Ichthyostega wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 > Terje J. Hanssen schrieb: >> > Sony FX7E (i.LINK CONV ON) features a built-in hardware down convert >> > from HDV on tape to DV output via the i.LINK cable, as so-called wide >> > screen (anamorphic) DV. >> > >> > 1) Is this DV format useful to edit DV in Cinelerra as a base for >> > creating DVD? > Hi Terje, > > if you want (only) DV resolution in the final result, of course it is > much more convienient to reduce the resultion early. Because DV material > demands much lesser processing power. And because of the anamorphotic > storage of HDV, handling such in a Cinelerra project gives rise to some > odds and ends. > > BUT, if you want maximum quality in your final product, it is better to > stay at the full resulution as long as possible. The rationale is to > have additional "headroom" for any effects, zooming, deinterlacing etc. > you want to apply to your material. This may impose much more processing > power, consideration and work though. >
Hi Hermann, For my own needs, I've planned to keep the HDV quality from cam to BD. But as most people still will own and use DVD players, I will have to make also a DVD version for my friends. So far I haven't heard of a way to downconvert directly from HD video on BD/HD-DVD to DVD quality, though it maybe will happend sometimes. Besides, I have 15 years family footage on analog Hi8 video to convert to digital video and backup on BD, and also edit and create some end users DVD disks. As previous mentioned, I'm searching for a possibly better method than the traditional Analog-to-DV25 conversion boxes are able to manage, this to preserve most of the original color depth. Maybe a good analog-to-mpeg2 higher profile converter can be a solution. Thanks, Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
