15 FPS to Mpeg2 at DVinfo.net

Michael Sinclair · March 20th, 2005, 12:45 PM

Just a silly question. I have tons of 15 FPS video clips from a Canon A-70 digital still camera. When I converted it to DVD in several programs, the video of course is jerky. It gives it a strange motion effect. I know that the Mpeg2 conversion is at 29.97 FPS. What program would be the best for converting the original 15 FPS 640x480 video to 29.97 FPS 720x480 before it is encoded to the final DVD project? How will the sound match up if that is at all possible? I have Vegas, Canopus, Premiere 1.5 Pro, virtual dub, but am limited for time to experiment. Any quick advice?

Stefan Scherperel · March 20th, 2005, 04:21 PM

I would just open a new project in vegas or premiere, set it to default 29.976fps NTSC and then drop in your file. You will see then that every frame should be taking two frames. YOu can then render to mpeg2 compliant video for DVD authoring.

Michael Sinclair · March 20th, 2005, 04:50 PM

will try it right now and let you know how it turns out.

Rob Lohman · March 22nd, 2005, 04:12 AM

There are special programs dedicate to up or downsampling
framerates. I believe twixtor is one of the better ones. I doubt
Premiere's algorithms will be a match for those kind of programs.

The only thing you basically can do is experiment. So if you have
limited time it will take longer (no hurry, right?). My guess would
be that the best look will come from the products you have (in order):

1. virtualdub (with some plugins perhaps)

2. procoder

3. vegas

4. premiere

I could be wrong... of course

Michael Sinclair · March 22nd, 2005, 05:14 AM

I rendered a clip in Vegas. It had that washy look during motion. I'll try all of the rest with the same sample clip and output them to a dvd and play on a TV to see the results of each one.

March 20th, 2005, 12:45 PM	#1
Michael Sinclair Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 48	15 FPS to Mpeg2 Just a silly question. I have tons of 15 FPS video clips from a Canon A-70 digital still camera. When I converted it to DVD in several programs, the video of course is jerky. It gives it a strange motion effect. I know that the Mpeg2 conversion is at 29.97 FPS. What program would be the best for converting the original 15 FPS 640x480 video to 29.97 FPS 720x480 before it is encoded to the final DVD project? How will the sound match up if that is at all possible? I have Vegas, Canopus, Premiere 1.5 Pro, virtual dub, but am limited for time to experiment. Any quick advice?

March 20th, 2005, 04:21 PM	#2
Stefan Scherperel Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 209	I would just open a new project in vegas or premiere, set it to default 29.976fps NTSC and then drop in your file. You will see then that every frame should be taking two frames. YOu can then render to mpeg2 compliant video for DVD authoring. __________________ Stefan Scherperel SSE Productions http://www.stefweb.net

March 22nd, 2005, 04:12 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	There are special programs dedicate to up or downsampling framerates. I believe twixtor is one of the better ones. I doubt Premiere's algorithms will be a match for those kind of programs. The only thing you basically can do is experiment. So if you have limited time it will take longer (no hurry, right?). My guess would be that the best look will come from the products you have (in order): 1. virtualdub (with some plugins perhaps) 2. procoder 3. vegas 4. premiere I could be wrong... of course __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

March 20th, 2005, 04:50 PM	#3
Michael Sinclair Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 48	will try it right now and let you know how it turns out.

March 22nd, 2005, 05:14 AM	#5
Michael Sinclair Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 48	I rendered a clip in Vegas. It had that washy look during motion. I'll try all of the rest with the same sample clip and output them to a dvd and play on a TV to see the results of each one.