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Katherine Bryden
January 3, 2011 at 10:13 pm in reply to: printing HD 1080p30 to tape

I will add that to my workflow for the future. Thanks again for the tip.
Katherine Bryden
January 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm in reply to: printing HD 1080p30 to tape

OK, it does a long “conforming to HDV” now, but I’ve got it printing successfully to tape. Thanks for the assistance, y’all.
Katherine Bryden
January 3, 2011 at 7:43 pm in reply to: printing HD 1080p30 to tape

Sorry to be dense about this, but to get it to print back to tape, do I need to put it in a sequence that is set for 1080 60i? When I try to export from the timeline in FCP, the video doesn’t go to the deck, but I don’t get any messages about needing to convert video or making sure that my sequence settings match output or anything that clues me in as to why it won’t print…
Katherine Bryden
January 3, 2011 at 2:37 pm in reply to: printing HD 1080p30 to tape

So even though the camera has an option that claims to be 30F, it’s actually saving it as interlaced, rather than as a progressive scan?

The camera is a Canon XL H1, and it says on the website:

“The XL H1 delivers 1080i HD resolution, along with selectable frame rates of 60i, 30F and 24F. For high-speed subjects, 30 Frame delivers spectacular clarity and 24 Frame gives the look and motion of film.

FRAME RATE: This switch is labeled ‘i’, ‘F1’ and ‘F2’. The frame rate applied by these switches changes depending on whether the XL H1 is in 60i mode (factory standard) or 50i mode (optional upgrade). In 60i mode, the frame rate switches between 60i (60 fields per second, interlaced-the “standard” video speed), 30F, and 24F. In 50i mode (optional), the choices for frame rates are 50i or 25F.

These Frame modes have the same look as progressive frame rates, but are not labeled “progressive” because they are created with an interlaced chip. The end result is exactly the same to the editing system (and to our eyes) as 30p and 24p, respectively.”

So, if I shot in 30F, captured and edited in the 108030p setting, then do I need to convert it to 60i to export back to tape?

I took a Final Cut class where the instructors said that everything for computer/web output uses progressive scan and that broadcast uses interlaced video, but are you saying that basically, my setup only fakes the 30p and I should just shoot any HD footage in the 60i even though it’s destined for the web?
Katherine Bryden
November 2, 2009 at 9:41 pm in reply to: How to show my files with a PC ??

I gave her H.264 files – they didn’t take that long to encode, and she was satisfied with being able to watch them. I will tell her that for editing, she will need to use the original files. Thanks for the information about other codecs.
Katherine Bryden
October 30, 2009 at 3:25 pm in reply to: How to show my files with a PC ??

So, Alan, I have a similar but not identical problem. I shot some HD footage as quicktime movies (.mov files). Generally, we edit our footage and then give the finished product to the person requesting it, but she wants to see the unedited footage. This person has a PC, not a Mac, and it is asking her to install another codec in quicktime for her to view them. It’s 5 1/2 hours of footage and about 51 GB of data. Would it be better for her to install the codec (we don’t know which one is the right one – would you have a suggestion – I found this, but am not sure if it would be helpful: https://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/hd-codec.html), or for me to convert all of this raw footage to one of the codecs that is compatible (H.264) with the PC? Thanks much for any wisdom you can offer on this topic.