• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  convert uncompressed 10bit Quicktime file to DV codec (after telecine)

  Posted by Khashyar Darvich on December 20, 2006 at 6:13 pm

  Hi Everyone,

  I am having about 6.5 hours of old 8mm film transfered to probably uncompressed 10bit Quicktime files (using a Cintel rank telecine at Cinepost in Georgia).

  The project that the 8mm footage will be used for will have a dvcam sequence format. (I am saving the film to 10 bit uncompressed in case I want to use it in the future in an uncompressed sequence).

  My question is is it easy to convert the 10 bit uncompressed Quicktime files to dv codec Quicktime files?

  I know that I could import the uncompressed files into the DV sequence and then render them, but I would rather convert the 10bit files to DV and import and use the DV version of those files.

  Would I simply do this through creating a separate 10bit sequence in FCP, and then export the sequence as a DVcam Quicktime file?

  I am working with a Quad-core Mac (with 4 GB RAM) and FCP 5.2, so I am assuming that my computer can handle the uncompressed files.

  I am also worried about the 4th flame jitter that I have read sometimes occurs with telecines… Any advice as to what I should tell the telecinist at Cinepost to eliminate the potential frame jitter?

  Thank for your input about the best conversion method.

  Khashyar

  Khashyar Darvich replied 19 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Khashyar Darvich

  December 20, 2006 at 7:13 pm

  Any feedback would be appreciated.

  I have the option of have the telecine captured using an uncompressed 10-bit format, or a dv codec.

  I haven’t converted a 10bit Quicktime file to a DV Quicktime file, so I would like to make sure that FCP can easily convert 10bit before I give the go-ahead for the uncompressed telecine.

  Thanks for your feedback,

  Khashyar
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  David Roth weiss

  December 20, 2006 at 9:56 pm

  Go ahead and do it. You can simply use QT conversion or Compressor to convert each file to DV.

  DRW
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  Khashyar Darvich

  December 20, 2006 at 10:02 pm

  Thank you very much, David.

  I have always either worked in an all DV sequence, or an all SDI sequence, and never converted one to the other.

  Thanks again,

  Khashyar

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