We are currently producing a programme which is a mix of HDV, XDCAM HD and SD DVCAM. The HD material is 50i, 1440 x 1080. The intended destination is SD PAL DVD.

The HDV timeline in Avid Liquid has been created with top field priority (as per HDV), but, the DVCAM clips are placed on the timeline with bottom field priority by default. I presume we should change the field order of the SD clips to match the timeline properties?

When we have finished the edit we want to export the footage into DVD Studio. previously we have exported the files from AL7 as AVI, SD, bottom field first. Thus the whole field priority is now reversed, which I believe to be correct. What effect does reversing the field order actually have?

Can anyone confirm that this is the best way to go?

When we open DVD studio, "Preferences", -  "Encoding" - we have set to Field order "bottom", Mode "2 pass variable" Bit rate min 4 and max 7, Motion Estimation "Best"
Does that sound right?

I did an HDV doc with HDV/DV/DVCam and DVD Pal files (.vob and mpgs).

I didn't changed anything and choosed as always Best Fit and TS_FOLDER from the DVD burn export.

Everything went normal and produced more than 5000 copies from the DVD's created within Liquid.

I didn't use any XDCam files.

http://forums.pinnaclesys.com/forums/thread/49176.aspx

I think I told you what I did.

I didn't changed anything.