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silverpoundcans
2008 March 16th, 23:45
I have yet to find a thread that answers my answers specifically so here it is. Now i have this great camera in my possession the HV20. Im all excited right? Ok so i want to make a DVD, which I have made before but 720 x 480. My question is how do I make it so there is no distortion HD.

Meaning I want to do everything in HD so what is that specific workflow?

Will people be able to see the DVD that DON'T have HD?

Do you need black bars?

Do you film in HD and shrink the .mov after to use black bars?

Has anyone ever reverse telecine through Compressor?
I want to utilize 24p throughout. the pulldown removal will make my footage jittery. Will that happen in FCP? Is there a preset that WON'T drop frames in FCP or better yet when I export from Compressor what is the best compression to use? What has worked for you guys? Is the Cineform worth it? thats like $399 with the HV20 discount but still $399 is alot when I want to get the external HD DIY 12"Screen. ;)

(Im on a dual 1.8 ghz G5...BUT about to get in the next couple weeks a 2.8 ghz 8core G5 with 8gigs of ram and the Nvidia 8800 card)

Im sure you guys have heard these questions before I am sorry but I dont want to start filming to end up screwing something up at the end. So thats why I like to know what I should and shouldnt do and anything you can do to ease my worries would be awesome!!! thanks a million!:hv20-smilie15:

PS: Do you even NEED to reverse telecine? This footage is going straight to dvd with little color adjustment, cutting up footage, adding music and done. If so... what setting do i use in FCP Studio 2?
Lunchbox
2008 March 17th, 02:36
DVD-video is last generation for Standard Defintion video only. NTSC DVD is 720x480. You can't go above that for DVD-video.

The blackbars you refer to is called letterboxing. If you fit a 16:9 video to a 4:3 video, then the video will be letterboxed.

There's another thread about 24p removal to make DVD. Take a look

http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=8342

You can also take a look at the fAQ thread

http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=3058

Use the search function, or go to each subforum to look at threads listed. Many of your questions has been answered before.
treyvollmer
2008 March 19th, 00:09
When I capture footage from my HV20 to my iMac the picture on my computer screen is quite impressive. I'm curious, what would it take to duplicate, or better yet improve this quality via watching a DVD on a television screen.

thanks,

treyvon
Lunchbox
2008 March 19th, 00:10
You can't do much to improve the quality going down to DVD which is standard definition.
daveperk
2008 March 20th, 23:26
When I capture footage from my HV20 to my iMac the picture on my computer screen is quite impressive. I'm curious, what would it take to duplicate, or better yet improve this quality via watching a DVD on a television screen.

thanks,

treyvon

IT would take a bluray disc, unfortunately. DVD, as it is now, won't play HD.

You always have to dial back the resolution to finish on DVD, because HD is out of the question.

One day Mac will support BluRay disc burners, and then we'll be ready-- to go and buy BluRay players for our HD tvs... sigh...
treyvollmer
2008 July 24th, 00:57
Daveperk,

Is this a time consuming endeavor?

Trey
Carniphage
2008 July 24th, 05:30
Will people be able to see the DVD that DON'T have HD?


I will answer just one.
People with a Standard Definition DVD player will only see a standard definition picture.

But if you capture in HD, edit in HD and downsize to DVD at the very last point in the workflow, your SD DVD will look much better than if you shot in SD.

(Techical reason: Your SD Master will be 4:4:4)

C.