I've been working on how best to encode 1080i HD-WMV files from Sony HC1 footage using PPro2, and came across the following.

When I pull a Cineform .m2t file into an Adobe HDV project, and then export to the Adobe Media Encoder, the resulting wmv file looks normal.

But when I pull the equivalent Cineform CFHD-codec clip into a Cineform AspectHD project, and then export to the AME using the exact same profile as before, the resulting wmv file is has reduced contrast and saturation - in particular the blacks aren't fully black.

Has anyone else encountered this? Maybe a colorspace issue?

How are other people going from Cineform to interlaced HD-WMV?

Not a glitch. Turn "Video Systems RGB" off for your WMV export as the AME can't support the higher dynamic range RGB. This option is in the Playback Settings panel.

Thanks for the always-fast reply! Problem solved!