• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Horrible picture -system issue?

  Posted by Neil Weaver on July 15, 2009 at 3:12 pm

  Hi all,
  A client’s complaining that a video I did for them looks heavily pixellated on their projector. And indeed it does. Looks awful in fact. There’s nothing wrong with the video – or the DVD – it was shot and chopped in 1080HD, compressed to DVD through compressor, and on any ordinary player/screen looks fantastic.

  They’re playing it from the DVD drive of a cheap Dell desktop through Roxio. Is there anything I can do, like recompress using a particular codec that will optimise the video for a projector – or do they just have to accept that it’s their lousy system?

  Thanks in advance!

  Steve Eisen replied 16 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Thaxter Clavemarlton

  July 15, 2009 at 3:22 pm

  What do other DVD’s look like on that system?
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  Chris Babbitt

  July 15, 2009 at 3:40 pm

  I always tell my clients, “If you want the best (and most reliable) result, don’t use a computer to play your DVD. In this case, it sounds like either the computer or the projector is set up incorrectly, i.e. screen resolution, etc.
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  Steve Eisen

  July 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm

  Play from a DVD player. Connect the DVD player directly to the projector via RGB/Component for best quality. If you do not have a RGB/Component cable, S-Video then Composite are your other options.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Board of Directors
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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