Shot 1080p 29.97, asked to convert to 59.97 1080i

[Brant Hadfield]

What's the best way of doing this? I would like to send it through DaVinci first, btw.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I bet they mean 59.94. All American network delivery to most HD cable channels and to CBS, NBC, and CW are 1080i 59.94, usually dropframe 29.97 timecode.

I suggest you get the technical specs from the person asking for the delivery format, and follow their guidelines. The conversion is simple, but a lot depends on what workflow and editing system you're using. 4K files? 2K files? Quicktime? DNxHD? There's a lot of formats out there.

 

[Brant Hadfield]

Yes, that subject line should say 1080i 59.94, not "59.97". Duh. I had hoped to use Davinci Resolve for this in order to maintain the original clip naming and structure, while doing a simple grade. Source footage is 1080p 29.97.

 

[Eric Santiago]

When you mean source footage at 1080p, do you mean it was shot that way?

 

[Brant Hadfield]

When you mean source footage at 1080p, do you mean it was shot that way?

Yes, that's right. 1080, 29.97 progressive. Needing to change the clips into 1080 59.94 interlaced. In Avid, the raw clips show up as needing a render in a 1080i 59.94 project. I figured out how to render each clip in Davinci as 1080i 29.97, and now tnatively hey show up in Avid as a natively playbel clip with no need to reender for playback. So, mission accomplished, or so it would seem.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I was going to say, the output settings in DaVinci are pretty straightforward. Page 373 of the manual (for v9) goes into the settings for Render Properties, and you can convert almost anything to anything that way.