HMC and Final Cut Pro workflow - need help

OK so I ended up Log and transfer transferring 1080 30p (Shot on Panasonic HMC40 SDcard) to Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and edited, compresser to dolby sound and Mpeg-2 double pass. I am letting compressor create the DVD with DVD authoring.
Ginal result is acceptable, but all edges are not perfectly smooth (slight jaggedness) and some strobing. I know that there should be better results (Am I wrong?) before compressor Image looks great on my 23"Monitor. I think that for now this will have to do unless someone has better suggestion and getting better results. I am playing back on DVD player on 52" samsung HD TV. Wilsonedit and Superfresca66, are either of you having slight jagged edges on final product? and what resolutuin do you shoot at?
I am willing to try everything again from scratch if better settings are suggested.
 
That's how I'm doing it, Linzac and I'm not getting jagged lines or strobing. I've made DVDs from 1080p 24, 29.97 and 30p material as well as 720p 24 and 30. But I'm still on Final Cut Studio 2.
 
LINZAC said:
OK so I ended up Log and transfer transferring 1080 30p (Shot on Panasonic HMC40 SDcard) to Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and edited, compresser to dolby sound and Mpeg-2 double pass. I am letting compressor create the DVD with DVD authoring.
Ginal result is acceptable, but all edges are not perfectly smooth (slight jaggedness) and some strobing. I know that there should be better results (Am I wrong?) before compressor Image looks great on my 23"Monitor. I think that for now this will have to do unless someone has better suggestion and getting better results. I am playing back on DVD player on 52" samsung HD TV. Wilsonedit and Superfresca66, are either of you having slight jagged edges on final product? and what resolutuin do you shoot at?
I am willing to try everything again from scratch if better settings are suggested.
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I would suggest against using 30p for DVD or Blu-ray distribution. Neither is supported by respective video standards. You can get proper 30p playback on better devices that can process 2-2 pulldown correctly, but sadly most players/TVs cannot handle 2-2 pulldown.

If your target platform is TV then use either 60i or 24p, these rates are much better supported. Most modern players and TVs can handle 2-3 pulldown. After researching the topic for about two years I am still not sure whether DVD-video allows native 24p or not. It seems that it does not allow it, and at best video is recorded as 24p with field repeate (pulldown) flags. Usually DVD players obey the flags, but other players are able to make use of lower-level 24p footage.

24p strobes more than 30p, but usually looks better resolution-wise. 30p will still stobe more than 60i.

If you deliver on BD, render your 30p in 720p60 with frame repeat, this is your best bet. If you deliver on DVD-video then you have no other choice as to render with 2-2 pulldown and to pray for the customer's player handles it properly.
 
Try doing a test with 1080-60i PH or HA footage, and do the same previous workflow... i usually do 60i.
Now I don't know about the FCS2 vs FCS3 compressor difference, I haven't done a full HD to DVD project on FCS3 (is not installed on my main systems, it's on a laptop i use for Same Day Edits) but the work that i do on FCS2 doesn't have the problems you describe, but then again i use the HMC150 not the HMC40 (don't think it makes a difference, but you never know)

All i can say for now is try the 60i
 
PH vs HA, well it's just a bit-rate difference. PH has the higher information rate, so it's better. How much better? well is really hard to tell them apart (i'm talking only about 1080-60i, not the other flavors of PH)

PH is the best option, so you should be good!
 
Created new DVD based on suggestions. Much Better. I might have been expecting too much being that I am used to all video and tv is now HD and my apple 23" shows HD quality. The picture on my 52" is clear with minimal strobing and mininal jagged around the edges. I am pickey and a perfectionst and I think that at this size in SD it is a good pucture.
 
If you don't have a better player, then 30p will strobe (30 images per second) and will have twice lower vertical resolution (stair-stepping). 60i will not strobe, but will show noticeable interline flicker when downscaled to standard def (high def interlaced is tolerable). 24p will heavily strobe unless extra care is taken. Either way you are screwed ;-)
 
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