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September 23rd, 2005, 01:41 AM | #1 |
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Are there any cams that store truly progressive frames as opposed to segmented?
I was wondering, are there any HD cameras that actually store a truly complete frame on tape or are frames always divided into fields when stored(like with frame based DV material or 24PsF)?
I'm talking solely about frame-based cameras, where I know there's no practical difference between a stored segmented frame and a stored full frame in practice since the field pairs can just be woven into a full resolution frame. However, am correct in saying that there are no video cameras that actually store an entire frame/picture on tape? Do direct-to-disk recording systems store progressive in the same way as tape, i.e. also segmented? 720p HDTV MPEG2 does contain true progressive frames, right? (as do the many PC formats like Quicktime/MPEG4 and WMV) Thanks, Roy Last edited by Roy Bemelmans; September 23rd, 2005 at 05:54 AM. |
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Thanks for the reply, Barry. I was actually talking about frame-based/progressive cameras only (not the difference between progressive and interlaced cameras).
Most frame-based/progressive cameras divide the complete frame that they capture into fields for storage and compatibility. Even the CineAltas (HDCAM) do this (24PsF). I was wondering whether there are any HD cameras that actually store a truly complete progressive frame on tape/disk? (admittedly, a rather theoretical question) Roy |
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the HD100 and the Varicam are both definitely pure progressive.
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Right -- the VariCam and the HD100 both store progressive frames as progressive frames, and the HVX will as well.
I guess in my initial answer I answered which formats were capable of it, rather than spelling out specifically which cameras use it. But the idea was, any progressive-scan camera using DVCPRO-HD (such as the VariCam or the HVX) or any progressive-scan camera using HDV 720p (which includes the JVC HD1, HD10, and HD100) will all store its progressive frames as progressive. HDCAM is an interlaced codec, so yes, the CineAlta writes 24pSF. DVCPRO-HD/720p and HDV/720p are both pure progressive codecs. So any cameras employing those formats will inherently store pure progressive frames. |
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It would also be sufficient to state that the DV25 format stores truly progressive frames at 24pA, 25p (no pulldown) and 30p. While the middle (junk) frame in 24pA is likely written as two fields, any full progressive frames in the stream will be analyzed and stored as such.
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Thanks, Barry. I misread your first post, of course.
Ok. So your NLE will actually handle these formats in a pure progressive manner? What if you were to export that material to mpeg2 for DVD or 1080i HDTV broadcast? Will the MPEG2 encoder interlace the video? BTW, 720p HDTV MPEG2 also contains true progressive frames (as opposed to MPEG2 for DVD), right? (as do the many PC formats like Quicktime/MPEG4 and WMV if I'm not mistaking?). If you were to export a HDV/720p24 NLE project to MPEG2/720p60 for HDTV broadcast, the encoder would just create a 720p60 file that repeats full progressive frames in a 2-3 pattern, right? Quote:
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As for DVD, if you're shooting 24p you can render as a pure 24p progressive DVD. If it's played back on a progressive-scan DVD player to a progressive-scan television, it'll never be interlaced -- and it looks absolutely fantastic. If it gets played back on an interlaced TV, the DVD player will take care of interlacing the video. Quote:
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Thanks Barry.
So are there any pure progressive 1080p codecs/cams? DVCPRO-HD only seems to support 720p and 1080i. A camera like the Panasonic HVX200 seems to record 24p in 1080i recording (segmented frames) and the Varicam only supports 720p.. Quote:
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Is there any good overview on the web on how different codecs (DVCPRO-HD, HDV, DV, etc.) store video?
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