This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Sort of OT: Weird Pix240 Problem

Friday, January 9, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] Sort of OT: Weird Pix240 Problem

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the response. I have AE and Symph. What would you try in the
DS?

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015, at 01:34 PM, Tony Quinsee-Jover tony@hdheaven.co.uk
[Avid-L2] wrote:
> This is all guesswork...
>
> First guess: the Pix is recording PsF which will carry an Interlaced
> signal just the same as a Progressive signal but the file will be
> flagged incorrectly.
> Second Guess: the field order is inverted.
> Third guess: you won't be able to fix this in MC because it's reading
> the progressive flag.
>
> If the above guesses are correct, then you have to somehow get the file
> re-flagged as Interlaced, and maybe invert the field order while you're
> at it. I know how I'd fix this in DS but don't know what tools you have
> at your disposal.
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>
> On 09/01/2015 18:23, Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2] wrote:
> > Today's Puzzler! I am wondering if anyone has ever bumped into this.
> >
> > The setup was a Sony FS700 feeding a Pix240 to be able to record the
> > slo-mo buffer out of the FS700 at a higher res than the native AVCHD of
> > the FS700.
> >
> > The error in the setup, at least I think, was that the FS700 was
> > outputting an interlaced signal (1080i) but the codec in the Pix-240 was
> > set to DNxHD 220x progressive.
> >
> > All the internal recordings of the FS700 show up as interlaced and are
> > fine.
> >
> > All the Pix240 material comes into the Avid as progressive and exhibits
> > weirdness.
> >
> > In an interlaced timeline, the Pix240 looks fine. One can even put an
> > effect on it and it still looks fine. But if you export it as
> > progressive, it falls apart with an error that looks like wrong field
> > order.
> >
> > In a progressive timeline, the Pix240 plays back fine but if any effect
> > is added to it, it renders as progressive frames of wrong-field order
> > video.
> >
> > The general solution has been to go with the AVCHD recording (which
> > looks fine BTW.) But there are two shots that only exist as PIX240
> > material. (Why that is I don't know.)
> >
> > I've tried some of the more obvious solutions like playing with motion
> > adapter settings or trying an interlaced export from the interlaced
> > timeline and bringing that back in, in the hopes that the export process
> > would cure the field order but it didn't. I believe I also tried the
> > Boris De-interlace filter which didn't cure the problem.
> >
> > Thanks for any thoughts about this head-scratcher. (Today's thought: A
> > full-size QT screen recording of the Pix240 shot playing back on a
> > computer monitor in that hopes that it will playback in whole
> > progressive frames and then can be reimported. Haven't gotten to that
> > yet.)
> >
> > Dan
> >
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> > Posted by: Dan McCabe <danlist@bestmail.us>
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