[Sean David]

No, I can and will override the block to try it, I’m just careful when warned. 🙂

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

For interest sake, I did contact the people who make Thor, and the hardware (PCIE-16 card) is just an engine to speed up processing (up to 8x or so), and is optional. The conversion routines are in their Loki/Phoenix software which is made up of a group of modules. The pricing for the software is in the 10’s of k’s, depending which product/group of modules you choose. (Message me if you want the gory details, I don’t want to put the prices here.) They offer the full turnkey hardware / installation / training / support, which would be a pretty penny more. It is likely aimed at producers and broadcast clients like cable channels who are more interested in volume and the end product than in the cost to get there.

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

I will look, Chris. (I’ve tried to visit the site before and Malwarebytes Prem blocked it, it’s on a list for some reason.)

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

Thanks Dave, but it was all shot anamorphic 16:9. The pixels are still 720×576, but it interprets beautifully to 16:9 widescreen. I moved to widescreen as soon as I could, I never really liked 4:3.

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

I’ve heard about the Teranex 2D, which I have been told is very good. My goal is to scale footage up to full HD, so perhaps that would be one of the better ways to achieve both, but it isn’t cheap.

(Topaz Enhance is available at software informer with an apparently valid install file. It is ‘abandonware’, but not sure about the licensing. Getting it to work in the recent AE might be a hurdle.)

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

By the way, we’re working in Premiere Pro / After Effects on PC.

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

Don’t take this as arguing, but I was going by the AE help page:

If you want to use interlaced or field-rendered footage (such as NTSC video) in an After Effects project, you get the best results if you separate the video fields when you import the footage. After Effects separates video fields by creating a full frame from each field, preserving all of the image data from the original footage.

Separating fields is critical if you plan to make significant changes to the image. When you scale, rotate, or apply effects to interlaced video, unwanted artifacts, such as crossed fields, are often introduced. By separating fields, After Effects accurately converts the two interlaced frames in the video to noninterlaced frames, while preserving the maximum amount of image quality. Using noninterlaced frames allows After Effects to apply edits and effects consistently and at the highest quality.

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/importing-interpreting-video-audio.html

I have indeed done tests and compared them, and like AE’s newest upscaling effect better than Frames, though they are very close. It doesn’t seem to matter whether I ‘separate fields’ when using Frames, but it is necessary for the AE upscaling effect.

I’m just trying to be sure I get it right now, the project will have hundreds of clips, and I don’t want to have to redo/fix anything later.

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

Thanks, I hadn’t heard of Telestream Episode Pro before, I’ll give it a go!

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

Source is a hard drive with a set of large video files, AVI format, lossless compression. I am looking at software options as well, but a reasonable hardware device could take the processing load off of other machines.

I can also recapture the content from the DVCAM tapes, but would need output back to e.g. a PC, or a reasonable device. I don’t have any of this type of equipment on hand.

In your opinion, would the quality be better using a hardware solution?

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.

[Sean David]

Seriously, does Blackmagic or a similar company make such a device? They have lots of converter boxes, but they seem to be all display conversion vs file conversion.

Sean

Asus G750JZ i7, 24GB RAM, Nvidia 880M 4GB, Win8.1 64 bit, Adobe CC, Cinema4D Studio 17, and whatever else it takes to get the job done.