Sergio Garcia
May 21st, 2007, 01:22 AM
Note: if you can shoot directly 24p HDV you only need HDPatch. Just read the following guide, it's the result of an extensive research.
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After a long and sometimes frustrating research, I've found a working workflow to create a great looking hd-dvd (in a normal DVD-R) with original 25p HDV video.
I feel like a pioneer because I think no one in Europe has been able to do this properly.
Instructions:
Software needed:
-Cineform Aspect HD.
-Premiere Pro (or other Cineform's compatible soft).
-A good MPEG2 compressor (I used Canopus Procoder, you can try the one built in Premiere).
-Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6+
-HDPatch: you can find this here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146
you have to be registered in avsforum and you'll be able to download it at the end of the first post. HDPatch is the key of the process so you NEED it.
WORKFLOW:
1.- Shoot 25p if you have an european HDV camera (I haven't tried with 50i yet try it yourself).
2.- Capture with Cineform's HDLink or inside Premiere in a Cineform's project. Before capturing, change cineform settings with FRAME RATE CONVERSION from 25 to 23,98.
3.- Edit your video.
4.- Compress your video into an MPEG2 with 23,98 fps and progressive settings.
5.- Change the extension of the MPEG2 file: it MUST end with .mpg
6.- Open HDPatch and open your .mpg file. It should say it's 1440x1080 16:9 23,98fps. Go to the tab "FrameRate" and select "29,97(1080i)". Now press "Patch Stream".
This step is very important because we labeled the video into a way that Ulead MF 6 doesn't convert it. Ulead soft does not support at this moment 24fps video and it converts to 29,97. This conversion literally ruins our video. But thank god, If we tell to Ulead that our video is 29,97 (even if it's actually 23,98fps), Ulead will continue wihtout converting anything and our final HD-DVD will be a true 24fps disc with great quality.
7.- Open Ulead MF 6+ and create a HD-DVD (NTSC 1440x1080). Follow the steps and you'll get a true 24fps HD-DVD without Ulead terrible conversions.
And that's it. It's easier than I thought and thanks to HDPatch It's finally possible to do a 24fps HD-DVD in our homes.
The final disc has been tested in a Toshiba HD A1, E1 and xbox add-on and works great.
_________________________________________________________________
After a long and sometimes frustrating research, I've found a working workflow to create a great looking hd-dvd (in a normal DVD-R) with original 25p HDV video.
I feel like a pioneer because I think no one in Europe has been able to do this properly.
Instructions:
Software needed:
-Cineform Aspect HD.
-Premiere Pro (or other Cineform's compatible soft).
-A good MPEG2 compressor (I used Canopus Procoder, you can try the one built in Premiere).
-Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6+
-HDPatch: you can find this here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146
you have to be registered in avsforum and you'll be able to download it at the end of the first post. HDPatch is the key of the process so you NEED it.
WORKFLOW:
1.- Shoot 25p if you have an european HDV camera (I haven't tried with 50i yet try it yourself).
2.- Capture with Cineform's HDLink or inside Premiere in a Cineform's project. Before capturing, change cineform settings with FRAME RATE CONVERSION from 25 to 23,98.
3.- Edit your video.
4.- Compress your video into an MPEG2 with 23,98 fps and progressive settings.
5.- Change the extension of the MPEG2 file: it MUST end with .mpg
6.- Open HDPatch and open your .mpg file. It should say it's 1440x1080 16:9 23,98fps. Go to the tab "FrameRate" and select "29,97(1080i)". Now press "Patch Stream".
This step is very important because we labeled the video into a way that Ulead MF 6 doesn't convert it. Ulead soft does not support at this moment 24fps video and it converts to 29,97. This conversion literally ruins our video. But thank god, If we tell to Ulead that our video is 29,97 (even if it's actually 23,98fps), Ulead will continue wihtout converting anything and our final HD-DVD will be a true 24fps disc with great quality.
7.- Open Ulead MF 6+ and create a HD-DVD (NTSC 1440x1080). Follow the steps and you'll get a true 24fps HD-DVD without Ulead terrible conversions.
And that's it. It's easier than I thought and thanks to HDPatch It's finally possible to do a 24fps HD-DVD in our homes.
The final disc has been tested in a Toshiba HD A1, E1 and xbox add-on and works great.