Sony AVC Progressive?

Arthur.S wrote on 1/30/2012, 7:57 AM

Anybody know if progressive is possible with Sony AVC? Or is the MC AVC template the way to go?

Comments

NickHope wrote on 1/30/2012, 8:04 AM

Both can do progressive.

amendegw wrote on 1/30/2012, 8:16 AM

Assuming you're speaking of .mp4 format as opposed to .avc or .m2ts, I guess its worth mentioning that MainConcept appears to produce better results than Sony AVC at a given bitrate. HandBrake (x264) is better than both.

Low Bitrate Testing

...Jerry

Lou van Wijhe wrote on 1/30/2012, 9:27 AM

Arthur,

Should you aim at putting your AVC on Blu-ray disk, please note that according to the Blu-ray standard progressive mode is not allowed in all cases.

Lou

Arthur.S wrote on 1/30/2012, 12:21 PM

Do you mean in some cases Lou? I've used Progressive m2ts for BD before. The 'field' box is greyed out, so can't see how I'd change to progressive. I did some experiments with MC & Sony AVC (interlaced) and they looked identical.

Lou van Wijhe wrote on 1/30/2012, 2:10 PM

I mean in some cases it is allowed, in other cases not. F.i.:

1080 24-p and 23.976-p,
720 59.94-p, 50-p, 24-p and 23.976-p

are all allowed but 1080/720 50-p and 25-p not. The full specs are in this document.

Lou