Please Help! DVX100B 24P Capture and Sequence settings in FCP

[Jills]

Please help! I am having some interlacing issues with footage shot on my DVX100B. Here's the skinny:

- The footage was shot on the DVX100B in the standard 24P setting (not PA)
- The miniDV tapes were captured in FCP with the following settings:
Vid Rate - 29.97fps
Frame Size - 720 x 480
Compressor - DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Pixel Aspect - NTSC - CCIR 601
Field Dominance - Lower (Even)

- I then edited the footage in a FCP (7.0.3) timeline with the following sequence settings:
Frame Size - 720 x 480 NTSC DV (3:2)
Pixel Aspect - NTSC - CCIR 601/DV
Field Dominace - Lower (Even)
Editing Timebase - 29.97fps
Quicktime Video Settings - DV/DVCPRO - NTSC

My footage looks nice in FCP, however when I burn to DVD it appears stretched, and has interlacing issues in areas where there is movement.

My ultimate goal is to burn my project to a DVD. I sent the footage to Compressor and used the Best 90 minute DVD codec to get a M2V and AC3 file. I then took these into DVD Studio Pro to burn the DVD.

I have a suspicion that I am using the wrong codec ... but I am unsure. Maybe I have a problem with my sequence or capture settings? At any rate, I am looking for the best workflow to get the highest quality DVD. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you in advance!

Jillian

 

[lsc9x]

24p to 24p

24p to 24p

Jillian,

Do you still have the original tapes to recapture the footage? (Might be a good idea)

Are you looking to export your footage for native 24p DVD? (DVDs can be set to 23.98fps - 24p or 29.97fps)

I'm fairly new to this myself, but I am pretty sure that you are going to want to edit on a 24p timeline (23.98) and NOT on a 29.97 timeline.

Just changing your timeline (sequence) settings from 29.97 to 23.98 may solve your problem.

Hope this helps!

Louis

 

[bbalser]

24p on that camera is 60i footage with a 24p "effect" applied. Stick with the NTSC-DV 60i 48kHz presets across the board for capture, sequence, export, etc. It's not true 24p, you won't get 24p out of it without issues.

Send To Compressor and use a DVD preset folder "Best" and a time length that your project will fit in to. That preset will conform to your frame rate and interlace settings.

You won't get any better quality than that.