Another fall test at DVinfo.net

Bo Sundvall · October 30th, 2007, 09:32 AM

Hi

The link is for another test short from me. This time 25F (VividRGB) converted to 1280x720 DivX. Abot 140MB, 3 minutes long.

https://lagring.storegate.se/user/sh...2-31fda3889d21

Regards,

/Bo

Keith Allison · October 30th, 2007, 11:42 AM

wow... the clarity was excellent... the colors were excellent... overall I thought it was a very good video. The camera jitters in a couple spots caught my eye... but that aside, I thought the footage looked great!

Trish Kerr · October 30th, 2007, 12:02 PM

the footage is beautiful - the only trouble is it played slightly squished on my machine - did it play fine for everyone else?

just wondering if the aspect ratio got messed during conversion

trish

Keith Allison · October 30th, 2007, 12:21 PM

it played fine on mine.. not squished at all.

Jim Miller · October 30th, 2007, 03:06 PM

Nice shots. I'm not sure if you see this in the origianl footage or not but in the pan up on the stairs with the green rail and on the close ups of the malard ducks there was a lots of pixel movement as thought the HDV codec could not handle the little details or perhaps the sharpness was turned up too much.

This may have been a little too sharp for my tastes - otherwise, a very nice video.

Bo Sundvall · October 30th, 2007, 03:21 PM

Hi

Thanks for your comments. I've checked the decoding and there seems to be some aspect ratio problem. I haven't had time to do the calculations correct. I'll check that out for the next time.

I will not try to defend myself but the cam jitter is there because this was the first day with the XH-A1 and my new Manfrotto 503 head, and it was pretty strong winds. My goal was to have something with me home to try to edit, quantity instead of quality. To be honest, I was a bit impatient and not quite familiar with the equipment!

I also agree that there were a lot of pixel movement sometimes, especially in the grass by the stair. I just checked the CF-settings and sharpness is set to +3. I guess it's a combination of HDV, small moving details and sharpness. The jitter is there while directly playing from the camcorder itself on my 42" plasma and can't be blamed on the DivX codec, so this is an example of the limitations for the HDV codec. I'll try decreasing sharpness the next time.

Regards,

/Bo

October 30th, 2007, 09:32 AM	#1
Bo Sundvall Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 244	Another fall test Hi The link is for another test short from me. This time 25F (VividRGB) converted to 1280x720 DivX. Abot 140MB, 3 minutes long. https://lagring.storegate.se/user/sh...2-31fda3889d21 Regards, /Bo

October 30th, 2007, 11:42 AM	#2
Keith Allison New Boot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 19	wow... the clarity was excellent... the colors were excellent... overall I thought it was a very good video. The camera jitters in a couple spots caught my eye... but that aside, I thought the footage looked great! __________________ Current Documentary, "The Frisbee Effect" the true story of a man and his flying saucer.

October 30th, 2007, 12:21 PM	#4
Keith Allison New Boot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 19	it played fine on mine.. not squished at all. __________________ Current Documentary, "The Frisbee Effect" the true story of a man and his flying saucer.

October 30th, 2007, 03:21 PM	#6
Bo Sundvall Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 244	Aspect ratio Hi Thanks for your comments. I've checked the decoding and there seems to be some aspect ratio problem. I haven't had time to do the calculations correct. I'll check that out for the next time. I will not try to defend myself but the cam jitter is there because this was the first day with the XH-A1 and my new Manfrotto 503 head, and it was pretty strong winds. My goal was to have something with me home to try to edit, quantity instead of quality. To be honest, I was a bit impatient and not quite familiar with the equipment! I also agree that there were a lot of pixel movement sometimes, especially in the grass by the stair. I just checked the CF-settings and sharpness is set to +3. I guess it's a combination of HDV, small moving details and sharpness. The jitter is there while directly playing from the camcorder itself on my 42" plasma and can't be blamed on the DivX codec, so this is an example of the limitations for the HDV codec. I'll try decreasing sharpness the next time. Regards, /Bo

October 30th, 2007, 12:02 PM	#3
Trish Kerr Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 294	the footage is beautiful - the only trouble is it played slightly squished on my machine - did it play fine for everyone else? just wondering if the aspect ratio got messed during conversion trish

October 30th, 2007, 03:06 PM	#5
Jim Miller Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa,Florida Posts: 236	Nice shots. I'm not sure if you see this in the origianl footage or not but in the pan up on the stairs with the green rail and on the close ups of the malard ducks there was a lots of pixel movement as thought the HDV codec could not handle the little details or perhaps the sharpness was turned up too much. This may have been a little too sharp for my tastes - otherwise, a very nice video.