Hello all. I am doing a commercial and the footage shot and the timeline is 720p. The TV station we are using wants 1080i/60. How can I do that in compressor? I did change it to 1080 but don't see how to indicate that I want 1080i. Also, compressor wouldn't let me change the frame rate either. Thanks in advance!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; 1067 MHz RAM; FCS 4
23.98 to 29.97 via Compressor:
1. Drop clips you want to convert into Compressor
2. In Compressor, select your video then right click and choose NEW TARGET WITH SETTING > APPLE > FORMATS > QUICKTIME > APPLE PRORES 422 (HQ). Or pick whatever codec you like to work with.
3. Click on that newly created compression setting to open it in the Inspector window. Click the Encoder tab. Click the Video: (Settings…) button. Make the frame rate 29.97. Check the interlaced box. Set it's drop down menu to Bottom field first. Click OK.
4. Click the Frame Controls tab. Set Frame Controls to On. Set Output Fields to Bottom first. Leave Deinterlace on Fast. Leave Adaptive Details checked. Leave Rate Conversion set to Fast. Leave the Set Duration to: on 100% and make sure it's radio button is selected and NOT the "so source frames play at 29.97 fps" button.
5. Make changes to the Filters or Geometry sections as needed. Those settings listed above are the ones critical to getting the proper 3:2 pulldown added.
6. Submit the compression, then bring the resulting video back into Final Cut Pro. Place it in a 29.97 timeline and make sure you watch it on an NTSC monitor to verify that it looks good. If you step through it frame-by-frame you should see the familiar pattern of 2 split/interlaced frames followed by 3 whole frames. This is a very important step. I tried many solutions that looked OK playing back on the computer monitor, but looked terrible on the NTSC monitor.
Wow, that's involved! What about this scenario Shane: I already made the commercial in FCP and the output file is 720p60 29.97. Same workflow?
720p60 doesn't run at 29.97...it runs at 59.94. 60fps. But same workflow.
Here's a screen shot from FCP. It's the second item.
Ah...yes, the COMPRESSOR is 720p60. Standard for DVCPRO HD.
OK, well, your footage is 29.97, and they want a 29.97 master. 60i runs at 29.97, in case you didn't know. So it's really easy. No frame rate conversion needed.
So, what are the steps with compressor then? I tried to just change the video setting to 1920x1080 but in the file info it says the codec is Muxed. Thanks by the way.
Also, I asked the TV station if they wanted Program stream or Transport stream but got no answer. What would you do?
The only thing you said they wanted was 1080i60 at 29.97. You haven't mentioned what codec they want or any other specifics. What EXACTLY do they want to recieve from you?
I sure didn't. Sorry. MPEG-2 1080i60. Again, they didn't say whether they want transport or program stream.
Then you need to wrestle that information from them. Compressor won't do a program stream...for that you need Episode...
? A program stream is one of the built in options under MPEG-2 in compressor.
Well lookee there...sure does. I'm wrong then.
Ok so they want mpeg-2 1080i60 and they said they want, whether they know what it is or not, a program stream. From what I researched, that is backwards, but I guess, if you would, tell me how to adjust the settings in compressor (v. 3.5.3) to get what they want. Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately I can be of no help there. I've never delivered a project in that manner. Thus why I had no clue that Compressor had that option.
ok thanks for trying
720p to 1080i in compressor
