[Jason O’hara]

the conversion house I’m working with does not have a teranex but uses a Alchemist PHc HD converter – is this comparable?

[Jason O’hara]

Thanks for the info.

Unfortunately, I have no external monitor so am comparing my outputs on my computer monitor – does it provide me any reliable reference for interlace artifacts or is just completely misleading? because all my upres attempts -regardless of settings i set in frame controls look terribly interlaced, except when I select “progressive” as my output field? it seems to be the best. I’m also confused what “output field” really means – because regardless what I select in the output field dialogue – the real output is always “Upper” because it is HDV 1080/60i?

Can anyone advise what a good general setting would be in frame controls to upres 480i to 1080/60i, I’ve been searching for days online and can’t find anything?

[Jason O’hara]

what about the Matrox MXO2 Mini which retails under $500? appears it would accomplish same?

[Jason O’hara]

many thanks for your thoughts – I’m relatively inexperienced so very much appreciate the helpful advice and certainly no offence taken. Your insights have caused us to reconsider and we are entertaining the idea of a final HDV output. At this stage we are not committed either way – as all of the HD footage has been edited on 1080/60i timelines. Currently, there are no plans for distribution beyond its primary audience at a conference in March, though of course we don’t want to close any doors by making bad decisions.

Our constituent footage is as follows:
-70% 1080/60i
-10% 1080/24p
-10% SD/29.97 Anarmorphic – converted from what was originally recorded as 1080/24p (unfortunately by previous editor – from pile of 100+ tapes, and without his original log files, would be impossible to track originals down to recapture)
-5% SD/29.97/720×480
-5% archival footage from 1950s: some is SD/29.97/720×480 sourced from an archive house, some is MPEG-4, 320 × 240, 29.97 fps, 2.74 Mbps – downloaded directly from archive.org – despite the low pixel res, it appears to capture the full quality of the grainy original

Assumably a final output of 1080/60i is what we should be working towards?
What advice do you suggest for up-resing the SD footage, I don’t have any of the plug-ins or hardware options and our budget very limited, what about using Compressor? Given our source footage, do you have any other advice for me, its very much appreciated.