Converting HDV to DVCPRO 720p

I am currently converting HDV 1080i 30fps to DVCPRO
720p 60fps. When I do this I get strobing. I have
tried exporintg through Final Cut Pro to DVCPro and
rendering in the DVCPro timeline I have still to no
avail. Any help would be appreciated.
I believe the best solution is to capture from HDV into a good capture card(Kona) and bring it in as DVCPRO HD. If you have a PPC or new MAC PRO this is what it takes to have a good solid reliable HD product.
Good Luck
Z1&V1user

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Workflow Questions HDV to DVCPro HD to SD DVD?

As the subject says, I have several plays I shot in with 720p and 1080i for the second camera. So I was thinking of converting the HDV to DVCPro HD in their respective size formats to get the i-frame benefits for transitions, color correction, etc. Then ultimately the final delivery will be SD DVD disk. So my question is, to go from HDV to DVCPro HD, compressor has some presets to convert HDV to DVCPro HD and it then makes it non square so the footage viewed in QT looks scrunched but is fine in Final Cut as it compensates. So the deal is since the final delivery is SD DVD is it fine to let compressor move it to non-square or should I try to keep the conversion square? Will it make a difference? I just did a test taking the 720p HDV to 720p DVCPro HD, non-square, then dragged that clip to compressor and output as 16:9 SD mpeg2 and it looks great...just lower resolution. So any input is appreciated on my suggested workflow? Thanks!

The way it looks in your sequence is the way it will come out in the SD DVD... so if it's OK there, it's good to go all the way to a SD MPEG file and burn to a DVD.
Jerry

A little confused about HDV to DVCPro HD etc

Hi, a couple of people have told me to convert my HDV footage to DVCpro for editing / compositing / fades etc because of the quicker workflow in FCP.
Ideally I'd like to output 720p
Does this sound like a good solution... If so should I:
a) Convert all footage using compressor before starting
b) Just create a DVCPro HD timeline in FCP and render the files there
c) Make a DVCPro HD sequence and use something like nattress plugins to create de-interlaced 720p footage..
d) None of the above..
Also, I know I don't 'need' a RAID 0 for HDV, but would I get any substantial improvement if working in DVCPro HD or Motion projects etc.
I'm working on a Quad Mac Pro with 3gb Ram.
Thanks in advance.

First, Craig:
Hi Shane, I am using a Sony HDR-HC1. I'm not sure if the outputs from the camera will plug into the card.
What outputs do you have from the camera? Ah...looking it up I see that it has an S-Video jack. Ick...I wouldn't go that route. Best to rent an HDV deck and use component out. Or upconvert after with compressor.
Fenster:
if I wanted to make my life easier when I color correct and key out my green screen I should convert my footage to DVCPRO HD
Shooting a key with HDV to begin with is not the wisest decision. The HUGE amount of compression. I will also say that pulling a key with DVCPRO HD isn't the best either, but is more doable. I don't think converting HDV to DVCPRO HD would make pulling a key any easier. Compression is already there.
Shane

How do I "cross convert" HDV to DVCProHD

I hear and read a lot lately about converting HDV to DVCPro HD.
I have a CANON XH A1 and I'm wondering, where I go to read how to convert during capture or otherwise to DVCProHD?
Note: Per Shane, I edited the title to "Cross convert" from "Down convert".

Well, dont' call it DOWN CONVERTING. It is really CROSS converting.
Best way? Get a capture card like the Kona LHe and connect it to the camera via the component outs. It has those, right? I know the XL H1 has HD SDI, and that the A1 doesn't. But does it have Component outs?
Where to read about it? Go to www.creativecow.net. Sign up for the magazine, then download issue #2. Jerry Hofmann goes into detail about how and why.
-shane

HDV and DVCPro HD in the same timeline???

If I want to mix 720p footage from both HDV and DVCPro HD (from the JVC HD100 and Panasonic HVX200 respectively), what timeline preset should I set it for: 720p30 HDV or 720p30 DVCPro HD? If I set it for HDV 720p30, will this mess up the DVCPro HD?

Create a DVCPro HD timeline, then drop HDV onto it. You will need to render the timeline with the HDV footage to play it smoothly, but it will save you rendering all your footage, even if you are not going to use it.
Rendering all your HDV into DVCPro will require a lot more storage if you captured it as native HDV or about the same amount of storage if you used Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) HDV.
Even if it does play back smoothly (using RT extreme or whatever) you should force render the timeline, to make sure of the look of HDV rendered in DVC Pro HD meets your requirements.

Convert HDV PAL 1080i50 to NTSC HD 1080i

Has anyone ever successfully converted HDV PAL 1080i50 to NTSC HD 1080i. we keep running into problems with cinema tools. Both the preferences in the file menu and button marked "conform" in the open clip dialogue are GRAYED OUT!! Please help...
We've also tried using MPEG Streamclip 1.9 to conform our footage with meager results. Basically we always end up with jumpy footage.
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Best (PAL) workflow to convert HDV interlaced to DV progressive?

Question - What is the best (PAL) workflow to convert HDV interlaced to DV progressive?
Software: Pr, En and Ae - all CS4.
My Camera: (Sony Z1) shoots HDV 1080i.
When capturing and editing, I keep everything HDV and interlaced.
Premiere Pro:
Capture HDV - mpeg 1440 x 1080 (1.3333)
Sequence - 1440 x 1080 (1.3333) HD Anamorphic 1080 (1.333) Upper Field First - (HDV 1080i25 Preset)
Once edit is complete, I dynamically link sequences into Encore.
Question - Should I dynamically link to Encore or export sequence from Pro?
If you aren't a fan of dynamically linking the sequences and believe exporting the sequences from Premiere Pro is the way to go, please advise of best export settings. I assume during the export (from Pr) is when the converting from HDV interlaced to DV progressive takes place?
At present, I dynamically link the sequences into Encore. This means Encore handles the conversion to DV progressive.
Question - What are the best (Encore) transcode settings to transcode HDV 1080i25 to DV progressive widescreen?
I've tried numerous workflows but as yet, I've not been 100% happy with any of them.
I'm finding it quite a challenge to take HDV 1080i and produce a good looking DVD i.e minimal artifacts and no interlaced jaggies.
I used to downconvert to DV in-camera during the capture process, but I'm finding I'm getting much better results by editing in HDV and downconverting during post. This is what my post is really all about i.e. finding the best workflow to do this.
I would be very keen to hear of how others are shooting and editing in HDV to then produce best/high quality DVDs.
Thanks for reading

Hi DaveMD,
Thank you so much for your Q&A post. It is so helpfull for me. I will test it right now. Unfortunatly for you, I reply your post with no answer, just a feedback..Sorry
Nevertheless, my details are :
Software: Pr, En and Ae - all CS4.
My Camera: (Sony FX-1000) shoots HDV 1080i.
Premiere Pro:
Capture HDV - mpeg 1440 x 1080 (1.3333)
Sequence - 1440 x 1080 (1.3333) HD Anamorphic 1080 (1.333) Upper Field First - (HDV 1080i25 Preset)
I have exported the media in DVD MPG (.m2v) from Premiere and Build the final DVD from that .m2v into Encore.
I have to say that I am not very happy with the final result when I convert into PAL Widescreen.
I can see little artefacts, flikers and jaggies...
- Do you think that this "double" DVD MPG export could lower the quality?
- Could it be the FullHD screen (1080x1920) on which I display the final result (PAL 720x572) that interprates the video?
Thank you for your lights !
Appia

Working with DVCPro 720p in 10.1.2

This was going to be a question, but then I figured out the workaround, so I'm sharing what I learned. I'm working on a project shot in DVCPro 720p which is anamorphic - 960:720 pixels and my timeline automatically set itself to the same size. There's never been a problem doing that in previous versions, but some transitions (like Simple Blur) in 10.1.2 crop the sides of the footage during the transition down to a 4:3 picture. The problem goes away by changing the timeline setting to 1280:720 pixels. You're welcome.

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How best to convert HDV to DV

What is the best method to convert HDV to DV and crop the edges? (not widescreen)

Hi,
Have you tried using Compressor?
You can just make up a new setting, with your crop settings, save it so you have easy access to it in the future. And just load in all your video then do a batch convert and leave it overnight or over weekend.
Hope this helps.

Converting HDV clip to Flash

Hello,
I am wondering if there is any way how to convert HDV clip into Flash .flv file, keeping 16:9 ratio.
I only manage to convert it into whatever conversion is available in Compressor, like .mov, H.264, etc.
But how can I end up with Flash file?
Thank you so much for your advise.

Those are mutually exclusive operations, file size and image quality.
Adobe's own media encoder cannot compress the their own FLV any more efficiently using preset. if you get in and tweak every scene change you can expect some fabulous results at the expense of lots of time and effort. But the file won't be significantly smaller.
Again, suggest you hit Adobe.com and get everything they have to offer on encoding for Flash, there's tons of free information, not al of it is easy to find, hidden in support forums, tutorials, blogs. But it's there. And you can search here for "flv" we see the topic daily.
But consider that you shot 720 and are now smooshing it to less than VHS quality and wondering why it's not both lovely and small at the same time. It's a tough compromise, very difficult to achieve, especially if you are going to open the frame controls and start applying white restore, intelligent deinterlacing, gamma, and contrast adjustments.
Sorry not to be able to give you a magic formula.
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Mixing HDV and DVCPRO HD

I'm working on a project where the interviews were shot in HDV 1080i60, and most of the B-roll was shot in DVCPROHD 720p24 (but some in HDV 1080i60).
Ordinarily I'd choose to edit at the lesser resolution, but I'm thinking that since most of the material is 1080i60, that's the ideal sequence resolution and frame rate, even though this would involve uprezzing the 720p material slightly. I'm also thinking that the progressive material will look better in an interlaced sequence than vice-versa, and since the 720p material is DVCPRO HD, it ought to weather the uprez decently. Stop me if you disagree.
The next question is codec. My first thought was: edit in HDV, then swap out for a better codec (ProRes or DVCPRO HD) before final output. That seems better than the prospect of cross-coding everything to ProRes or something. Again, stop me if you disagree.
Thanks, everyone, for your input and helping me think through this...

Thanks X. Why not HQ? Too much disk space for no quality benefit?
Where do editors get to fire the director who didn't think through the post issues?
Seriously, I'm not complaining. This actually is not as bad as the one-hour show which was shot with five cameras: two XDCAM, one HDV, one three-chip DV and one one-chip DV...

How to convert HDV-1080i captured video to burn on IDVD ?

Hi Gang,
I recently bought a Canon XL H1 HDV camcorder and love to shoot HD-1080i on miniDV. I capture the video on IMovie HD using HDV-1080i. It is beautiful.
I need to convert this format using the best compression so I can burn the video on a IDVD. I realize I will loose some resolution but until Blu-Ray is available, I have no other alternatives. Canon XL H1 shoots uncompressed audio and video and is amazing. I have used H264 in the past with 720p but I'm not sure using 1080i. Can any of you wonderful folks walk me through the best steps to do this? Thankyou, Joe Ray
ps: I own Final Cut Pro 5.1 but can't learn it til late August2006.

well right now since your recording the high def to a tape, you're shooting HDV, which is compressed HD. iMovie imports that and converts it to the apple intermediate format.....(no compression, just a different format imovie works with). Just do the editing in imovie and send it to idvd and choose best quality in the projects pane in the idvd preferences. that's all you can do.
(imovie does the editing, and idvd does the converting to MPEG 2 which is what dvd players read).

How to convert HDV to iPhone 4

I have Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 and Compressor (1st version)...what are the BEST settings to convert my HDV 1080i video (1440 x 1080) to a H264 format that iTunes can accept and I can import/sync into my new iPhone 4. I have Compressor from like 5years ago, so I have no presets for any of this..I can CUSTOM all of the video settings so the iPhone or any other device can play it...but I need the settings.
Max Bit Rate? Two Pass Encoding (yes/no), frame rate, resolution? What other settings
Am I best to convert to 960x540 the native resolution of the iPhone 4 or should I convert to 1280 x 720 in case I plug my iPhone into an HDTV? Will either play or look better?
Thanks.

Ok, I found a number of answers thanks to your points (another board). Huge thank you!! I posted this question in 3 Apple Discussion Boards and no one came close to a solid answer that explains the heart of it like you did...and I checked out what you said and you are right on.
One of the videos in particular that I encoded at 6,000 kbps...well when I cut out 5 seconds of the most complex part (256 videos being played and shrunken down...cool effect!) that segment when I cut it out and save it as it's own Quicktime Movie the bit rate shows 17,000 kbps....I know the iPhone 4 can do at least 10,000 kbps in my trials and you may be correct that it can do 14,000 kbps...I tried a simple video at 15,000 and it failed...so I think you are about correct with the 14,000 number....certainly between 11,000 - 14,000 would be its max at 1280 x 720p and audio at 160 kbps AAC.
Ok, 1 more key point....I reencoded that video at 5,000 kbps which actually should be fine for 720p with my stuff (I was only using 6,000 to get a tiny bit more out of the video...negligible) and that failed also..I looked at the most complex part and found it at 15,000 kbps..again cutting out that 5 second spot...so I am now reencoding at 4,500 kbps for that video and 4,000 and 3,500 just to see when it begins to work.
I believe on MOST (80%) of the videos I've done at this 720p resolution that 6,000 kbps works on the iPhone...but it's probably safer to set it at 5,000 and then I'm guessing you'll get 95% work....and perhaps at 4,000 or 4,500 (I hope) you'll pretty much get 100% of the videos to work on the iPhone 4.
I am still testing so I'll report back tomorrow night for sure. Just so you know the bit rate for small segments of video (that could cause iPhone 4 non compatibility) is more than 2-3 times...it's more like 2-3.5 times it appears. So if you divide the max bit rate by 3.5 perhaps that's the safest setting if you want a sure fire way.
This is real interesting..NO ONE has mentioned this and Apple's support line did NOT even mention or know about this area at all.
After I compress my 6.5 minute video...4 different ways...tomorrow night...we will know for sure...that video with that 5-10 seconds of real complex stuff has to be at the very upper end of compression challenges...if I can get that max rate..every other video should work and we'll have a sure fire max compression rate for this particular format.
By the way I am experimenting with 960 x 540 a little bit just to see how much more latitude that would give one. But I think for future proofing and for hooking the video up to an HDTV that 1280 x 720 is the ideal format IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SAVING MULTIPLE COMPRESSED COPIES OF VIDEO.
More tomorrow-

Can I use toast 10 to convert AVCHD to DVCPRO HD *with timecode* ???

I have a project shot in DVCPRO HDp60 and they've now given me some AVCHD footage to work with. Following the advice around here I went out and got Toast 10 to convert the AVCHD to DVCPRO and it works but I don't get the timecode. I need to preserve the timecode because windows dubs have already been made and it'll be a reference. I have the full AVC file structure and do get proper reel# and timecode when using FCP Log&Transfer but don't want to use ProRes or AIC.
Can Toast transfer the timecode or did I rush out and buy this too soon??? And if so am I stuck with ProRes or AIC if I need timecode? And if so does the quality of AIC compare to DVCPROHDp60?
thanks for any help

Time Machine would work, but it is the wrong tool for this job...
Easiest is to buy a new drive which is the same form-factor (2.5-inch laptop SATA drive probably) which is in an external case. I'd go for a terabyte drive -- it's not much more expensive.
The tool you need now is a disk-copying utility -- the best ones are CarbonCopyCloner and SuperDuper. One is free, the other shareware.
Then you plug the new big drive into your MBP, and it will probably mount on your desktop. Use the cloning software to copy your internal disk to the new external disk. This will take an hour or two, as opposed to Time Machine which takes FOREVER!
When you are done making the copy, you need to swap the two disks between the computer and the external drive case. If you are adventurous, search YouTube for instructions on how to replace the disk drive on your computer. Or take it to your local mac repair shop and have it done by a professional.
Ok, now you have a big new disk inside the computer, with everything exactly as it was on the 250GB disk -- except for a lot more free space! And you have a "boot disk" in your little case, which you can put up on a shelf for safe keeping. After awhile, you can erase your old disk and use it for off-computer storage. Or just leave it and periodically boot from it and keep the software up-to-date. When all **** breaks loose (software upgrade that has gone bad, etc.) you will find it an invaluable tool!

Converting HDV to H.264 for storage. Any simple way dates and clip splits can be preserved?

THE PROBLEM
Tapes are one of the riskiest ways to archive footage as not only is there the possibility of tape damage but the very real chance that the camera will fail after a few years leaving you with unplayable footage .. .. .. .. unless you are lucky enough to find a replacement one or are prepared to spend money on obsolete equipment.
A further disadvantage is the linear nature of tape which takes ages to import or spool through.
THE SOLUTION
Digital storage on hard drives, memory sticks or SD cards has none of these problems and your video can be played anywhere on any computer etc.
Furthermore after converting to H.264, the video is virtually identical in quality and only takes up 35% of the space (using FCP X's convert to H.264 default setting).
THE SNAGS
I intend to import all my HDV tapes, stick each one on the FCP X timeline and export it as mentioned above.
This will reduce my HDV file size to around 4GB which would also fit conveniently on one DVD, as well as the above mentioned storage devices.
The only problem I can see is that I wll lose the date/time and also the clip-breaks.
The precise date/time is not a serious problem but I would like to preserve clip breaks if possible, even though the inability to do so would not be too serious.
THE HELP?
So have there been any recent developments that would help me with either of these problems cheaply and quickly.
P.S. I know that I could burn the date/time on the first frame of every clip but that would take an eternity. I could also export every clip singly to H.264 but that too would take an age.

Thanks for the reply, however, unless I am missing something there would be no advantage over simply retaining the original imported HDV files and avoiding the additional time taken to create the archive?
The H.264 route preserves the quality whilst dramatically reducing the file size and will probably be a more universally accepted format than HDV.
Luckily I can live without the metadata and timecode but it would be nice to be able to preserve it.
Naturally I have written details but as they are not integral with the video, there is always the strong possibility of them being lost after my demise.
I intend to keep the HDV tapes and camera of course, but I don't know how long the camera (even when unused) will survive.
My original Canon Video 8 camcorder, bought in 1992 packed in after 8 years leaving me with 25 unplayable tapes until last year, when by a minor miracle I was able to borrow a Video 8 tape deck.
Similarly, my first mini-DV camera purchased in 2000, packed in recently but luckily I have another DV camera together with my HDV one which can still play them.
From the research I have done it seem quite general that many cameras, even when little used, bite the dust after a decade, probably due to electronic deterioration/malfunction. They work perfectly but the next time you use them the transport mechanism refuses to function even though there is obviously no mechanical wear.

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