I already edited H.264

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I already edited H.264

Posted by Jamey Barr on December 25, 2010 at 9:35 am

I made the mistake of editing and completing a small project for a web video that was shot on a 5D thus H.264 codec. I have had lots of issues along the way but I have completed it and I am having issues exporting. Is there any good way to change my sequence codec and then re-export?

Jamey Barr replied 15 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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Rafael Amador
December 25, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Try it.
Set Prores and export.
Your Mac won’t explode.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com
Jerry Hofmann
December 25, 2010 at 7:56 pm

Yeah, and if that fails (be sure to check the exported file, as it may not be what’s in the sequence), then you need to transcode each shot you’ve used to ProRes, and conform a new sequence to these transcoded files.

Live and learn?

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

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Jamey Barr
December 27, 2010 at 4:27 am

I tried to export the h.264 sequence using the prores codec and the resolution and lost frames and other issues were still there. So I then just right clicked on the sequence within FC and selected send to Compressor then converted it, and it created a .mov file that seems to have corrected the issues.

Does anyone have any opinions or comments on that?

Thanks
Jamey
Jerry Hofmann
December 27, 2010 at 12:08 pm

You’re experience isn’t the norm… but if the self contained ProRes version of the sequence is OK, the compression for delivery should also work OK.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
Jamey Barr
December 27, 2010 at 9:46 pm

Cool, thanks. I’m starting to understand, I think. 🙂

Jamey

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