Cineform vs. DV Film maker

S35 wrote on 1/13/2009, 3:12 PM
Hi everyone, I've been searching a lot today for info on this subject. I have a project that contains a few minutes of 24p footage (encapsulated in 60i) from a Canon HV20, as well as tons of normal 60i footage.

So far, DV film maker has been the best in converting both of these into true 24p. (Vegas makes the 60i video look choppy on excessive camera motion, and too blurry if resampling is added; Cineform NeoScene only makes the encapsulated 24p look good... it ADDS combing to the 60i video, and looks terrible.)

Does the more professional (and expensive) versions of Cineform smoothly convert 60i to 24p? I like DV film maker, except the audio is out of sync, and you have to buy Raylight to get a half-decent file size. Are there alternative codecs that are efficient but cheaper than Raylight?


Or here's one: Are there other very efficient ways of doing this without using DV film maker or Cineform???


Thank you all very much in advance!!

Comments

kairosmatt wrote on 1/13/2009, 4:12 PM
I've never remove pulldown from the HV20 using DVFilmaker, but I use it on 60i HDV with no synch problems.

That said, have you tried using the 'delay audio' option? It may take some time to get it perfect, cause it looks like you have to put the frames in there yourself!

Also, Raylight is on sale until Thursday at 149.00 instead of 199.00. And I really love Raylight -but then again, I have an HVX200 and it works great with Vegas. It may not be worth the price for just HDV.

I don't know if the new cineform works on canon's pulldown, but I am curious. If you find out, please post.

cheers,
kairosmatt
S35 wrote on 1/13/2009, 4:47 PM
Hi, thanks for the response! Yes, Cineform NeoScene works very well to extract the Canon HV20's 24p footage.

I need to do some more testing before I can make a decision about which program will work best for the 60i footage. Thanks again for responding.