sony hdr-sr12 new HDD camcorder is 1080p or 1080i?

[david_a]

Hi there.

I realize this is an old post, so I hope this gets out there to someone.

I've been filming with Sony HDR-SR12 and have edited my footage in Premiere Pro CS5. I filmed at AVCHD 16M (FH) 1920x1080 and need to know what presets to use. When I click on the footage and choose properties it shows:

Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - 6 channels
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - 6 channels
Average Data Rate: 1.8 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

My options for presets are:

1080i25 (50i) Anamorphic
1080i25 (50i)
1080i30 960i) Anamorphic
1080i30 (60i)
1080p24 Anamorphic
1080p24
1080p25 Anamorphic
1080p25
1080p30

Does anyone know which preset to use? I have been choosing 1080i30 (i60) up til now, but when I export to MPEG-2 DVD the video has an awful trail behind any motion and the quality is not so great.

I also exported to High Quality Progressive and the quality was good and there was no trailing effect after any of the motion. That led me to think that I should be using 1080p30 as the preset, but there seems to be more people that believe the HDR-SR12 is not progressive.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

David

[david_a]

One other question....

Is it best for me to record at SD when I plan to burn to DVD? I'm having a lot of difficulty converting AVCHD to a nice quality SD for DVD.

David