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  RE: Compressor HD to DV and m4v settings

  Posted by Nelson May on March 24, 2011 at 11:45 pm

  I just want to know if anyone has a good recipe for using compressor to down convert from 720 to DV then onto ipod or iphone for Youtube etc. I have tried a few things and want to know what you guys like.

  Also if you are going to a DVD via 720 what do you do with field order, etc…..anything else that I didn’t mention?

  Curious.

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  Jeff Greenberg replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jeff Greenberg

  March 25, 2011 at 11:18 am

  Is there a reason you’d go from 720 to DV (first) and then to iPhone (second?)

  Compressor does a decent job of downconverting (with it’s defaults – upconversion is a different deal); as you downconvert, deinterlacing gets handled well. You shouldn’t worry about field order – compressor does it right in this case.

  I’d use the Apple DVD, iPhone and Youtube presets.

  Are they perfect? Maybe, maybe not. But why not try them first with 30-60 sec of your footage to see what you think.

  Best,

  Jeff G

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