[Guillaume Chadaillac]

ok we are getting there….
From the 7D until the output of final cut, I stay in 1080p 24p.
them comes compressor that will perform rescaling (which one?) and change of format (Mpeg2), and keep 24p in order to import that to DVD SP.

NTSC will play that just fine because of the 3:2 pull down. is my audio goind to be affected?

what about PAL?

My god it is completed…
I feel like I just opened the pandora box…

[Guillaume Chadaillac]

Wouaoa!!!
That is a lot of information to digest at once for me today!!!!

one last bit of question, what is the frame size of the MPEG2 file that I will import in DVD SP?

I have been a bit scared about some people saying that the movie could play 5% slower in PAL. Could someone please tell me under which exact circumstances this would occur?

Also is the 3:2 pulldown harmfull to the sound?

[Guillaume Chadaillac]

ok we are getting there….
From the 7D until the outpure of final cut, I stay in 1080p 24p.
them comes compressor that will perform rescaling (which one?) and change of format (Mpeg2), and keep 24p in order to import that to DVD SP.

NTSC will play that just fine because of the 3:2 pull down. My audio will not be affected.

what about PAL?

My god it is completed…
I feel like I just opened the pandora box…

[Guillaume Chadaillac]

Thanks again guys.
It is a “almost” wide spread release… 🙂 It will be available in stores… but its not the last Shrek 3D movie…

As is said it is a tutorial video about dealing with audio on certain projects. So the Audio is of the up most importance. Video is also important but I guess some compromises will have to be made.

I only have the Canon 7D and the only resolution attached to 24p is 1920*1080. I am guessing the frame rate is more important than resolution so I ll shoot in 1080p 24p.

When I important it to FCP, would you then recommend to use Pro Res 422 LT with the frame size of 720p and the all the way to DVD SP (via MPEG2 and still at 24p)?

[Guillaume Chadaillac]

Thank you so much Misters for the prompt answers!

which of course… leads to other questions… 🙂

As a matter of fact, I was reading posts stating that 24fps can be burnt to DVDs and that the DVD player will be fooled by pulldown flags and do the pulldown itself… fair enough. That is good news for me!

1) Will this trick on NTSC DVD player work with a 25fps encoded video. Because if I shoot and edit in 25fps (instead of 24p) , it will spare me the 24p to 25p conversion in order to convert my video to PAL. I guess I just do not see the point (maybe disk space) of shooting 24p against 25p…

2) Also, can you confirm that I will only have to go through DVD SP only ONCE. Let me explain:

I do not know which resolution is compatible for both DVDs PAL and NTSC.
I would like to find the format (MPEG2 obviously, which res? which frame rate?) that will allow me to get out of FCP straight into DVD SP and that can be burnt and read by PAL and NTSC format. Is that possible?

If a conversion is compulsory, can it be done AFTER DVDSP so that I don t have to edit my dvd twice and thereby maintain a single line of workflow from my camera down to the output of DVD SP?

3) The last but not the least… and I guess I should have mentioned that before… I CANNOT afford time stretching or any kind of tweaking on the audio as the content of my tutorial is about… audio itself. Can you confirm that my audio will not me altered in anyway from the moment I import it in FCP down to the reading of the DVD (in both format)?

Thank you so much guys for time and valuable knowledge.
G.