OK . . .
Having been stimulated by the other thread on upper and lower and progressive and interlace etc etc, I came up with the following workflow, knowing that:
A] I am starting with Prog PAL 30fps and square PAR.
B] My SONY DVD STB & Bravia can read and play NTSC as well as PAL
ok . . .
1] Load up Canon material into VP9a
2] Set project by "showing" the Project Preferences the material, and it comes back as 30 FPS and the correct ratio and square PAR - this is a good thing!
3] I edit, colour grade and eventually produce a Lagarith 30fps square PAR output AVI
4] Load this finished Lagarith AVI into DVDA5 and set preferences for NTSC at 29.97fps
5] Prep and burn
6] Finish and play on BRAVIA, looks rather jolly!
Now, is there any part of this workflow that makes anybody wince?
Please remember I WAS previously attempting to remain loyal to PAL and 25fps, but that, my friends, just showed-up and double underlined my massive lack of programming and understanding of the conventions around frame-rate conversion. Needless to say, John Meyer courageously attempted to lead me through this, for me anyway, minefield of frame-rate manipulation. I was attempting to stay with 25fps before the penny dropped for me that I had kit that COULD play NTSC ( meaning 29.97 . . fps) AND that the PAL from the camera was 30fps.
So, to my methodology, apart from the 3/1000 of a frame rate disparity, how does my workflow pitch-up? I might add that the Lagarith CODEC looks brilliant! The colours and flow of frames are quite natural.
What I might also try is Satish's FrameServer to produce the Lagarith output ( saves space?) and import that into DVDA. Maybe that wont work . . ?
TIA,
Grazie
Having been stimulated by the other thread on upper and lower and progressive and interlace etc etc, I came up with the following workflow, knowing that:
A] I am starting with Prog PAL 30fps and square PAR.
B] My SONY DVD STB & Bravia can read and play NTSC as well as PAL
ok . . .
1] Load up Canon material into VP9a
2] Set project by "showing" the Project Preferences the material, and it comes back as 30 FPS and the correct ratio and square PAR - this is a good thing!
3] I edit, colour grade and eventually produce a Lagarith 30fps square PAR output AVI
4] Load this finished Lagarith AVI into DVDA5 and set preferences for NTSC at 29.97fps
5] Prep and burn
6] Finish and play on BRAVIA, looks rather jolly!
Now, is there any part of this workflow that makes anybody wince?
Please remember I WAS previously attempting to remain loyal to PAL and 25fps, but that, my friends, just showed-up and double underlined my massive lack of programming and understanding of the conventions around frame-rate conversion. Needless to say, John Meyer courageously attempted to lead me through this, for me anyway, minefield of frame-rate manipulation. I was attempting to stay with 25fps before the penny dropped for me that I had kit that COULD play NTSC ( meaning 29.97 . . fps) AND that the PAL from the camera was 30fps.
So, to my methodology, apart from the 3/1000 of a frame rate disparity, how does my workflow pitch-up? I might add that the Lagarith CODEC looks brilliant! The colours and flow of frames are quite natural.
What I might also try is Satish's FrameServer to produce the Lagarith output ( saves space?) and import that into DVDA. Maybe that wont work . . ?
TIA,
Grazie