[opendtv] Re: Anyone Care to Help Optimize a Home 8mm to DVD Transfer Process?
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:15:53 -0400 (EDT)
Dan, when you find a solution, keep me cc'd. Same situation here having become
the "heir" of my parents collection (which I would like to share!).
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "dan grimes" <dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx>
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 1, 2007 2:07:59 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: [opendtv] Anyone Care to Help Optimize a Home 8mm to DVD Transfer
Process?
I don't want to clutter up this board with discussion on my personal project,
so email me at dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx if you care to help. I haven't found any
websites or professionals that can help with what I am trying to do.
I'm looking for advice on transferring about 7200 feet of 8mm and Super8mm home
movies my Grandpa shot over the decades and transfer it to DVD.
Here are some issues I'm dealing with:
I sent a 50' reel to a transfer place which got it to a DV based .AVI file.
Although it was supposedly a frame by frame transfer, the video is interlaced
at what seems to be mostly a 3:3 pulldown that is unlocked so sometimes it ends
up 4:2:4 and then back to 3:3. Clearly getting 16 fps to 29.97 is not so easy.
I haven't found anyone that can transfer to a progressive format. It would be
nice to create a 480@16p file which could be processed and turned into 480@30p.
Anyone know of any such services?
I don't think I can de-interlace the video because the fields are not
consistent. I am sending the film to another transfer place that is using Rank
Cintel telecines. I'll see if the pulldown is more consistent there. They
actually offer uncompressed SMPTE 270 video, but at a premium I can't afford.
I am trying to de-interlace it because I am trying to use an anti-shake plug-in
to smooth out the shaky camera work. Unfortunately, the interlacing is causing
some weird artifacts. I am using the plug-in 2d3 Steadymove that came with
Adobe Premiere Pro. I am going see what is available in Apple Final Cut Pro
next.
Another possibility is to try to convert a scanner to be able to transfer frame
by frame. That would be a lot of engineering and labor and I don't have the
time right now. I need something quick to get it done so my aging Grandparents
can enjoy it. While I could do it twice, once for quickness and again for
quality, I would rather invest my time and money only once.
If you care to give input, email me at dan.grimes@xxxxxxxxx
Dan
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