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Steve Mason
September 2, 2015 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

I upped the quality to 9M CBR and the DC coefficient to 10 – I left the “stretch to fit” checked and while not perfect, the footage looks decent.

Thanks to you gents for the assist.

Cheers
Steve Mason
September 2, 2015 at 12:53 am in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

John,

As per your request:
Steve Mason
September 2, 2015 at 12:50 am in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

Bob,

Am I correct in understanding that I should set the width and height values (red outlined area in screenshot) to 720×480 in order for DV to properly down-sample?

This would not work for me as I need the full contents of the clip – not just a portion of it. I sure hope this isn’t the only solution or I am in trouble.
Steve Mason
September 1, 2015 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

It’s all I ever use.
Steve Mason
September 1, 2015 at 7:16 pm in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

I made a test DVD with the down-sampled clips on it and played-back on a DVD player to a television (the intended destination for these clips).

As I’ve mentioned, the SD segments in the same clips looked fine, but the down-sampled segments appeared discernibly more “interlaced” (the separation of the fields appeared more prominent).
Steve Mason
September 1, 2015 at 6:11 pm in reply to: Down-sampling in SV

John,

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve already tried rendering directly from the SV timeline and I wasn’t happy with how the down-sampled footage appeared. For whatever reason(s) the interlacing is far more pronounced in the down-sampled footage than in the native SD footage – it is pretty noticeable.

I’ve read suggestions about using AV Synth and other 3rd party programs to improve the appearance of the down-sampling, but I’m unclear as to the best solution. I’d really like to try and get the best looking down-sampled possible.

Thanks again!