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Activity Forums Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy creating two 720i videos side by side

  • Jeff Carpenter

    April 13, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    Why are you trying to make a DVD? Why not just make an H.264 quicktime file and play that on the laptop full screen?

    You’ll need to buy Quicktime Pro for the laptop if it doesn’t have it, but I’d think it would be worth the price.

    What setting did you already try for H.264? Make sure it’s keeping all the pixels and not shrinking it when it compresses.

  • Stephan Hill

    April 13, 2007 at 2:08 pm

    the more that I read the more using H.264 makes sense. I should have done that from the start.

    my settings are:
    720p
    59.94fps
    10.25Mbps
    frame controls Off

    should I make frame controls Custom just to make sure i am not shrinking anything? should I also increase the Bit Rate since I can send more info via the laptop?

  • Jeff Carpenter

    April 13, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    First off, what laptop is it? You’re getting into a situation where you might have to tailor your clip to fit the hardware.

    Here’s a guide:
    https://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html

  • Stephan Hill

    April 13, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    I have a MacBook, 2 Ghz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB SDRAM, so from the looks of the Apple recommendations i should be able to play back a 1280×720 (720p) video at 24-30 frames per second out to a VGA cable and monitor?

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