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FCP QT into Avid
Looking for a solution or setting to aid in my dilemma. We have people in the field trying to ingest/capture DVCPro 50 into FCP (version before studio 2) then export out Quicktimes to an ftp site for us to import into Avid Media Composer for final post. There is signifigant quality loss and on many pan shots, you see an “interlacing” type issue.
Does anyone have a workflow and settings that they use for this type of situation?
Can’t we all just get along…..?
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6 Replies
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What Quicktime export settings are you using? List all of them.
Avid has their own DV50 codec or are you using the standard DVCPRO 50 codec?
You could be getting a field inversion, if you are exporting to a D1 frame size (720 x 486) instead of 720 x 480, which is what DV 25 and DV 50 use.
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MOVIE SETTINGS
Compression: DV/DVCPRO-NTSC
Qualituy: Best
Scan Mode: Interlaced
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Dimensions: 720×480 (640×480)
(Compressor Native)EXPORT SIZE SETTINGS
720×486 4:3
Preserve Aspect Ratio and De-interlacing both uncheckedIn the video settings under Motion we always choose
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By exporting at 720 x 486 , I think you are throwing the fields out of order. DVCPRO 50 is 720 x 480, not 486.
Also, if you are exporting as DV/DVCPRO NTSC, you are exporting as DV 25 not DV50…also a loss of quality.
If this is for Avid, you should install the latest Avid Codecs on your system (June 4). Available here:
https://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/browse.asp?productID=0&topicID=404&browse=Choose Avid DV as your export codec, then click options and set it to DV50 NTSC.
See if this helps.
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Why not simply export the actual quicktimes natively and upload those? Let Avid on the other end do all the conversion and scaling. Actually there shouldn’t be any scaling. You’re scaling from 480 to 486 which of course destroys any notion of fields and field order. Mush. 486 isn’t ever a legitimate height for a DV25 or DV50 file.
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I do hope this if for onlining in Avid too, because any quicktimes you import will be stripped of all timecode. If you need to recapture at any point you’ll either need to do it on your FCP system, create a new quicktime, and Batch Import into Avid or you’ll have to manually set timecode for every clip you imported in Avid and Batch Capture those.
Out of curiousity, if you’re capturing in FCP why aren’t you editing in FCP? The workarounds and constant importing/exporting seem like a waste of time.
Michael.
PS. Definitely use an Avid codec. It will decrease your Avid import times exponentially.
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We have a centralized post facility that does the moajority of the editing using Avid MCA. We have several field offices using either Avid Xpress or a FCP as a means to electronically deliver footage files.
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