im very confused.

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JimtheJib

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ive been reading and rereading the posts but they just confuse me more. could we have one post with the definitive requirements. it seems there are more than one version of the requirements. (i.e. letterbox vrs anamorphic, etc...)


thanks
 
16x9 and 24p. Those are the 2 requirements. No, letterboxed 4x3 does not mean that it is 16x9 and yes, letterboxing further within a 16x9 file (ie: pushing it to 1.85 or 2.35) is ok as long as your final output file is in fact 16x9 and 24p. That's my understanding anyway. Jarred's original spec post is pretty clear, though.
 
thanks. when you say anamorphic do you mean it has to be able to swtich between 4:3 and 16:9 depending on what screen your watching it on your i can just crop the footage and expand it?

thanks again
 
JimtheJib said:
thanks. when you say anamorphic do you mean it has to be able to swtich between 4:3 and 16:9 depending on what screen your watching it on your i can just crop the footage and expand it?

thanks again
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It has to be a 16:9 file, which by definition will (I think) automatically switch, like you said.
 
My DVX is the PAL version and it shoots 25p instead of 24p. It will take some hours tonight downconverting. Is this requirement very fix? It's not very fair with DVXusers in PAL countries, our work will have a lose in motion quality.
Pablo
 
pabloabad said:
My DVX is the PAL version and it shoots 25p instead of 24p. It will take some hours tonight downconverting. Is this requirement very fix? It's not very fair with DVXusers in PAL countries, our work will have a lose in motion quality.
Pablo
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Just slow your entire project down 4%... makes the output to 24p relatively painless. Shouldn't take much time to do that.

-pastywhiteboy
 
Thank you, pastywhiteboy, but I think I've just found a way to do it without losing frames.
I export the entire project in FCP to image sequence (Targa, 25 fps) , the I open in Quicktime at 24fps. Now I have to deal with the audio... I'm freaking! ;)
Pablo
 
I believe I'm set, but what's nagging MY mind is that I'm used to opening up anamorphic movies in QuickTime and having it showed up squeezed... but after the muxing process (and/or even the initial MPEG-2 compression) it loads up properly displayed (as a widescreen image).

Did the whole process again to ensure I didn't frag something up, and when I import into DVD Studio Pro it does what it needs to do, sooooo...

....I'm suuuure it'll be fine. Hehe... heh... he.. hehehe... *gulp*
 
BrianV said:
I believe I'm set, but what's nagging MY mind is that I'm used to opening up anamorphic movies in QuickTime and having it showed up squeezed... but after the muxing process (and/or even the initial MPEG-2 compression) it loads up properly displayed (as a widescreen image).

Did the whole process again to ensure I didn't frag something up, and when I import into DVD Studio Pro it does what it needs to do, sooooo...

....I'm suuuure it'll be fine. Hehe... heh... he.. hehehe... *gulp*
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Just burn a DVD and watch it on a TV. That would be a good test.
 
I'm ready to submit, but I've got a last problem. When downconverting from 25p (DVX100e) to 24p, the video is ok, but in the audio I have a 'pop' every 24 frames. How can I fix it? Please! Thanks everybody
Pablo
 
pastywhiteboy said:
No, letterboxed 4x3 does not mean that it is 16x9.
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Yeah, I realize that. So . . . what do I do? (in Premiere Pro 1.5) I shot on a non-A DVX100 4:3 and just plain letterboxed with no squeeze or anything. The 4:3 frame is simply cropped with top and bottom bars. So the pixel aspect ratio should still be 0.9 DV, correct? So what do I do? I mean EXACTLY, what do I do in Premiere Pro 1.5?
 
Until you get a real answer, and bearing in mind I don't know anything about Premiere... If you set the project properties to be widescreen, it *should* automatically yank off the letterbox bars and fill the screen with the real image.

IF Premiere was written sensibly (like Vegas).
 
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