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Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Project Burned to DVD: Jagged Lines?

I would think that FCP doesn’t do a very good job at converting HD to SD. Use Compressor for the best results (or After Effects).
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Multi DVD/CD Duplicator Recommendations Please

For multiple BD-R duplication, we use “The Cube” — an automated solution (although it doesn’t do the printing). It works well and can handle 25 discs at a time — great to run overnight.
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 3:51 pm in reply to: blu ray printable disc

On the cheap side, I’ve had great success with Optimum Quantum BD-R discs (under $2 ea). The thermal discs work well with a Teac P-55C printer.
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Compressor (burning HD footage for SD DVD)

I’ve had excellent results down-converting HD material to SD using After Effects. I then take the resulting ProRes file and create my MPEG-2 files for the DVD (using Compressor).
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Creating a Music Video DVD from different format/size files

I would convert everything to the same format and size. I had to create a h.264 clip at 1080p and had a dozen different image sizes and codecs. I just converted everything to the same and it made editing easy.

If they need PAL — then convert everything to PAL first. If they need NTSC — then go that route. It will make your life easier.
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 4:42 am in reply to: Riddled with Reverse Field Dominance – Take 2

Ok – well I figured out the problem. It had nothing to do with cropping in Compressor. I had a wrong setting in Episode Pro (used to create the MXF file).

It was approved by the network. Thanks to all!
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 4:41 am in reply to: Final Cut Pro field problem

What did you import from? Possibly a DVD?
Michael Pfost
March 23, 2011 at 4:30 am in reply to: Workflow for 29.97 NTSC -> 23.98 -> 25.00 PAL

Well – looks like I got my files approved and I didn’t have to use SDI capture. I just had a wrong setting in Episode Pro.

This workflow does work 🙂
Michael Pfost
March 21, 2011 at 5:55 pm in reply to: Workflow for 29.97 NTSC -> 23.98 -> 25.00 PAL

Well – everything seems to work well but the test clips were rejected as they indicated it was riddled with RFD.

I’m starting to think that Compressor is not detecting the cadence correctly. Either that or Episode Pro is messing up my TFF somehow.

Would it matter if the Digibeta was captured via component vs. SDI? I used component.
Michael Pfost
March 21, 2011 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Reverse field dominance – two fields forward, one field back

Hi – should the view setting be 576p (in FCP) for the external monitor? Also, should I scrub through the timeline and show both fields, field-1 or field-2? Playback always looks smooth.

The resulting video says that it is TFF (and that is what I selected when rendering the final video in Compressor), which is what the network requires — but it sounds like even though you may have this set, internally, your fields can still be a mess?

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