Ben:
I recently just dived into HDV and have loved the process of learning until I tried making a SD DVD from HDV footage using Avids codec – Boy what a frustating time it has been. I have Sorenson and the images just keep coming back with artifacts through the roof. I downloaded a copy of Procoder and bam I love the image. Do you know something I don’t? Probably it wasn’t meant as a rhetorical question hehe. Does procoder do something that Sorneson doesn’t I would love to use Sorenson since I own it but will fork over the cash if need be. The settings seem to be identical in both programs and when i look at the footage side by side the procoder comes out on top!
Thanks
PS do you have a blog on transcoding HDV for a SD DVD delivery!