[Thethirdtear]

Richard,

I ran 5 tests so far. Here’s what I did:

1)Clip > Video options > Reverse Field Dominance

Then for exporting:

Export
Video only
Work area only

Filetype
Microsoft DV AVI

Video Settings
Compressor: DV (NTSC)
Frame size: 720h 480v (0.900)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: Lower Field First

RESULT: Crap. Flickers even more.

2)Clip > Video Options > Unchecked “Reverse field Dominance”

Export
Video only
Work area only

Filetype
Microsoft DV AVI

Video Settings
Compressor: DV (NTSC)
Frame size: 720h 480v (0.900)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: Upper Field First

RESULT: Not as bad as the file with “Reverse Field Dominance” checked.

3)Clip > Video options > None
Export
Video only
Work area only

Filetype
Microsoft DV AVI

Video Settings
Compressor: DV (NTSC)
Frame size: 720h 480v (0.900)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)

RESULT: Good quality test (smooth, no interlace problems) BUT, the image jumps instead of rolling smoothly up the screen.

4)Clip > Video Options > Always Deinterlace

Export
Video only
Work area only

Filetype
Microsoft DV AVI

Video Settings
Compressor: DV (NTSC)
Frame size: 720h 480v (0.900)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)

RESULT: Smooth text, but text jumps up the screen (it seems to jump one line at a time, e.g. the text is one inch high, therefore, it jumps up one inch at a time).

5)Clip > Video Options > Interlace Consecutive Frames

Export
Video only
Work area only

Filetype
Microsoft DV AVI

Video Settings
Compressor: DV (NTSC)
Frame size: 720h 480v (0.900)
Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: Lower Field First

RESULT: Smooth, rolling text appears but with a “shadow” text that jumps up the screen (as it did when the clip was exported with no fields).

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I haven’t tried burning any of these to DVDs so I don’t know how they will play out on set top players.

As for your comment on playback on a PC, I’m using Windows Media Player and Real Media Player, the two that I thought most people would use. I haven’t tried Quicktime.

From the looks of it, the text is close to scrolling smoothly with smooth text, but there’s just something missing. What do you (or others) use to create titles for your projects?

Steve

[Thethirdtear]

Hey Rick, thanks for your help so far.

Strangely enough, when I burnt the DVD, the image appeared fine on a set top DVD player. I tried the DVD on my PC drive but the disc either didn’t play the audio or didn’t play altogether (another problem of mine, I can’t seem to get the burned disc to play on a computer, only on set top players).

The file on my computer, however, (the .m2v file) jiggles like crazy still.

I tried saving the project as an .avi file ONCE but my computer crapped out because there wasn’t enough room on the hdd. I found this strange because the .avi file was something like 13.5 GBs when it cut out. So, no, I haven’t tried to import the .avi file into Encore out of fear that it would crash my system.

Maybe I’ll try reversing the field order for the titles only, and leave the rest of the video as is? But do I do that in PRO (while rendering) or when I’m exporting (as an .m2v file)?

Thanks for your help, again.

Steve

[Thethirdtear]

May I jump in and ask what rotoscoping is?

[Thethirdtear]

1)NTSC
2)No
3)Took the video from miniDV tapes, thus I used .avi in PPRO 1.5
4)Project settings:
TV Standard: NTSC
Frame Rate [fps]: 29.97 drop frame
Field Order: Lower
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Frame Width [pixels]: 720
Frame Height [pixels]: 480

Audio Summary:
Audio Format: PCM
Sample Size: 16 bit
Frequency: 48 kHz

Steve

[Thethirdtear]

I’m sure if I know what you mean by DVD settings?

From what I know:

In Encore 1.5:
4.7GB disc
PCM audio
NTSC

In PPRO 1.5:
Video Summary:
Codec: MainConcept MPEG Video
Quality: 2.1 (low quality)
TV Standard: NTSC
Frame Rate [fps]: 29.97 drop frame
Field Order: Lower
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Frame Width [pixels]: 720
Frame Height [pixels]: 480
Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass
Minimum Bitrate [Mbps]: 3.8250 (low quality)
Target Bitrate [Mbps]: 6.0000 (medium quality)
Maximum Bitrate [Mbps]: 8.0000 (high quality)
M Frames: 3
N Frames: 15

Audio Summary:
Audio Format: PCM
Codec: PCM Audio
Sample Size: 16 bit
Frequency: 48 kHz

Multiplexer Summary:
Multiplexing: None

Project settings:
NTSC (0.9)
30 fps dropframe

Thanks.

Steve

[Thethirdtear]

So, basically, the effect is minimal at best and if the video is mainly for home viewing then I shouldn’t worry about it too much?

Thanks! Looks like you just saved me some time!

Steve