Re: problems with h264 and DVD Studio 4

Using the methods and presets exactly listed in "Making Hi-Def DVDs on 4.7G DVD Disks"
I have ran into the following issues.

1) When taking a 24p XDCAM self-contained movie into compressor and using the HD 60 minute
h264 preset as indicated; the file comes into DVD Studio and the Asset Column (Name, Status, in Use....)
says the h264 QT is 23.98fps; which is expected. But if you look at this asset in the Inspector it says it is
29.97fps non-drop.

So there is a contradiction here.

Secondly, I try to make simple first HDDVD movie; and once the burn process gets to initiating
(h264type).mov; the entire DVD Studio crashes...

I have read tht h264 is the only way to make sure I get correct pulldown.

Could someone please assist me?!

Thanks

How long is your video?

--ken

Thanks for the info:
I found some more reasons for what I mistook as bad pulldown; but wasn't.
a) Neither toast or DVD Studio Pro will output a DVD that is 1080p24; rather
both output this as 1080i24.

So when it hits the HD DVD Player, it wlll only output 1080i in Component mode;
which introduces all sorts of temporal artifacts that do not exist when you force the
HD DVD Player into 1080p24 via the HDMI output. The problem is that it is playing
what is interlaced footage-but the frame stutter is mitigated.

So, I am much closer to a solution. We only have to do this one HD DVD and then we are
switching to blue-ray!



ronny courtens Wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
>
> 1. So there is a contradiction here.
>
> This is not a contradiction, it is part of the HD
> DVD specs. HD DVD encodes audio and video in
> Program Streams and uses field syntax with 30
> frames per second timing to represent both 30 fps
> interlace and 24 fps progressive content.
> “Missing fields” for 24P content are replaced
> by “repeat field flags”, the same as in SD
> DVD-Video (that's why you see 29.97fps non-drop in
> the Inspector although the video really is 24fps
> encoded). Decoders can ignore the “flags” to
> output 24p or use them to output 30i.
>
> This means that if you have a progressive scan DVD
> player AND a progressive scan display that are
> both capable of decoding and displaying 24 fps
> native progressive material (there are not many of
> them around) these devices will ignore the
> repeated field flags and output 24p. Others (i.e.
> most of the current HD players and displays) will
> use the flags to output 30i.
>
> By the way: the same goes for Blu-ray DVDs. Here
> the video is encoded in System Streams, and uses
> frame syntax mode to encode 24fps. The decoders
> will either use or ignore the frame syntax to
> display the video as 24p or 30i.
>
> 2. Once the burn process gets to initiating the
> entire DVD Studio crashes...
>
> Do NOT use the DVDSP "Burn" option when encoding
> HD DVD. Instead use the "Build" option and make
> sure the Build folder is NOT stored inside the
> DVDSP project folder. Save it to your desktop or
> to another drive instead. Also make sure NO disc
> is inserted in your Mac while building your HD DVD
> folder. Once the Build folder is made, Format and
> burn to disc.