Hi!
I have done a documentary shot in 720p50.
One of the places i deliver to needs to get it on DVCAM.
So what is the best way to go from 720p50 to dv-pal.
I tried via compressor to make a dv-pal compression. But it looks a bit jittery.
I think it is because of the conversion from 50 fps to 25 fps...

Any ideas how to do it right??

Hi Henrik,

What kind of software did you use, as it otherwise is difficult to help. And PC or Mac?
In theory this should be very smooth in DV-Pal, as it also has 50 frames but interleased instead of progressive. If it looks like 25 frames you need to tweak a setting in your software.

can someone help with this. I just shot an event using 720 50p, thinking good slow motion, good with fast panning, didn't think how to get it on a DVD in PAL land, as I'm not really strong with my post work yet.

Thanks in advance

Adam

Hi Henrik,

What kind of software did you use, as it otherwise is difficult to help. And PC or Mac?
In theory this should be very smooth in DV-Pal, as it also has 50 frames but interleased instead of progressive. If it looks like 25 frames you need to tweak a setting in your software.

Sorry I forgot to put that into the mail
I am working on FCP the latest edition.

I also thought it should be very smooth - but all the motion is jittering.

Hi Henrik,

I have no FCP, so I cannot help you further with this one.
I personally use the HDlink software from Cineform to convert the edited files.

Does anybody else know the best way?
I ended up putting it out to betacam though my KONA card where the card downconverted for me realtime - this looks fine.
But if I had to go through firewire to my dvcam machine. What would then be my sequence or compressor setting to get a fine result to convert from 720p50 to DVCAM 25 fps