HDV to PAL DVD

Deniz Ahmet · February 19th, 2009, 02:57 PM

Edited my HDV footage at 1920x1080 preset and exported movie to CFHD.avi (selecting upper field) - then imported back into premiere and exported to SD PAL.

In Procoder conversion or Encore transcode - it defaults to lower field for PAL. Is this right or wrong for a PAL DVD. Reading too much conflicting information on this.

Thank you!

Robert Young · February 19th, 2009, 03:17 PM

I keep the field order constant on transcode. DVD players will play either UFF or LFF, so if my master file is UFF, I transcode to DVD UFF. There is always huge confusion and misinformation on this topic. The dirty little secret is that it's not an issue as long as you keep the order constant. After years of confusion, I finally got to the bottom of it on the Procoder forum. For more detail, you can go there and do a search.
http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/

February 19th, 2009, 02:57 PM	#1
Deniz Ahmet Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: LONDON Posts: 178	HDV to PAL DVD - upper or lower Encore? Edited my HDV footage at 1920x1080 preset and exported movie to CFHD.avi (selecting upper field) - then imported back into premiere and exported to SD PAL. In Procoder conversion or Encore transcode - it defaults to lower field for PAL. Is this right or wrong for a PAL DVD. Reading too much conflicting information on this. Thank you!

February 19th, 2009, 03:17 PM	#2
Robert Young Trustee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coronado Island Posts: 1,472	I keep the field order constant on transcode. DVD players will play either UFF or LFF, so if my master file is UFF, I transcode to DVD UFF. There is always huge confusion and misinformation on this topic. The dirty little secret is that it's not an issue as long as you keep the order constant. After years of confusion, I finally got to the bottom of it on the Procoder forum. For more detail, you can go there and do a search. http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/ __________________ Bob Last edited by Robert Young; February 19th, 2009 at 04:38 PM.