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MBP + Final Cut Pro = Frame Drop??
Hi,
I’m editting a budget movie, the footage was recorded using a sony dvd handycam. As some of you might know Macs are always in a fight with sony, so… I had my friend’s PC to convert the DVDs to a “very helpful” format: mpg. So… I had those mpgs converted to MOVs with Sorenson 3 compression.
The question is: is this a bad move? is this what causing the frame drops? This’ the first time I’ve handled Mini DVDs… which I will not prefer again ever in the future…
Please, please, please… I need to get answer right away… If I need to reconvert, what settings would be best? Thanks
Specs:
MacBook Pro 17″ 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
2 GB Ram
160 GB 7200 rpm
Maxtor HDD + Coolermaster enclosure (FW400) -
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[Alvin Sumardi] “. I had those mpgs converted to MOVs with Sorenson 3 compression.
The question is: is this a bad move? is this what causing the frame drops? This’ the first time I’ve handled Mini DVDs… which I will not prefer again ever in the future… “
In which kind of .mov had you converted the .mpg’s?
Most of the people around use MPGStreamclip for this kind of transcoding.
The codec that can extrant the whole quality from an .mpg is 8b Unc but may be a problem because the files size. Transcpde regarding the specs of your final delivery format.
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[Alvin Sumardi] “footage was recorded using a sony dvd handycam. As some of you might know Macs are always in a fight with sony”
Macs being in a fight with sony NO, any computer having issues with the poor recording format used by those cameras YES.
[Alvin Sumardi] “I had those mpgs converted to MOVs with Sorenson 3 compression.
The question is: is this a bad move? is this what causing the frame drops?”I would bet it is NOT what is causing dropped frames.
The most common thing that causes dropped frames is using hard drives that are not fast enough, or not connected to the computer via a connection that can handle the high data rates of video.
If you converted then to a vary high data rate format then yes that could be the issue.
What format exactly did you convert them to? You say mov but mov is just a wrapper for numerous codecs of video.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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[Zane Barker] “[Alvin Sumardi] “I had those mpgs converted to MOVs with Sorenson 3 compression.
The question is: is this a bad move? is this what causing the frame drops?”I would bet it is NOT what is causing dropped frames.”
I’ll beg to differ. DVD format converted to MPG converted to Sorenson 3…yeah, that’s an issue. Sorenson 3 is NOT an editing codec. Follow Raf’s advice and use MPEG Streamclip to encode the footage as something else…like DV/NTSC or DV50. Something you find in the EASY SETUPS of FCP. Anything else will cause issues.
Shane
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Sorry Shane I guess I should have been a bit more descriptive, it would not be the problem if it was converted into the a proper FCP editing format.
He never actually said what he converted them to, all he said was that he covered them with Sorensen 3.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!
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