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1. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
cfg_2451 Dec 29, 2012 6:21 AM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)We can't read your mind. You must tell us explicitly about your source footage, your intentions for it, how you are trying to get there, and what you see that's actually wrong -- in other words, you have to define for us what you mean by "very poor". if you want help.
I personally have taken a lot of 1080p30 AVCHD footage through PPro to Encore via AME for output on DVD, and the results have been excellent. As much resolution as the DVD can handle (which is a lot less than the 1080p30 source footage contains, but it's a DVD and not a BD so this is expected), excellent color and gradation, excellent sound. I know it can work.
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2. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Ann Bens Dec 29, 2012 6:42 AM (in response to cfg_2451)Its all be discussed in this thread.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1120914?tstart=0
If OP cannot even produce descend quality dvd with Avisynth or Frameserving then somewhere down the line OP is making an user error of somesort.
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3. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
JSS1138 Dec 29, 2012 9:12 AM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)When the HD footage is exported to MPEG2 DVD (or other downscaling), the results are very poor!!!
CS6 actually does a very good job of downscaling if you have either CUDA acceleration turned on, or Maximum Render Quality checked in the export settings. It will not look as good as the original, which is simply not possible. But it will look very good for DVD.
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4. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
John T Smith Dec 29, 2012 9:48 AM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)I use CS5 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694 to convert AVCHD to DVD, and have excellent results
ADDED... look at these... I have NOT used either, but both have been recommended in the past
CCE Basic for coding http://www.cinemacraft.com/en/
or Grass Valley Procoder http://www.grassvalley.com/products/procoder_3
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5. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Aida-filmmaker Dec 29, 2012 1:07 PM (in response to Ann Bens)I did tried all.
No good results. As I told above, only the tool Imtoo Video Converter Ultimate has alittle bit better result.
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6. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Aida-filmmaker Dec 29, 2012 1:09 PM (in response to JSS1138)Hi Jim,
CUDA acceleration turned on: YES
Maximum Render Quality checked: YES
Results are poor.
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7. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Aida-filmmaker Dec 29, 2012 1:10 PM (in response to John T Smith)Hi John,
thank you for the links and suggestions.
I will try them and give you a feedback.
Bye
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8. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Aida-filmmaker Dec 29, 2012 1:23 PM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)Hi John,
unfortunately, there is no trial software from CinemaCraft and GrassVAlley.
I cannot see any relationship between TreByte software and my problem.
Regards
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9. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
JSS1138 Dec 30, 2012 7:33 PM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)Results are poor.
Chances are it's your expectations that are too high.
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10. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
PMK3 Jan 2, 2013 6:41 AM (in response to Aida-filmmaker)Hi Aida-filmmaker,
Does this sample 2012_Weihnachtsmusikcal_Schule_13-12_1-pmk3.mpg that can be downloaded from here: https://www.bredbandsbolaget.se/portlet-b2-serviceportal/storage/b131706/PMK3/ also have the same "poor quality"
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11. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Stan Jones Jan 2, 2013 7:17 AM (in response to PMK3)downloaded from here:
Acts like it is trying to load; not the usual download. I'm leery of anything that doesn't prompt me for where to load. And can't do a "save target as."
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12. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
PMK3 Jan 2, 2013 9:50 AM (in response to Stan Jones)Stan Jones wrote:
downloaded from here:
Acts like it is trying to load; not the usual download. I'm leery of anything that doesn't prompt me for where to load. And can't do a "save target as."
I have uploaded a zip file instead of the mpg file, so you should now get a prompt asking you were you want to save the zip file when you click on the icon.
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13. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
PMK3 Jan 3, 2013 8:51 PM (in response to PMK3)The OP doesn't seem's to be around here anymore,so I have removed the sample.
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14. Re: Looking for a Good Commercial Software for HD to SD Problem
Jon Geddes Jan 7, 2013 4:31 PM (in response to PMK3)hd2sd with AviSynth produces studio quality results. It doesn't really get any better than that. The most sophisticated algorithms are used, with completely customizable options to tweak it to your liking. If it looked poor quality, it was due to incorrect settings or unrealistic expectations for SD.




