Chad Brewer
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Download Quicktime for Windows if you must do this without a Mac and FCP.
The Quicktime counter display lets you select between standard time, timecode, or the frames of the clip.
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC – Chicago -
[Bob Zelin] “I only support what you said, never saying anything negative about your comments.”
Thanks Bob. I misinterpreted what you wrote. I know we’re pretty much on the same page when it comes to what it takes to produce broadcast quality material and specs…
It’s funny now looking back on the original post. My first reply was that the HDV material in question was probably not converted correctly. Later, the original poster found out and reported that the HDV material was not hardware converted correctly and that the answers to the problem were “most notably” not found here on the COW. I guess some people just don’t like FREE advice…
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
Jeremy,
It seems the Kona easy setup did fix the problem by properly setting the video playback out, but from the original post, wouldn’t this have been the problem:
“My Video Playback settings are AJA Kona 720p23.98 8 Bit (1280 x 720)” as 720p23.98 is an intermediate format and not an SDI out video playback option, hence no video comes out when FCP’s playback is set to this? I.E, even though the sequence is 720p23.98, the video out for Kona’s SDI playback needs to be 720p59.94? I’m pretty sure the KONA control panel even posts an indicator that it’s intermediate when you have FCP set to 720p23.98 as playback…Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
Yes.
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
Hey Shane,
Have you kept track of how many times you’ve pasted this link?
Perhaps you’ve written a keyboard shortcut for it by now…All the best man…
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
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The Sony J-H3 VTR has the 23.98PD setting to add pull-down so you can output a 29.97 signal from a 23.98PsF recorded tape.
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
[Maria Luisa Gambale] “Notably not here.”
Ouch.
Maria, I hope you know I was only trying to help based on experience and something I could not see for myself.
Regardless, I’m glad you got things fixed for your film.
Best wishes for the festival as well!Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
[Bob Zelin] “tell me Chad – how do you make a broadcast show, without hiring the correct staff or equipment ?”
Bob,
In my last post I mentioned going to a mastering house, did I not? Where did I come off saying professional equipment and professionals who know how to use the equipment are not necessary? One is EXTREMELY challenged and/or doomed for rejection in meeting broadcast specs without them. That’s one of the reasons companies like TeleVersions are still in business. Being one of, if not the Midwest’s highest-end broadcast/mastering facilities with all the necessary equipment, I’m so used to people in situations like this coming to a dedicated facility like ours to ensure their mastering is to whatever broadcast spec must be met.In offering my advice on the original post, I guess I was assuming they were prepping this to take to a mastering house. In no way was I insinuating that mastering for broadcast can be achieved without the proper equipment and personnel. If I was, the company I work for would be out of business and I would be unemployed.
I don’t know why your post was directed towards me (instead of cheapskates out there who think they can do it all themselves without professionals like us). Why would I invalidate what I do every day to make a living?
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
Maria,
Bob is also from NYC, if you couldn’t tell, and now you’ve both met on the COW.It is very true that certain portions of all images should be under the view of a professional scope. In your case, I would not crop the entire film, only minimally crop the PAL DV shots to eliminate what appears to be how interlaced lines drawn in DV are “exposed” when uprezed to 1080. Nothing will be rejected by such a slight cropping before mastering to tape
When you master to tape however, it will be up to the mastering house to make sure that your entire program is in spec based on scope measurements and other tape layout procedures when it goes to a professional VTR based on the requirements set by whomever will be receiving the program.
Bob’s suggestions have credence.
Hopefully this helps as well.Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC -
Head switching was sometimes visible in old analog recording like VHS and U-Matic. Whatever you’re seeing is not head switching as you say it’s only on footage from 25fps HDV (PAL refers to SD).
It is possible that whatever you’re seeing will not be displayed in correctly broadcasted/projected overscan situations, but I don’t know exactly what you’re seeing.
It’s possible that these HDV clips have not been converted or scaled correctly to the rest of your project which I’m assuming is not HDV frame size.
Have you had the chance to view what you’re seeing as problematic on a broadcast monitor yet? If not, what program are you viewing this through that is creating the worry? – that could make a difference as different software viewers have different aperture settings. It’s most likely something that will not come through in proper scan, but I can’t say for sure. Posting a screen shot of what you are seeing would be most helpful.
Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC