[Jason Tobias]

Had the same problem with a Sony PDW-F1600 and it wasnt the firmware for me. After calling Sony tech support I determined that the format of my disc was 29.97P 422-1080 50mbps and the deck was set to read 23.97 420 1080 HQ. All I had to do was access menu numbers 013, and 031 and change the settings (i had to first unplug it from the MAC to access the menu)
After changing the settings in menu 13 i had to restart the machine. I also had to eject the disc once it was renamed and put it back in in order for the clips to import.
but it worked!

hope this helps someone

[Jason Tobias]

Had the same problem with a Sony PDW-F1600 and it wasnt the firmware for me. After calling Sony tech support I determined that the format of my disc was 29.97P 422-1080 50mbps and the deck was set to read 23.97 420 1080 HQ. All I had to do was access menu numbers 013, and 031 and change the settings (i had to first unplug it from the MAC to access the menu)
After changing the settings in menu 13 i had to restart the machine. I also had to eject the disc once it was renamed and put it back in in order for the clips to import.
but it worked!

hope this helps someone

[Jason Tobias]

I know this is an old post, but I amm having a similar problem and since you mention your experience here, I thought perhaps you could help.

Ive created a graphics sequence for import into avid adrenaline. When i render a quicktime at the default settings in AE (lossless, animation codec) and then import into avid things look jumpy and i can see scan lines from the interlacing. Ive been trying each possible combination of field render and imports over the last few days and what has worked best is what has made the least amount of sense to me.

The footage was all created in after effects- text and a motion background- all progressive. I read in a very old online tutorial that is would be best to set the render for “upper fields first” and then import as upper fields first (https://avidfaq.anglepark.com/AvidFAQ.html)
this still didn’t look right so I went back and reinterpreted the footage for the video background layer to separate the upper fields (per this document https://avidfaq.anglepark.com/AvidFAQ.html)

now things look better than in every other combination (rendering lower fields or no fields, interpreting footage to separate no or lower fields, or importing the footage as non-interlaced, or lower fields first) but still not perfect, not nearly as sharp as when i play the movie in quicktime. Im still seeing some scan lines on the brightest parts of the background layer.

any ideas as to what might help this problem? why would rendering the upper fields be the best way if NTSC is lower field dominant?

the big problem Im chasing is that i just started at a company where they have been working between after and avid for years and when I talk to the old graphics guy he told me he would always export from AE using the default settings and had no problems.
any suggestions? thanks in advance

Jason Tobias