• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  any advantage of DVCPro 50 over DVCPro 25 for DVD’s?

  Posted by Trevor Ward on August 14, 2006 at 5:02 pm

  Working on a promo video that will be shown at a trade show on 42″ flat panel LCD or Plasma (not sure which). The “play” source will be a DVD player. The live video was all shot in DV25. However, the promo piece I am using will be part graphics and part video. If I create a sequence in FCP that is dvcPro50, that will give me higher quality graphics upon rendering, assuming I create my graphics with those settings.

  But, since it is playing on a DVD player, doesn’t it get compressed anyway? Is there any real advantage to doing this?

  -trevor ward
  orlando, fl

  Bj Ahlen replied 19 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Borjis

  August 14, 2006 at 5:32 pm

  I think their could be.

  is DVCPro 50 4:2:2 or 4:1:1?

  in any case the more bits the better usually.
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  Bj Ahlen

  August 14, 2006 at 7:03 pm

  DVCPRO50 is 4:2:2, which when rendered to 4:2:0 on the DVD will keep at least the 4:2:0 part of its color resolution. (This is only 99% true due to different definitions of the color sampling, but close enough).

  If you create graphics etc. in 4:1:1 and render to 4:2:0, you end up with 4:1:0, i.e. not much color information.

  If you want the best quality overall, use GNicer or equivalent to chroma-smooth the 4:1:1 footage to a decent 4:2:2 and mix this with your 4:2:2 generated footage.

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