HDV to standard definition

I am thinking of getting Premiere Elements. Can I convert 1080i HDV files into standard definition files for making standard definition DVDs? Is the quality of the conversion good?

Well, PrE will do the down-rez for you, in several ways, however down-rezzing is not the strong suit for either PrE, or PrPro. For some background and suggestions for ultimate performance, you might want to see this TUTORIAL.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Standard definition (DV) video or high definition (HD)

Does anyone know a method to determine whether imported imovie files is standard definition (DV) video or high definition (HD)?
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In addition to what Shippey said, the DV files will be imported as in the DV file container and HDV or HDAVC will be converted to AIC and placed in an MOV file container. (I.e., you can simply look at the file extension and tell the difference when the options are limited to DV or HD camcorder imports and not including the possibility of HDD or DVD SD files.)

HD and Standard Definition footage FCE4

Hey everyone well i have just bought Final Cut Express4 and am ready to start logging HD Footage as well as Standard Definition Footage,
i want all my project in the timeline in 4/3 Aspect!
so is it possible to log HD Footage as 4/3 aspect in FCE4? if this is possible then what should should i set my Easy Setup Menu as?????
Basically i am a full rookie and want to have a timeline all in 4/3 aspect.
i have a Sony FX7 HD Camcorder if that's any help?
i really need someones help!!!!
many thanks!!.

Hi(Bonjour)!
You can mix HDV and DV in a project, but the con-conform one have to be scaled to fit the screen.
So Capture all your material in thier respective format (easy setup).
Now, to edit your 4:3 DV sequence: choose easy setup DV NTSC.
Put your DV clips in the timeline as usal but when your insert your HDV one, set the scale to something like 30%. The HDV clip should fit the screen at top and bottom, but you'll loose the right or left edge because of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Use the wireframe view to position (pan) such clips to best suit the compisiton in canvas.
You'll need to render intensively with a such process.
Michel Boissonneault

Outputting standard definition from Sony ex1

I'm triyng to outputting standard definition from Sony ex1 clips as explained in this article http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/ex1_sd_outputyoung.html.
I got some motion files in the hd timeline. When I paste this file on the sd timeline the scale is totally different from the original.
Any ideas on what happens?

We are working with Final Cut 5 and DVCProHD material... (which, btw, is a good codec to use for FCP 4.5)
Downcoverting a finished product for SD DVD works really good in Compressor 2. After editing in FCP, I find it best to export as Self contained QT of your project. Then importing that into Compressor... and use the Compressor Preset for the SD MPEG-2 Compression for delivery on DVD. It has worked great!
But, another way you could try.. is once you have a finished product edited in FCP.... Print to render it, print it to Video on your HDV camera...
Use the Camera to Playback and recapture the the downconverted video onto the computer. You may find the downcoversion a bit better this way.
Good luck, hope this helps

Standard definition NTSC DVD spec

As I remember the DVD spec for NTSC, the players recognize 24p, but not 30p. Can someone confirm this? What I suspect this means is that a standard DVD player will just interpret the 30p as 60i and send it to the display as interlaced fields. While for 24p, the player will record it as such and then play it out to the display as progressive frames.
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John

Thanks James. I wonder if it's because I have QuickTime Pro v 7.0.2 on the G5. I have QT Pro 7.0.3 on the iMac that lost the ability to export to MPEG2 via QuickTime conversion when I updated FCP to 5.0.4 (from 5.0.3).
Regardless, I was having great success exporting this way, from HDV right to NTSC standard definition MPEG2. Looked great, no problems.
I'm still running FCP 5.0.3 and QT 7.0.2 on the G5, and am afraid I'll lose the QT conversion MPEG2 option if I upgrade!...
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2.5 GB Ram
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2.5 GB Ram

Can I use a mini display port to VGA adapter and then a VGA to av adapter to connect my MacBook pro to my standard definition tv?

Can I use a mini display port to VGA adapter and then a VGA to av adapter to connect my MacBook pro to my standard definition tv?

No. You need a converter box like this to go with your MDP-VGA adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/PC-To-TV-Video-Converter/dp/B001CJOLBW/ref=pd_cp_e_2

Why isn't my high definition video converting to standard definition?

What I'm describing here, I've successfully accomplished many, many times using Premiere Pro CS5 and now Premiere Pro CS6. Now, for the first time ever, it's not working and I'm completely baffled. (This is a high-end Windows 7 64-Bit machine with 16GB RAM running Premiere Pro CS6.)
Here's a basic summary of my workflow. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
1. I shoot my video using a high definition camcorder (the same one I've been working with for the past year or two.
2. I import my high definition video into a 1920x1080 sequence in Premiere Pro CS6.
3. I edit my sequence until I'm happy.
4. I enter and name my Encore chapter markers in the sequence.
5. I create my Encore project and import the sequence as a timeline and set up my menus and such.
6. I build my Encore project, first into a standard definition DVD image file (so I can later burn SD-DVDs) and then build it again into a high definition Blu-ray image file (so I can later burn Blu-rays).
The Blu-ray burn is turning out just fine.
But the video in the DVD burn is all black. I can jump around from chapter to chapter and I can hear the sound, but the video doesn't show up!
I tried this a couple times thinking that maybe Encore just messed up the SD-DVD creation process but I got the same result each time. When I preview the project in Encore, it all looks just right.
So I figured, okay, something's not working when I import the sequence.
I went back to Premiere Pro thinking I'd just export my 1920x1080 sequence into a widescreen standard definition AVI and create a new sequence just for the standard definition DVD.
The exported AVI is black as well!!
I don't get it. Why on earth won't my high definition video convert properly to standard definition?
The high definition sequence looks completely normal in Premiere Pro. What could I possibly be overlooking??
One final note. Just as another test, I copied and pasted the sequence in Premier Pro, truncated it to a couple minutes (the full sequence is 90 minutes long), and exported to a widescreen AVI again.
It just finished, I tried playing it back in Windows, and it, too, is all black, sound but no video.
Like I said, this is nothing new for me. I've done it countless times with other projects. I could really use some assistance with this one.

So I exported my completed high definition sequence to an MP4 and re-imported back into Premiere Pro. Right-clicked it and created a sequence from the clip. Then I imported my chapters from the old sequence into the new one.
I returned to Encore, modified my project to work off the newly created sequence (what a pain having to recreate all the scene links) and voila, it had no trouble making a DVD this time.
So I guess I'll get out of the bad habit of my old routine and create a sequence the "right" way from now on. Funny how we get used to doing something one way and stop thinking outside the box after a while.
Jim, I don't see how that's necessary. As long as I create an Encore project based on a good high definition sequence, I have never had to do anything other than have Encore build a standard definition DVD based on the high definition sequences. It has always done the conversion for me and produced really good DVDs. Once I create a DVD image that I'm satisfied with, I simply have Encore build a Blu-ray image using the exact same project, and that works perfectly as well. I suppose I may be missing something here but it all works and works well, so I don't see a reason to create two projects when one works well.
On a separate note, is it just me or doesn't everybody think it's high time that Adobe offer a feature to import markers from one sequence into another. I can do it automatically but I have to use a macro that I created separate and apart from Premiere Pro. For that matter, I think Encore should also offer a feature to remap all scene links to a new sequence instead of forcing me to fix them one by one myself.
Anyway, thanks to all of you for pointing me in the right direction!

Play iTunes video on STANDARD definition TV?

This seems as if it should be a simple question, but I haven't had much luck researching an answer!
I've got a lot of my own homemade videos stored in iTunes. I can easily play them back on my host iMac G5, or over my home network to my MacBook.
But is there any way to play them over my regular standard-definition TV?
I've done this by connecting a composite video adapter to the MacBook and cabling it to the TV; it works fine, but ties up the MacBook. I've also transferred them to my iPod and connected that to the TV, which also works fine but isn't very convenient. I'd like to be able to just play videos off the iMac without any extra steps -- the same way you can play audio through an Airport Express connected to a stereo.
I know an AppleTV would do exactly what I want... IF I had a high-definition TV, but I don't. I've read about adapters for connecting an AppleTV to an SD TV, but they seem both expensive and kludgy. I also know that the AppleTV works with a standard-def TV if your TV has component inputs, but mine doesn't. So the AppleTV doesn't seem to be a solution.
Any recommendations for a way to do this that definitely works? Thanks...

Yes, I know, an AppleTV-like device would be exactly what I need... except that I need one that has composite outputs, rather than component and HDMI.
Are you saying there ain't no such animal, from Roku, Slim Devices, Linksys, anybody...?
Another thought: Does the Mac mini work with the same type of composite video output adapter I use with my MacBook? If so, it might be more cost-effective to buy a mini and dedicate it for TV use rather than buying an AppleTV plus an HDTV set. (I know I'm going to have to go to HDTV eventually, but the fact is that most standard-definition content looks worse on HDTV than it does on SDTV...)

Is There Any Way To Connect My Mid 2009 MacBook To My Standard Definition TV.

Is There Any Way To Connect My Mid 2009 MacBook To My Standard Definition TV With Scart, S Video & Composite ?
I Was Going To Connect It With The Apple Video Adapter But Then I Looked At This Web Page That Said It Won't Work With My Model Of MacBook.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3235?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I Was Hoping Someone Could Sugest Something Else Pehaps Using The VGA Adapter Plus The Video Adapter.
If Nesacerry I Can A Component Video Scart Adapter.
Can Anyone Help ?

I connect an XBox 360 to my LED Cinema display with the Belkin AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter. I can't imagine why it wouldn't work with the Apple TV. It is limited to 720p, however.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Mini-DisplayPort-Converter-iMac/dp/B00477ORBK/ref=s r_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316343901&sr=1-7
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Enhancement to add userdefined fields for standard definition in cj20n

Hi all
sub:enhancement to add userdefined fields in a user defined screen tab for standard definition in t-code cj20n
can anyone provide an idea how to write the logic for retriving the data from the standard table into the user defined screen added into the project definition using the t-code cj20n( project system module)
thanks
sirisha

I think you may need to implement enhancement 'CNEX0007'
CMOD==> Enhancement==> Componet==> Get the Screen area.
Go to SE41 ==> Give the Screen program and number==> add your WBS tab there. The values will be available to screen
Hope this is helpful for your answer.
Cheers,
TM.

ITunes 9 Selecting Standard Definition?

I only need Standard Definition video as my iPod Touch won't play HD. In the last version of iTunes, there was a link you could click to switch from the HD video list to a Standard Def list.
I can't find anything like that in the new iTunes 9 store... Is it still possible, or are you forced to get HD content now?
Thanks.

If you are using iTunes 9, go to the Movies or TV page and select the Quick Link for HD Movies or HD TV. Every single HD movie or TV show has an option somewhere on the page to get the non-HD version. I could not find a single HD video that did not also offer a standard definition version. It may not jump right out at you, but it is there. You may find SD buttons on the same page, or you may find a SD link to another page.
Also, close by each buy button is a description of what you are buying.
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Can I use apple tv on a standard definition tv?

I have a standard definition TV at my home and would love to use Apple TV to play movies, music, etc. on this TV in my room via my WIFI connection
but was not sure if I could do that since my TV is not a HD TV.
Can I still use Apple TV and have all of the functions work properly on my standard definition TV?

No.
AppleTV2 only has HDMI video output - while you might find some convoluted method of using adapters to produce a lower quality image on an SD set over analogue it won't be cheap.
AppleTv has always ben designed for 16:9 TV sets, you may have an SD one but it won't have the necessary digital connections.
AC

I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini with Samsung monitor to my standard definition Samsung TV via WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?

I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini (with Samsung monitor) to my Samsung TV (standard definition) via my WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?

lyndafromorwell wrote:
I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini (with Samsung monitor) to my Samsung TV (standard definition) via my WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?
You can in fact buy what you want, no need to go with Apple TV
To connect (wirelessly) your Mac to the HDMI on the TV:
They range from $100 on up.

Acvhd to standard definition DVD vs. Standard definition to DVD

Hi,
If I shoot with a good acvhd camera and then make a standard definition DVD, how would the quality of the DVD compare to shooting with a good mini DV camera such as a Canon GL2 and making a standard definition DVD?
Thanks

IMO the GL2 to DVD will look better.
If you burn to Blue ray the AVCHD footage will knock it's socks off.
Blue ray however is not as universally excepted as DVD at the minute.
Al

I am trying to convert a standard definition AVI file 720x576 widescreen file into a full sized Quicktime file in imovie but having cropping issues

Hi
I am trying to convert a standard definition AVI file 720x576 (16:9) file into a full sized Quicktime file in imovie 11. When importing the file I get two options either import as large 960 x540 or full original size. So I choose full original size but when I drag this imported clip to my timeline the bottom of the clip has been cut off? I tried to export it as a quicktime file thinking that perhaps it might resize to the original size but of course that was wishful thinking
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