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  SD broadcast over satellite looks like crap

  Posted by Jim Kinsey on October 14, 2008 at 12:12 am

  Anyone who has a suggestion,

  Hope this is the right forum… Anyway I have a show that airs on Direct tv each week and have noticed that the SD broadcast is really grainy and not as clean as the original show. All shows were shot on DV25 and output via firewire using QT conversion to DVCpro50 anamorphic. I send out the final movie file based to our closed captioning company then it goes to the network for Satellite broadcast. I am working in FCP and do not use a Kona card. I work in a 8 bit timeline Dv anamorphic. CAn someone tell me what I can do to improve the next 13 episodes. Thanks in advance.

  JK

  Jim Kinsey replied 17 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  Jim Kinsey

  October 14, 2008 at 9:21 pm

  Thanks Dave! I found out from you and others that Direct tv compresses the hell out of most shows. Not sure what the bit rate is but its way low for sure. Thanks for the response!

  JK

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