We have a ton of content 28:30 tv series programming we need to convert over from SD to HD format... any recommendations and/or comments appreciated! there's a lot of software out there to do this but trying to avoid issues... & find quality software & not by trial & error ;) Many Thx fpor your imput! Tim Alan/TDE
Post-Production : Software needed to covert SD to HD Suggestions?? or Recommendations? by Tim Alan- Pres./CEO Third Day Entertainment, Inc.
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Like you say, there's a lot out there. But it is tricky. 480i to 720p, 1080i, 1080p? Is any of it widescreen? To render it, takes a lot of time.
TV Broadcasters won't accept upscaled video as HD. if its a documentary and has archived footage then you have a case to argue but even then the archive footage cannot compromise more than 20% of the programme.
Through trial and error I have yet to find software that converts SD to HD well. Some do an okay job faking it, but there just isn't enough information in SD footage to up-convert to HD. And in my experience, Elisar is correct - a TV broadcaster looking for HD will not accept SD video masquerading as HD. That said you should look at hardware like the RH10UC
got it... thx for all your comments & imput! just trying to perhaps salvage years of awesome footage we have archived from our travels...mainly beauty b-roll we cannot re-create - btw I deal with major nets exec's & master control engineer's every week & they prefer not to, but "do" take well executed & well produced content upgrading of SD to HD- now if the content was "poor" in SD it will still be "poor" in HD ;) just want to make sure a "newbie" reading this post would not be mis-lead by an incorrect comment :)