• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Bad Flicker in MPEG-2 using Compressor

  Posted by Ryan Hinkle on November 15, 2005 at 4:08 pm

  I shot a number of interviews in a studio setting, using a GL2 in “Frame Mode”. Captured and Edited in FCP5, (all in 30P) and it looks clean and crisp. Final output is to DVD, so I export using Compressor 2, MPEG-2 and the quality goes berserk. The person in the picture being interviewed is fine, but the unmoving draped neutral-toned background flickers (subtle but noticeable, and completely unacceptable) from light to dark, about 2 times /sec. It shows major compression changes, bad pixelation. There should be no change in the unmoving sections of the video. Please help. I’ve messed with all the settings, GOP, Motion estimation, Bit rate, I just can’t get it right. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

  David Bogie replied 20 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  David Bogie

  November 16, 2005 at 4:19 am

  You’re not doing anything wrong. Compressor 2’s MPEG handler is notoriously, umm, terrible. We’ve been screaming about it since the day it got installed all over the world.

  You can visit the Compressor forum at apple.com to commiserate with other sufferers and get some hints on how to make the best of this completely ludicrous situation.

  bogiesan

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