Steve Brame
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Answer some questions to yourself to isolate the problem’s source.
Does it happen with tapes from other cameras?
Does it only happen when capturing in Premiere, or can I capture successfully with another editing program, like Windows MovieMaker if on a PC or iMovie on a Mac?
Are my firewire drivers up to date?
If capturing via firewire that is built in to the motherboard, can I possibly add a firewire card and capture with it?
Is there a firmware update for my Sony camera?
You indicate that the timecode reset only happens intermittently, indicating that it’s probably not a function of a setting in your camera, but probably an error occurring. Might want to consult a Sony camera forum or tech support.
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Sorry, didn’t mean to confuse. I was speaking strictly to and in the context that the OP was presenting. When transcoding from 1080 to DVD with 15 minutes of footage, and the highest resolution possible is desired, the lower resolutions don’t make sense. In fact, the lower resolutions are rarely, if ever, utilized in a final production scenario. They are used more with direct to disc recording devices and certain lower end camcorders.
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First of all, does the problem occur when playing the tape back in-camera?
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True, they are supported, but when the source is 1080i, and the OP wishes to maintain the highest resolution possible, these are not a factor and may only serve to confuse.
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Yep…if you burned a DVDPRO HD 1080i to a DVD disc, you were simply copying that file to the disc, and it would not play on a set top DVD player.
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Only MPEG2 can be used to encode video for the DVD. You will have to transcode your existing media to MPEG2. I do not use Compressor, so I can’t guide you with it’s specific operation, but it sounds like you need assistance with understanding the DVD specification itself first. The only format for the DVD spec is MPEG2, and the only resolution is 720×480. The bit rate is the speed at which the data on the DVD may be read by whatever machine is playing the DVD. The higher this rate, the higher the quality, but do NOT expect even the absolute highest quality on a DVD to even resemble the original HD footage. If you have this expectation, you will never be happy. DVD is not HD, it is SD.
There are a multitude of training videos on YouTube and others for creating DVD’s with Compressor, as well as all other apps.
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DVD is 720 x 480 – period.
The primary way to achieve the best possible picture on a DVD is to encode the video to the highest bit rate possible for the amount of material that will fit on a disc.
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We actually just had some green screen footage that Keylight would NOT key cleanly, and since our former ‘go to’ keyer – Ultra Key – hasn’t been available, we’ve done all of our keying in Keylight. But, now that they’ve included Ultra Key into PPro, albeit a slightly watered down version, I decided to give it a try on this footage. It worked absolutely beautifully. Saved my life, and I told Karl Soule so at NAB. Would’ve kissed him if my wife hadn’t been standing there, along with a few hundred others. Ultra Key will be my first choice from now on, since the ability to remain in PPro is a huge timesaver. If it can’t perform, there’ll always be Keylight.
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Personally, I’d like to hear what the inadequacies are, for I’ve always felt the same about Vegas, and definitely Media Composer. I’ve used all 3, and PPro feels the best to me. Problems with it? Sure, what software doesn’t? But Adobe has always been pretty good about jumping on issues, and most issues are machine or user specific anyway.
However, I’d never think to jump on a Vegas forum and spout off without providing any specifics – unless , of course, I was simply marketing.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions