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Mov file for broadcast
I’ve not made the jump the the lasted version of Vegas and am still using 8c. The TV station is requesting MOV files so they can print them to tape, the problem I am having is the available options for Quicktime 7 either create huge files or poor quality and more often then not it is letter boxed even though I have made the proper entries where able. All my footage is SD 16:0 1.212. Thus far I have tried the available options and no luck. Can anyone make a suggestion as to a workaround or possible another setting that may help?
As a side note…I can change any of the video setting for any of the options without a problem but the moment I select the audio tab it crashes the program. I’m sure this is an apple issue.
Using QT 7.6.5
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The TV station is requesting MOV files so they can print them to tape, the problem I am having is the available options for Quicktime 7 either create huge files or poor quality and more often then not it is letter boxed even though I have made the proper entries where able.
What codec are you rendering to? For SD TV you should be using DVCPRO.
All my footage is SD 16:0 1.212. Thus far I have tried the available options and no luck. Can anyone make a suggestion as to a workaround or possible another setting that may help?
Quicktime doesn’t always get this pixel aspect correct. If after rendering to DVCPRO you still have problems with aspect, try rendering to a 1.0 PAR. That would be 873×480 for you.
As a side note…I can change any of the video setting for any of the options without a problem but the moment I select the audio tab it crashes the program. I’m sure this is an apple issue.
Using QT 7.6.5Versions of Quicktime above 7.6.4 don’t work with versions of Vegas below Vegas Pro 9.0e. For Vegas Pro 8.0 you must go back to Quicktime 7.6.4 and stay there or upgrade to Vegas Pro 9.0e.
~jr
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Thanks John for the help… The station wanted it yesterday and they previewed the footage and liked it. It was very frustrating as numerous renders with the same settings other than bitrate would cause the aforementioned pixel issue.
I used the MPEG-4 and it got it right the first time and only had to make some adjustments to the data rate but it was acceptable. I had not looked at the one you mentioned.
PS I could have given them my original rendered files but alas the poor man was using FCP and did not relish the idea to have to re-encode it just to print it to tape. Interesting note they print to tape and then put it on the server anyway….go figure.
Thanks again John
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I used the MPEG-4 and it got it right the first time and only had to make some adjustments to the data rate but it was acceptable. I had not looked at the one you mentioned.
Just remember for the future that if your working in DV you should deliver in DV. Don’t let MOV and AVI get in your way. They are just the native containers on Mac and Windows respectively. It’s what you put inside them that’s important. For Quicktime DV use the DV/DVCPRO – NTSC format.
PS I could have given them my original rendered files but alas the poor man was using FCP and did not relish the idea to have to re-encode it just to print it to tape.
I guess an alternate solution was for you to print to miniDV tape and give that to him. They he could ingest the tape any way he wanted and it would have been lossless since printing to DV tape is just a file copy.
Interesting note they print to tape and then put it on the server anyway….go figure.
Yes, It’s amazing how backward TV stations are. They still only accept tape and then they create files from them instead of taking your higher quality files to begin with. Crazy indeed, but workflows are harder to change then it sounds I guess.
~jr
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Thanks John…I fully realize about the extensions being just containers, the editor only wanted Mov files and this was last minute so printing to tape on this end never came to mind.
Appreciate all the assistance.
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