[Ed Dooley]

If someone you know has a Matrox MXO, I believe that does it too, in hardware.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Now that they’re on Beta tapes they’re no longer HD, so the very best image you can get is 8bit uncompressed. Digitizing them to DVCProHD is not going to be the highest quality. And why do it to AVI? You’re working in FCP, right? Digitize it to QT.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

You’re welcome,
Glad it worked out.
Ed

[jnolla] “Thanks Ed, This worked great! This was the result I was looking for.
Best Regards
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[Ed Dooley]

Do a search in this and the Compression Techniques forum. There have been discussions about the best way many times. The best way I’ve found with the tools I had was using Compressor and its Advanced Format Conversion (don’t use the deinterlace filter in it though!). It has a progressive output that looks as good as anything I’ve seen.
Ed

Here’s the process as I’ve spelled it out before:

Go into Compressor and in the Settings (Presets) select the Apple/Advanced Format Conversions/8-bit Uncompressed(either PAL OR NTSC).
Select the Duplicate Selected Setting (one of the 3 buttons at the top left-it’s the right one). You can now edit the setting. Double click the setting
to open the Inspector. Right under Description at the top of Inspector are 6 buttons, select Frame Controls. Select Custom as the Frame Controls
(default is Off). Select Best for Resize Filter, Progressive as Output Fields, and Best as Deinterlace. Also select Best as Rate Conversion at bottom (not sure if that’s necessary, but what the hell). One of those 6 buttons at the top of the Inspector is Filters, and one option there is De-interlace,
DON’T use that one, it’s crap, and you’ve already selected all the de-interlacing you need.

[Ed Dooley]

I did the same thing someone else posting earlier did, I meant MBP, not FCP6. I’ll probably only get the MXO if I get a MBP.
I’m still looking into a MBP/MXO combo with the possibility of a 2nd LCD for the MBP (I just need one more DVI out!). I’m waiting to hear if Matrox’s DVI splitter works with the MXO.
Ed

[Shane Ross] “The MXO is not compatible with FCP 6? You mean COLOR, right? Cause it works with FCP 6 on my machine. And it works great with the Dells. I have two and use one on occasion with my laptop and the MXO. Works and looks fine. And I am very cramped too.”

[Ed Dooley]

Thanks Zak,
I may look into that, not sure of the response rate of a TV versus monitor (it may be fine, haven’t looked yet). I didn’t mentionin my post that I want to be able to take the monitor to shoots (indoor shoots), so the smallest monitor to display a full 1280×720, the better.
My workstation area *is* pretty crowded. I went from 19″ CRTs to a 24″ LCD, but adding another 24″ pushes it into the wall.
Ed

[Zak Mussig] “The purists on the forum probably won’t like this… and they’re right, but have you looked into just getting a 20″ LCD TV and trying to find one with a DVI input. Failing that, maybe you could get a DVI to HDMI cable and use that to connect your MXO.

Dell’s 24” is the only “monitor” I’ve seen with component in. I would just go with a second of those. If you’re so cramped for space that the difference between a 20″ and a 24″ display kicks you into claustrophobia, then it may be time to find a new work environment.”

[Ed Dooley]

Thanks guys,
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

And I thought my earlier suggestion for you to read the manual (also known as RTFM) *would* help you. 🙂 Now I’m thinking you need more basic help than even that. The i in 1080i means interlaced. The p in 24p means progressive. It’s either one or the other, not both.
I think what you need is a basic video book, some video 101 book.
Ed

[Atari Norris] “Could somebody please help me…the JVC GY-HD110U records in 1080i24p, but not even in the new FCP 6 Studio 2 is there an option to import in 1080i24p. What do I do??”

[Ed Dooley]

Of course, if you’re starting with a JVC HD-110, as your cross-post on the JVC forum says (cross-posting is a list no-no BTW), you’re starting with a 720 image, even if you still don’t believe me. 🙂 Somebody tell him! He’s saying he shot 1080i with an HD-110.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I own an HD-110, it only shoots 720P and 480i, so you’ll have to be hypothetical with someone else. I think the best first step is to read your manual. Look at the section about Component Out at 1080i. You cannot record in 1080, only 720, but output to 1080 is something else.
Ed

[Atari Norris] “It says 1080i24p on my camera. So hypothetically, if I recorded in 1080i24p and digitized in 720p, would there be any problems or loss of information?”