Setting "Project Settings" for Standard Definition Project
Project Settings Question
I captured 1980-era VHS tape using a very good JVC VHS player and a USB A-to-D capture device. I captured using H.264 video codec; either AVI or MP-4 seems ok (look the same). I’m using Premier Elements 11, as it seems just fine for editing from original VHS tapes, with the edited video destined for DVD.
I am aware that, usually, Premier Elements sets the project settings according to the settings embedded in the first clip (or entire one-asset project) added to the timeline. But that’s not happening for my VHS to AVI (or MP-4) projects. So I go to File>New>Project to establish the project settings.
In the project settings dialog, TWO of the settings seem appropriate, but there is one difference.
Option 1: “NTSC>DV>Standard 48Khz”, which results in a project that has the following settings: Standard NTSC video, 4:3 interlaced, 720x480, 29.97fps, PAR .9091, Fields: Lower Field First.
Option 2: “NTSC>Hard Disc and Camcorders>Standard 48Khz”, which results in a project that has the following settings: Standard NTSC video, 4:3 interlaced, 720x480, 29.97fps, PAR .9091, Fields: Upper Field First.
My projects are ultimately destined for DVD, so I believe I want to keep the video interlaced. The only difference between Options 1 and 2 (that I observe) is “Fields order”.
In light of the nature and purpose of my project(s), should my Premier Elements project settings be for Fields: Upper Field First or Lower Field First?
Thank you.
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