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XDCAM -> SD DVD – chopped off curves, end result doesn’t look good!
I’m working with XDCAM 1920×1080 HD4221080p25 50mb/s, square pixels, fielddominance none, aspect ratio HDTV 1080i (16:9) – These settings are automatically chosen by FCP sequenses, when adding footage to a new sequence.
I export using compressor with these settings:
Video Encoder
Format: M2V
Width and Height: Automatic
Pixel aspect ratio: Default
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls On:
Retiming: (Fast) Nearest Frame
Resize Filter: Linear Filter
Deinterlace Filter: Fast (Line Averaging)
Adaptive Details: On
Antialias: 0
Detail Level: 0
Field Output: Same as Source
Start timecode from source
Aspect ratio: Automatic
Selected 16:9
Field dominance: Automatic
Average data rate: 5 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum data rate: 7.5 (Mbps)
High quality
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP
DVD Studio Pro meta-data enabledMy end result doesn’t look good. Curves look a bit “chopped off”… I’ve read in other posts, that applying 1-2% gaussian blur, might do the trick. Others say that setting frame control to ON is needed. Frame control ON I’ve tried (as seen above), with no luck, and I’d rather not apply gaussian blur. Anyone has got the answer to how I can make good looking m2v’s with my XDCam material!?
Thank you in advance.
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4 Replies
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Hello Rafael,
Thank you very much for your post. Is this a method you’ve tried with succes? I’ve made a file with the resize parameter set to “best”, but couldn’t see any improvement in the end result.
Some posts state that converting the material to a SD timeline in FCP does the trick, but that doesn’t see to do it for me/my material either.
Any other suggestions?!
Christian.
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Hi Christian,
In theory that should yields the best results in Compressor, but I’ve gave up downscaling with Compressor.
Last week for downscaling a clip I’ve ended using SHAKE. Compressor and Purifier made a really bad job.
Try in FC. Set “Render in High Precision ” and “Motion Effects: BEST”.
rafael -
The problem here is software down-conversion.
Anytime you use software to down-convert any HD video, it’s not going to look as pristine as doing hardware conversion.
Personally, I have better luck just taking the XDCAM HD file right into Roxio’s Toast and doing the one-off right from that. Most here will say that it’s not good enough and if you find that to be true for you, too. I’d say then you need to find someone who can hardware down-convert your program to a SD program that is 16×9 or letterboxed.
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