We use Macs for menu work and video/audio editing. We use NT, 2K, and XP for compression and authoring with one exception: we do have an OS 9 controlled hardware encoder. If you want more info on our setup you can reach me at [email protected]
Back in the office. I checked the spec, it's a bit vauge about flagging. I couldn't find mention of 4x3 letterbox flagging, but I didn't go through the whole damn thing. I just poked around in the Sony encoder a bit and found that it does, in fact, have a "source letterboxed" option when 4x3...
Yes, that's the one. That's why I copied it over. I assume JT checked his facts for the FAQ... Now that I think about it our Sony encoder has four options: 4x3 16x9 16x9 pan-scan and letterbox 16x9 pan-scan but no 4x3 lbx. This is from memory, it's been a while since I looked at the...
You may be right David, but I've certainly never heard of it and we aren't able to set it in our encoders or authoring systems AFAIK. We're limited to the three flags I mentioned. I do remember having a long discussion about this with someone several years ago, but can't remember the outcome...
I'm positive that the three flags I mentioned are the only three. My Panny plasma can sense black bars and will zoom in if it's in auto mode in composite or s-video mode. Of course I'm feeding it a component signal. The flags are meant to tell the player how to construct the image on output...
Close David, but there isn't a 4x3 lbx flag, there is a 16x9/4x3 lbx flag, a 4x3 flag and a 16x9/4x3 pan-scan flag (for menus mostly). Names vary from system-to-system, but those are the basics.
DISCLAIMER: My facility did menus, compression, and authoring for the final disc of this film... We had nothing to do with the screener...And I've had a few... It's downright silly to review a screener in this forum. It does not reflect the final audio or video quality of the final release...
Obviously a hoax, or a cry for help ;)
Jon Mulaney from Criterion denies it, I know for a fact that Voyager is now an LTI trademark (although Criterion is a DBA), that it is not generally the reponsibility of producers to find transfer elements, that anyone posting what he posted would be...
Hi all, Good article Bob, nice read. I do have a few random comments. Firstly, it’s inaccurate to refer to Superbit as a technology. In fact, it is not even eligible for a process patent. Superbit titles are created using the same machines that create non-Superbit titles (DVA-1100 encoders)...
Actually... I pitched the concept, Artisan loved it, then my wife designed the T-shirts and the menus. Boy that was a fun shoot. Kinda uncomfortable with my wife there though ;)
I've had the 50" pro/industrial Panny for a few month now. I'm VERY happy with it. I shopped around a lot and ended up buying from vtpcorp.com. I looked at the Sony. IMHO it looked horrid. The salesman at Ken Cranes let me tweek the picture to make it look better, but it still didn't compare...
I looked at some RPTV sets and some plasma sets, did a lot of research and decided to go with plasma. The 160 degree viewing angle had a lot to do with it. Space was another consideration. Quality of picture is subjective, before going much further I strongly suggest going out and demoing some...
I know the effects editor from the original show. If I remember correctly it was mastered on 1" Type C. Again, the dubbing process has nothing to do with the artifact shown in the frame grab. It's a byproduct of editing a tape with 3/2 sequences then not correctly flagging the 3/2 changes on the...
Most editing facilities make edits on field one, but because of the 3/2 sequence inherent in film material transfered to videotape a cut can occur on field one or field two on the source tape. This leaves orphaned fields and 3/2 breaks when a film-based show is edited on tape.
MPEG encoders...
David,
If you can see this field transposition during play mode on a non-progressive system (a regular NTSC TV) then it's a compression mistake. The compression operator did not make the appropriate 3/2 changes at the correct timecode.
I've worked on around 50 commentary tracks. The most we ever paid anyone was $500. One person's agent asked for $10K, we said no thanks. He ended up doing it for free. A lot of people do say no though, perhaps $75K can change anyone's mind.
Most DVD producers are independant. Your best bet is to intern/work for one of them until you get up to speed. Or you can take the bull by the horns and approach the studios directly with a proposal and a budget.
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I read the rules and can’t find anything that prohibits this since it is directly related to DVD software, and I can’t think of a better group to put this in front of. Please administrate me if I offend
Many of you know me, some of you don’t. I’m the Managing Director of a DVD facility in Los...