24p jumpy motion in DVD

[twilson3]

Shot a project in 24p (F5 mode). Playback is fine in 29.97 Avid project. Export QT reference and encoded MPEG 2 in Sorenson. Video looks good except when camera is in motion. Gives almost a strobe effect during playback.

Working on a larger project that has not been edited, and have many hours more to shoot. Was shooting in F5 the wrong way to go? Is there a solution.

 

[BradFu]

Look up Michael P.'s recipe for dvd's using Sorenson Squeeze. He has a great breakdown of the customization stage before you actually squeeze the dvd. That might help. I apologize for not posting the link.

-b

 

[krestofre]

www.24p.com

Then click on Resources and look for the article.

Chris

 

[MichaelP]

If F5 is NORMAL pulldown and you are on a version of Xpress Pro that is less than version 5.1, then the strobing is due to capture of NORMAL pulldown ad ADVANCED which will result in a cadence error during NTSC playback with the 2:3 insertion.

Even thought the footage looks fine on the Avid source/record monitor, it is wrong because the computer monitor is not an interlace playback device.

If you are on a version previous to 5.1, please use ADVANCED cadence when shotting, If you are on 5.1 or later, you can use either.

Michael

 

[twilson3]

To answer Michaels response, the footage is perfect in NTSC and the source monitor. I am using HD 5.2 software.

After a day of trial and error, I found that Sorenson may have been the major culpret. I have heard in the past that there have been issues with Squeeze. I switched over to Pro-Coder to make the MPEG-2 files and the final product is incredible. Better then anything I have ever encoded in the past. I would highly recomend the product after using it today.

Tom

 

[krestofre]

I'm glad it's working for you, but I'd argue that your problem was more specific. I use Squeeze every day for progressive material and it's never let me down.

 

[sonnyboo]

I switched over to Pro-Coder to make the MPEG-2 files and the final product is incredible. Better then anything I have ever encoded in the past. I would highly recomend the product after using it today.

Tom

What settings did you use? I have the ProCoder, but have yet to see what's magical about it. Many many people agree with you, but I have not ever seen those kind of results.