TOAST and 1080 24p

thefilmaddict

thefilmaddict

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I just burned a Blu-ray Disc using Toast 10 and my Lacie d2 burner (it took many hours to make a full disc).

Toast is an easy program to use and I was able to make a simple Menu.

I added a bunch of different kinds of Quicktimes for Toast to encode.

1. 720 24p from HVX200
2. 1080i from Sony HDV Camera
3. 720 24p (59.94) from Varicam
4. 1080 24p from EX1

These files all came from Final Cut Pro. I exported them as Quicktime Files/Current Settings in FCP, then dropped these HD Quicktimes into Toast.

Toast did a great job with all of the files except for the 1080 24p file. That files looks great, but strobes.

The video quality is impressive. If only I could figure out how to get rid of the strobing in the 1080 24p video.

My HDTV is old. It's 720p/1080i. I tested the disc in my Sony Playstation 3.

Thanks!
 
I do not have toast 10 with me rght now (at my other computer at home), so please loot at suggestions for what they are, suggestions, and I'll try to update them when I have the software in front of me :)

1- What sequence settings where you editing your EX footage on? Is it native 24p, or 24p on 60i? SUGGESTION: Throw your sequence into a Prorez 4:2:2 1080 24p sequence, and export a quicktime movie. Put that into toast to see if it automatically recognizes 24p.

2- In the older toasts, there was a "costumize" menu for encoding- anything there concerning frame rate/pulldown? I'll have to check that when I get home. Since I mainly do 1080 25p, I never had a problem with pulldown.

Hope this somehow helps. Will try to add more suggestions later.
 
My FCP timeline settings were for Sony XDCAM 24p highest quality (not these exact words, but I did use the XDCAM EX 24p Easy Setup).

I guess that means 1920 x 1080 23.98 HQ Mode.

If I exported a quicktime using CUREENT SETTINGS, I guess that the frame rate stayed at 23.98. Maybe I need to add pull down some how for the image not to strobe on my 1080i/720p TV?

Are 1080p Blu-ray movies that you by in stores 23.98 or 24p over 60? Movies I buy in the store do not strobe on my TV.

The EX1 image looks great and the sound and video are in sync, but it stobes.
 
I had a problem, similar to this when I was recording a DVD and I selected "Progressive" on the encoding of the clip. Back then, it was because the DVD player wouldn't recognize the Progressive encoding, and everything strobbed like crazy. This, however, should not be the case, because the PS3 really should be able to display 1080 24p.

Filmaddict, why don't you try and select the PS3 output to 720p to see if the problem is on the output signal? You are using HDMI, correct? Play with the PS3 display settings to see what happens.

Another work around should be to create a 24p over 60i timeline, put your project in it, and export, then encode to Blu-ray. Hope you're doing this with a BLU-RAY RE. Once you find out the work flow, it should be a breeze.

Cheers,

Sérgio
 
I did not buy a rewritable disc, but I should have!

Thanks for your ideas. I will see what happens!

Toast does do amazing encoding. It's great to be able to watch my videos on my tv in HD!
 
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