compressor and see how it looks.
And you cannot burn a Blue Ray DVD in FCS quite yet. You need Adobe Encore and a third party burner.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
How are you going to do the upconversion via Teranex, hardware video card, Compressor or plug-in? THIS WILL SHOW MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALL OF THIS. I THOUGHT I COULD CAPTURE DVCAM INTO MY FCP. EDIT. THEN BURN A HI DEF DVD WITH FCP ACCOMPANHYING COMPRESSOR. Let’s start there because I have no idea what kind of system you have. If you have no hardware card or plug in, you might try an export to Compressor and see how it looks. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WAS IN MY MIND AND YOU CAN EDUCATE ME. THE DSR 500 CAN GIVE ME 800 LINES. ONE THE ONE HAND, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HVD HI DEF IS 720 LINES, SO IF CAN USE A COMPRESSOR SETTING THAT WILL GIVE ME THE EQUIVALENT OF HVD HI DEF. ON THE OTHER HAND, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO SEE WOULD A COMPRESSOR WOULD DO TO THE 800 LINES (16:9) IF IT CONVERTED THEM TO 1080 LINES HI DEF.
THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO RUN OUT AND BUY A HI DEF 1080 CAMERA AND GO THAT ROUTE, BUT UNTIL THEN I’M WONDERING IF I CAN GET A ‘GOOD ENOUGH’ HI DEF FROM MY DSR 500 WHOSE 2/3′ CCDS AND GREAT LENS PRODUCE VERY FINE IMAGES!
THANKS
LR
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