[Kdenlive-devel] Editing AVCHD h264/AC3 files in kdenlive

[Philippe Landau]

Dan Dennedy wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Philippe Landau <lists at user-land.org> wrote:
>> When configuring Kdenlive upon first launch,
>> i am asked for a default video profile (Video Standard).
>> HDV 1080 25p shows:
>> - Frame size: 1440x1080
>> - Frame rate: 25/1
>> - Pixel aspect ratio:4/3 (a space is missing here after ":")
>> - Display aspect ration: 16/9
>> Shouldn't the frame size listed be 1080/9*16=1920 ?
> 
> Not for HDV. You should be using one of the ATSC project settings for
> full 1920x1080. I am considering changing "ATSC" to simply "HD" since
> ATSC is mostly for the US, and even in the US, it is commonly marketed
> as "DTV." Would "HD" be better even though there is "HDV" (which is
> actually slightly different)?

HD would help simple users chose the right format,
especially if under HDV you added "x1440".

Do you know if it is better to record in 50i or PF25 ?
I often find people listing 30p for the Canon HF10,
but i don't find that option in mine.

Kind regards     Philippe