[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Erica!

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Del–I’ll check out the ReadMe. I had no idea that PS3 dealt with video–I’m used to AE being the go-to.

take care-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Cool. I hope so. I’m just concerned, given that I’m going from recording a compressed format back to tape, then re-exporting/compressing… I’m hoping the resulting video/audio quality isn’t too bad… Any thoughts on that?

[Ruby Gold]

That’s very cool to know about–thanks to all for the suggestions.

I went ahead and just recorded from the standalone DVD player to mini-dv tape and then captured from that to my computer to edit from. I’m hoping that the end result doesn’t look too stepped on, but it seemed the most expedient thing to do for right now. I’ll check out the ripper later.

thanks again!

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Mike–great suggestions. I tried to change the extension, but it’s actually in the Video_TS folder in some kind of file format that is not yet an mpg, so there was no ability to change the extension to change. I’ll try your taking it from a standalone suggestion.
Thanks again-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks for the push on this. I sent the camera to Digitron Electronics in LA, per the recommendation of another poster on the forum. The technician there suggested replacing the optical assembly, so I think (hope) I’m on to finally correcting this issue instead of the temporary fixes so far. Do you have any experience with/opinions on Digitron?

thanks-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Noah. When I had it in to the service center (and subsequently to the engineers at Panasonic in NJ), all the software was tested and the lens assembly set to specs. Is “re-seating” the lens something different?

thanks-

[Ruby Gold]

How is it fixed?

[Ruby Gold]

Cool–I’ll try them both out just for the point of comparison. Thanks for the info.

[Ruby Gold]

I’m using PPro 1.5, not 2.0. But my confusion lies with what the process is for pulldown vs. exporting a timeline compressed for various output (e.g. DVD, web, etc). My understanding is that the only time you’d need to do a pulldown is if you were planning on doing a film transfer or outputting for 24p DVD players.

A) Are there any other times you’d need to do a pulldown? and
B) If you did need to do a pulldown using PPro 1.5, how does one do that?

I feel clearer about the conditions under which mixing 24p and 60i footage on the same timeline is okay. And, I’m assuming that, if you do mix them, it should be done on a 24p timeline. Is that a correct assumption?

Thanks all-