720p converting to 576i

Hi!
I have a problem exporting a 720p50 Project to mpeg2 DVD.
Premiere Export Option only give me the possibility to 25p.
25p is no option because of bad artefacts in fast moving parts of the Movie.
Adding Fields doesn't work, because the only result is horizontal lines in fast moving elements of the Movie.
Does any one now a way doing the conversion to SD 50i?

I tried that too, but the outcome was not good. I had many interlaced lines in the movie...especially with fast moving object.

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What you guys are running into has nothing to do with a software problem. It is what is known as overscan in video. Every television will project the image beyond the edge of the viewable area of the screen. This has always been a bit of an issue, but knowing that it happens is the key to success.
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Unfortunately for your film where you have your actor at the edge of the screen there's not a lot you can do. the only way to really correct for this is to shoot with overscan in mind in the first place or you might try to shrink the entire film in the frame a bit - which will give you black space on either side.
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O.K. here's the deal. I'm burning a DVD of footage that's a 720p, converted to SD. I think all the settings are correct for 16 by 9 Widescreen Letterbox, but when I watch the DVD back on the player I notice that some of the image is still being cropped a little on the sides. The reason this is unacceptable is that I have a shot where a character walks to the edge of the frame, but stays there on the screen. In the DVD they disappear off the screen. Is there a way to control the aspect ratio using compressor even more, so that I can shrink the size of the footage on the screen to a point where I can see everything after it's burnt on a DVD?

Of course I'm changing the scale. That's how I'm working around the problem. I'm using the "motion" tab in final cut pro in the clip to "shrink" the image and then exporting it with the black square around it. The compressing it to an mpeg2. Is this going to reduce the quality of the image? So far, it solves the problem on SD monitors. But on the computer DVD player you do indeed see the black edges. I'm torn here, because I want the best quality image, but I also want the audience to actually see the edges of the film.

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My understanding, from what I've read, is that 802.11n draft standard is actually only running at 50% speed of the actual final 802.11n protocol that will be out in a couple of years.
If Itunes starts selling HD content or I import an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc to Itunes, is the 802.11n fast enough to be able to stream this content to Apple tv? Has anyone tried this?
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My understanding, from what I've read, is that
802.11n draft standard is actually only running at
50% speed of the actual final 802.11n protocol that
will be out in a couple of years.
No. No idea where you got that idea. Right now the Wi-Fi alliance is "certifying" 801.11n Draft 2.0 devices. It is called "draft" simply because it won't be formally approved until 2008, given the normal standardization schedules. Between draft and approved final there may be changes, but they are usually minor, so much so that sometimes a firmware update may do the job.
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HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc to Itunes, is the 802.11n fast
enough to be able to stream this content to Apple tv?
Has anyone tried this?
First of all, don't expect iTunes to provide HD-DVD or Blue-Ray format files any times soon (I mean expect years before you see that). These are 1080p formats, which are NOT supported by the Apple TV. Apple TV does support content with a maximum resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, which can be considered "720p" HD content, though not at the full cable frame rate.
Yes, Apple TV can stream this content. I have converted several HD programs captured from ESPN (which broadcasts in 720p), converted them to H.264 at 1280x720x24fps using MPEGStreamClip (http://www.squared5.com/) and stream them to my AppleTV.
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Just getting my head around the best way to attack this.
I have a pile of 1080i and 720p footage which needs to be edited together with the final destination being a 576i DVD.
Now, being a country that uses interlacing and as at least half of my footage is interlaced, it seems a bit of a waste to
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1.) They will be the same aspect ratio (16:9, square pixels), but each will take up more or less room within the frame than the other.
2.) If you start a 720p sequence, then yes, anything larger than 1280x720 will need to be reduced to fit entirely within the frame.
3.) You can select "Scale to Frame Size" by right clicking on the video clip, or manually resize the video through the source video's Effect Controls box. In addition, with the advent of CS4, Adobe has added a nifty little feature that was absent from earlier editions of Premiere, including CS3, and that is "Maximize Render Quality." This feature is checked from within the sequence settings dialog box, or selected from your export settings, and ensures that any footage that is scaled to fit the native resolution of the sequence will be handled appropriately so that it maintains maximum visual sharpness and resolution.
Keep in mind that there are different flavors of 720p and 1080i, so in future posts it would be helpful to designate which one you are referring to. For example, HD is defined as having a resolution of 1920x1080, and 1280x720 with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and a pixel aspect ratio of 1.0, or 1:1. Panasonic DVCPROHD, through the use of line doubling, is actually 1280x1080 (1.5 pixel aspect ratio), and 960x720 (1.33 pixel aspect ratio), and Sony's HDCAM/XDCAM HD is 1440x1080 (1.33 pixel aspect ratio). Knowing exactly what format you are shooting in and what the native resolution you will be editing in will help maximize your results within the editing software and ensure that your video is not visually distorted. It will also offer you realtime playback direct from the timeline without the need to render, presuming you have a system that is up to spec.

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Leo Cieslak wrote:
thanks, some guy at the mac store said dvi wouldn't do 1080p
He was misinformed. Single-link DVI is the most common interface
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the bandwidth to at least twice that. (iMac is single-link only.)
i have an optical audio thing on the back of my tv is is there
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The optical audio on your TV is probably standard-size TOSLINK,
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