Settings for Panasonic EDTV?

I'd like to hook up my new mini to the 42" EDTV Panasonic monitor via VGA.
It seems to be ok at 800X600 but something still seems stretched. I think the native resolution of this monitor is 852X480, but when I choose that from the displays menu (in system prefs), the picture disappears and the only way to get it back is oull out the vga cable and restart.
What do you think is going on here and what are the best settings for my plasma monitor?

Be careful with what connection you use. You need to connect to the TV with either HDMI or DVI. I have a 42" Sony HDTV and tried to connect using the DVI TV adaptor connecting with S Video. I sucked, so I sprung for an extra HDMI cord and now it's everything I was hoping for - crystal clear, normal dimensioned wide screen. The borders are a little smaller than the screen and overscan seems to be either too small or too big, but it's very close to correct and good enough for my purposes right now. Check your cable type and good luck!

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I have found the best settings for any user using the Panasonic DVX AG-100b shooting with 24pA
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USER PREFERENCES
TAB: "Timeline Options"
Starting Timecode: "Drop Frame" Option should be unchecked
SYSTEM SETTINGS
TAB: "Playback Control"
RT: Unlimited
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Hey Jeff,
Thanks for that. You know Jeff, this whole de-interlace thing is like some mystic art to me.
Most times when I render a video, to Flash or MPEG for example, I don't bother. I think I'm right in saying (although I could easily be wrong!) that encoding to Flash does it along the way and most software MPEG players do likewise. QuickTime I'm not sure about.
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And is the VirtualDub Smart Deinterlacer 'high quality'?
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Stefan, you should be able to start from any of the DVD presets in the Settings window. Then click "Duplicate Selected Setting" (just below the Settins tab, 3rd button over) to add a copy to the "Custom" settings folder. Select the copy, make changes in the Inspector window and then click "Save" (at the bottom right of the Inspector window).
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Since no response I've been searching and found the following.
When encoding to make a Blu-Ray disk from my HDV 1080i footage:
1. Tell encoder the source is 1080i That is interlaced and it's TOP field first for HDV footage.
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Seems Panasonic is good. Samsung probably good. Sony and Sharp probably not able to read (yet).
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PSE9 - import / open settings for jpegs - are there any?

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juergen_d wrote:
DPI is an arbitrary number set by the camera manufacturer. Some cameras show 180, some 240, some none, which is defaulted to 72. The file size is not influenced by it. DPI = dots per inch is only relevant for printing and should be referred to as PPI (pixels per inch). The really important values are the pixel dimensions of an image. Of course, the file size is also dependent on the picture quality and compression algorithms. If you 'converted' from 180 to 72 and afterward had a smaller file size, then a additional compression must have taken place, which would have lessened the images' quality.
Juergen
Thanks for this Juergen,
are we now heading to the "eye of the beholder" scenario though?
If the images 95% of the time are going to be used for posting on the internet / viewing on PC monitor use (this being maxed out at 72dpi), and no image quality loss can be seen between the 2 (72dpi & 180dpi) files, the user may as well stick with the 72dpi conversions and have smaller files then?
When the user normally then reduces the image dimensions to 1200px on the longest side, surely the 72dpi verisons will be better for them?
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Optimum settings for shooting HD video?

I just purchased a Panasonic AG-AC160a camcorder with the firmware upgrade to 1080/59.97p format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression. Since this is an upgrade from my DV tape camcorder I'm kind of lost and not sure what the best video format is to record in. I am shooting youth hockey games and want to produce the best HD picture I can and with as few steps as possible in PP CS5. I shoot approximately 45 minutes of content and I want to fit everything on one media disk. Thanks for any guidance on the best format settings.

Wilderness08 wrote:
Thank you. When I shoot my son's hockey games I pause the camcorder each time the action stops. When I got back I noticed that a new clip was formed upon each pause of the shooting (I'm used to capturing my entire tape footage -- even with multiple starts and stops -- into one clip directly from my old camcorder). Is there an easier way to get these multiple clips into my timeline panel without having to physically drag each one from the project panel?
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I have a Matrox MXO, and the clips also play great on my 2nd Cinema Display that runs off of the Matrox; and, I have a small Sony 4:3 CRT monitor, that shows the clips properly letterboxed, and they play fine on that too. I've even exported the clips to Compressor, and burned a DVD in DVDSP, which looks great. Audio is fine, in sync, etc.
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I'm not sure if my Easy Setup is correct; I've chosen the MXO Apple Pro Res 720p/59.94 sequence setting, but I'm not sure what to do for Capture or Device Control settings; I wouldn't think that they would matter.
I think the problem is with the Video Playback setting; I've chosen several of the MXO settings, and they all play fine on my Matrox monitor, but I can't find one that will smooth out playback in the canvas. Or, since everything else seems to work fine, should I even be worrying about this?
I'm making the switch from capturing tapes, and I actually expected a lot more trouble than I'm having; but solving this tiny glitch would be great. I'm looking forward to getting familiar with this camera and using it for some upcoming events.
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Next, click anywhere in your timeline, then type Command + 0 {zero} to see your Sequence Settings. Either report those settings here or take a screen shot of your Sequence Settings and post that screen shot here.
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