HDV to NTSC

Rick K wrote on 5/28/2007, 9:54 AM
I'm Sure this has been covered somewhere....

Trying out a HV-10 at 1080i captured as HDV. Conversion to 720x480 MPEG2 full of jaggies. FCP friend says the converter simply drops out every other line. That would explain it. He edits in HDV then drops the completed project into a new project and its converted. That's fine for FCP. Does Vegas have a solution for this?

Thanks,
Rick

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riredale wrote on 5/28/2007, 11:28 AM
Snarky answer: Tell you friend that while FCP may produce jaggies, Vegas won't.

Serious answer: I've converted from HDV to NTSC both in the camera and in Vegas, and have not experienced the jaggy issue.
Rick K wrote on 5/28/2007, 12:18 PM
ya-sure
FCP press intemidates me a bit. Spot saying stuff like hardware conversion is always going to be better kind of bothers me. But for speed and simplicity, this still seems like the way to go. THAT said...
I get jaggies from my HV-10 1080i conversion to SD. 'Thats what I get. The original looks terrific. Tried to deinterlace by rendering to a separate track checking the deinterlace option. 35 minutes later the new track is full of jaggies. OK, so what's the trick? Wedding coming up and I plan to have a XH-A1 join my XL2 and HV-10. BUT right now I'm planning on shooting everthing NTSC. Got a way around this? I've been panning the forum. You may have guessed, I don't read this every day.
JJKizak wrote on 5/28/2007, 1:53 PM
I have captured the HDV from my Z1 and converted with Cineform to DV-AVI then rendered to SD widescreen with no problems. Make sure your preferences are set to 720 x 480 NTSC before rendereing.

JJK
johnmeyer wrote on 5/28/2007, 5:55 PM
My usual links about converting from HDV NTSC to SD NTSC:

My workflow for HDV to SD projects

HDV Questions

Some other HDV links that you will find useful:

Sony HDVinfo.com

High Def Forum

HDVInfo.net
Rick K wrote on 5/28/2007, 6:01 PM
does this bore you?
Hokay. What else should I be reading so I don't ask any more 'dumb' questions?
fldave wrote on 5/28/2007, 7:11 PM
The two main settings are deinterlace Project setting and render to Best.

Deinterlace with Interpolate for fast moving footage, otherwise use Blend. And render to Best setting, DVD Architect Widescreen for MPG2 output.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=500352
johnmeyer wrote on 5/28/2007, 9:14 PM
does this bore you?

Who is that directed at (the boring part)? Everyone gave you a good answer.

As for more reading, there is enough in those links I listed to keep you occupied for an hour. How much more do you want? Do you have other specific questions?
Rick K wrote on 5/28/2007, 9:36 PM
"If you are familiar with the Peter Principle, I have just reached my level of incompetence."

Blending option does the trick. Thanks much.
Rick

johnmeyer wrote on 5/28/2007, 9:47 PM
"If you are familiar with the Peter Principle, I have just reached my level of incompetence."

I reached that level twenty years ago ...