DV -> HD conversion..., Interesting new product
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| Awai |
 Sep 17 2005, 10:01 AM
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As the march to HD moves forward heres a company which is offering software which can convert your "old" (hehe) stylie DV footage to band spanking new HD. Bear in mind that it wont increase the quality of your footage to HD but does convert it to a format HD will understand. It costs $249.95 but does come with a Dolby AC3 encoder which willbe a god send to any one doing DVD authoring and is sick to death of the sheer size of PCM audio, although i'm uncertain at this time as to whether the AC3 encoder is Dobly Certified or simply one of the GNU, public domain developed alternatives. www.transitionsoftware.com
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| Jobefx |
Sep 21 2005, 05:46 PM
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$250 is a good price for just an AC3 encoder, so thats good. But do people really need a dv to Hd convertor? Most of the Nonlinear editors can up convert for you. Avid can, Final cut can. and I am pretty sure premier can. Heck you can even upconvert to cineon format if you use after effects. Whats special about this thing? does it just convert better? faster?
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| Audiyoda |
Sep 21 2005, 09:56 PM
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But most consumers aren't going to mess with NLE's that can handle up converting. They have DV and want it in HD - one simple program to take care of the job - consumers will jump at it. And for us pros that already have gigabytes of old DV footage we want up converted, I don't want to run everything though my NLE just to get HD - I'll 'dummy down' to get the task taken care of simpler/easier/quicker. |
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| Awai |
Oct 3 2005, 02:26 PM
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good points guys. I've no idea if its faster as i've not really had a need for purchasing it yet - i've done a bit more research and it looks a bit "bolted together" for my liking. I've got a client coming onboard shortly who wants a project shooting in HD which will be interesting.
I agree with Audiyoda that consumers will be wanting a "one click" solution, which explains the popularity of DVD-Shrink over reauthoring a DVD. JobeFX is right though, i hadnt considered that Prem et al would do the upconvert for me... interesting stuff. Awai. -------------------- "You look into her eyes
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