Dave Friend
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Back in the day we would occasionally have +R media come back to us with problems. Not so much any more. That’s probably because we mostly use -R now. Only use the +R when we run out of the other kind because we weren’t paying attention to inventory levels. We have a bunch of +R to get rid of anyway.
Taiyo Yuden is the way to go.
We burn at 4x because the dupe towers have, on rare occasions, had trouble reading 8x burns.
Dave
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Justin,
If the same monitor (using the same video connection type) strobes with one player and not the other then it’s got to be either the player or the particular player/display combination.
I think it’s impossible to test every possible combination of player, connection and display. If it works on every combo at your disposal except one then you’ve should probably call it good to go.
my .02
Dave
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Dave,
When you have a DLT drive connected and if Encore sees it you will have an option for outputting the project to the DLT.
Dave
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[Chris Wright] “t should be resized to 320 x 240. That seems off to me”
Chris,
By going to 320×240 you are correcting video’s .9 pixel aspect ratio to a computer’s square pixel aspect ratio.
You can use a starting size of 640×480 to figure your reduction.
If half size is figured 640 * 0.5 = 320 then if you wanted 2/3 of the full size it would be figured 640 * 0.66 = 422.4 I just round the decimal remainder and it seems to work.I’ll leave the vertical calculations to you.
Dave
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Mike,
It is not possible. Not the fault of DVD Architect either.
It is because of the way DVD Video is structured. Each menu is a self-contained “object.” DVD can only play the a/v assets that make up any particular object. There is no method of playing the audio from one object and the video from a different one.
It would be nice though.
Dave
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Since the original format was DV, consider the QuickTime DV codec. Make sure to turn off recompress and for the most part you will be re-wrapping your avi into a QuickTime without any loss. File size will be a bit over 13GB per hour of material.
Any uncompressed codec will produce huge files. The YUV8 and 10 will probably be even bigger than the Animation codec output would be.
Dave
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[Andrew Moore] “I have tried rendering it to SD in FCP then sending to DVD Studio, which creates a lot of pixel noise”
I don’t understand what you mean by “pixel noise.” Please elaborate if you can.
Most of the time I will export from HD to SD before encoding for DVD. The two main reasons for this are: 1. The SD file serves as the “master” instead of a videotape. A disc or hard drive goes to the library instead of a tape. And, 2. I prefer to use a different mpeg encoder than Compressor. Specifically, Cinema Craft which is a Windows application.
I try to always use the highest quality codec for the SD output. Uncompressed or Animation are frequently used. I avoid the DV codec especially with HDV source material as the repeated compression is quite noticeable. If your going with compressor for the mpeg2 then Apple ProRez HQ seems a good compromise between file size and quality for the SD file.
You might be happier with the results if you use the frame controls found in compressor. Use the “best” methods especially for the resize option. These dramatically increase the processing time but often noticeably improve the results. Make sure you are using the same field order as the 1080i source footage for the SD output. Keep this field order for the mpeg2 also.
I always make the SD file anamorphic so as to leave the letterboxing to the DVD player.
Finally, remember that you are down converting and it’s just not going to look as good as HD. If it did we wouldn’t need HD then would we? Seeing what you’ve come to enjoy viewing in it’s high def splendor at standard def is a bitter pill and a constant source of sorrow.
It only gets worse when you go to mpeg2 for the DVD. The bit rate of a DVD is minuscule compared to the original footage. All that compression is going to manifest somehow.
Hope this is helpful.
Dave
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What audio setting are you using?
Try making your own settings that use a bit rate that is no more than 7Mb/s. It is not uncommon for burned DVDs to have trouble playing video that’s encoded at higher bit rates.
Dave
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Andrew,
A couple points of info might be helpful for those who would be helpful.
Which HDV flavor 1080 or 720. What frame rate? Also, details of the settings you have tried.
Dave (who would be helpful)
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Cal,
Adobe does not state that you will get real time playback of AE comps that are dynamically linked to a Pr project. It says only that you won’t have to do in intermediate render. You don’t – but you will have to do a preview render in Pr. to see the comp in real time. (As you have seen, those often take more time than doing an intermediate render.) You will be able to instantly see the changes you make in AE update in the Pr timeline. Sure, you can SEE them – one frame at at time – but not in real time without rendering.
Your system appears to be functioning properly. It is working – just not the way you were hoping it would.
Dave