[Carlos E. martinez]

The Marc Solorio reviews sounds really good. Apparently results are better than with Compressor.

Next questions is that the 30p images I mentioned would be shot with a JVC HD10 camera, their first HDV camera and full of limitations.

What I wonder is if Nattress deals with HDV images too, and how does it do it with images from the HD10.

Carlos

[Carlos E. martinez]

I am not sure if Nattress will convert 30p to 50i. Will it?

[Carlos E. martinez]

[quote]Why would you go 50i if you are planning on going to film?

anything 24fps [/quote]

Two reasons:

1) Main shooting will be with Sony Z1s. They can shoot 50i, which is the best way (economically and quality wise) to transfer to film.

2) We do not have access to any 24p cameras, like JVC HD110 or Pana HVX200.

[Carlos E. martinez]

Joe,

Thanks for your comments. We seem to agree on most points, except perhaps on the Avid list for recommended computers. That may work fine in the US, but I live in Brazil. So as well as Apple is not too popular here and very very expensive, you have very little to pick for on ready made PCs.

In my case I will be assembling my own computer, using top quality parts like those recommended by the Videoguys or similar. In fact that was what I wanted to find out from the people in this forum: what they were using as parts.

As you well said, I will be using HDV just for acquisition, never to come back to it. And the DNxHD codec should help me there. After I finish my editing, I will take it elsewhere if the road is to be HD.

That means I will need lots of HDD space and speed, and of course, if I need to downconvert I will do it at the very end.

I am not interested in computer tech either, so I will probably go for what seems to work, which is a specific Asus motherboard, a fast Core 2 Duo cpu and a good video-board.

Regards

Carlos E. Mart

[Carlos E. martinez]

Was it distributed in TV or theatrical?

Where can we find more info about that?

[Carlos E. martinez]

I think there’s a third choice to try, which is processing the video through VirtualDubMod.

I had a whole sequence I had shot with an NTSC camera in a 50Hz country, so fluos were flickering all over. Put the stuff (DV shot on a PD170) through VDM and it came out great.

Carlos

[Carlos E. martinez]

Thanks to both of you. I will try fluid and see what it gets me.

I don’think I can use Avid color correct, because I am already using 3Prong color correction, which seems to me more versatile and powerful than Avid’s.

[Carlos E. martinez]

You are right. Thanks.

First of all let me explain something.

After getting so long conversion times from Procoder, I made a fresh XP SP2 install on a different HD. That was to also test Avid and other problems I had been having in my “main” HD.

Most problems I had were solved, and I will migrate to this HD and make it my “main” after understanding what went bad on the other one.

To start with I blocked XP automatic updates, which caused several of my problems. As I have a hardware firewall, I am protected from hacker attack, so I don’t really need the updates.

In the new installation things got much better and I could deal with the Procoder 2 problems first (which also got slower) and the Avid problems later. When Sorenson started doing things in shorter times, I knew I was in the righ direction.

Still not getting as short times as you describe, but definitely more “normal”.

What I am getting now, on one documentary conversion, is a moment when Sorenson stops converting, saying it can’t find a “” file (exactly the name it puts). Always at the same point.

As Avid does not seem to show anything wrong there, I don’t know how to solve it.

What I did, for now, is a Digital Cut output to my DV camera, capturing and burning the DVD from it. That went fine.

But I need to get the QT Ref right.

Suggestions?

[Carlos E. martinez]

I donot use Adobe encore, but that thread seemed more about adding subtitles to a DVD from an already written file. Am I wrong?

[Carlos E. martinez]

I don’t think Avid recognizes 1394 interfaces, as that is something Windows already does.

If I remember well, when I captured from my Hi-8 camera using my external Canopus ADVC100, everything went well. As long as Avid sees the 1394 input.

What you can’t do is controlling the camera from Avid or get the original time-code, but capture works fine.

Have you tried that?