Export problem.PLease help!!!

[George Glou]

Hi!

I have loaded a project from canon 5d mark2.My project settings are 1920X1080 29,97p. I edit wit no problem.everything is fine.BUT!! I try to export in elementary stream for dvd (PAL) and in the following settings there is only 720X480(NTSC) If I finish my editing and then before export if I change my project settings to something like 50i instead 29,97p then in the elementary stream , will i have the settings for PAL? and most important....will I make something bad to the quality of the final video?
Please .....any advise?

thanks

[antonsvideo]

export timeline to HQ Fine or Lossless

start Pal 720x576 50i project with Lanczos3 HQ enabled and load the above file

export to elementary streams as usual

[George Glou]

Saddly I'm still in version 6,08 so I do not have lanczos3.Any other idea Anton?
I want to import it later to LABPRO thats why I want elementary stream.
So how else can i make it?

[antonsvideo]

Saddly I'm still in version 6,08 so I do not have lanczos3.Any other idea Anton?
I want to import it later to LABPRO thats why I want elementary stream.
So how else can i make it?

do you have T5?

[George Glou]

No....unfortunatelly......dont tell me that I don't have a chance.......if i export in directly to mpeg pal for dvd?

[antonsvideo]

in that case, just export to HQ or Lossless

then start an SD project and load your file

then export to ES

the downscaling will not be as good but ok for most people

remember that most people are happy with youtube quality

T5 also has Lanczos3 downscaling and is inexpensive

[George Glou]

ok thats a good idea.
what if before exporting, to change the project settings from 1920x1080 29,97p to 720x576 50i. then for sure i well can ES but what about the quality? is this a bad way?

[antonsvideo]

how are you going to do that?

you can't change NTSC project to PAL project

[George Glou]

yes just tried it.....
Last question....if i export it staight to mpeg 2 pal for dvd is the result going to be worst than exporting to hq and then import it to sd as you said? Hq offers better file that will be handled better in a sd project later on?

[antonsvideo]

exporting direct from HD NTSC to SD Pal will give more artifacts, but you will gain speed

[George Glou]

is there any big difference between canopus hq fine and canopus HQ PAL 720x576 50i? Always in mind that raw footage is 1920x1080 29,97p and that unfotunatelly the final project will be in PAL DVD

Because 1 hour and 18 min after exporting to canopus hq fine is......85 GB. I mean thats A LOT !!!!!!

What I am doing wrong??????

[Geoff_C]

Hope I'm not confusing matters.
I use a GH2 camera which produces 1920x1080 25p. The files are quite happy on a 25fps timeline set to 50i. It's highly likely that your 1920x1080 29.97P will load onto a 29.97fps time line set 59.97i (60i)

Why don't you stay with NTSC. Make your DVD and it will play in most PAL players. It's PAL that will not play in NTSC players.

[George Glou]

yes but what about the 720X480 ? shall I see a big difference or it is so small the size difference that will not matter anyway?

[Geoff_C]

It's a standard NTSC HD to NTSC SD transform so it should look OK. I'd be inclined to burn a DVD and test. For the future maybe set your camera to PAL if you must have PAL DVD's

[George Glou]

The thing is that the quality that a dslr gives you....does not compare with a camera.clearness,depth of field and so on.We give sometimes bluray as a final product but people here know and want only dvd.thats why we rec at ntsc.maybe a liitle bit more frames are good.I'm not an expert. we test and we go forward.