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  • Re: Troubleshooting codec or sequence settings

    Posted by Melaku Zenebe on August 8, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    I have footage 720x 576. codec: DVC-PAL

    The footage is perfect once i play it back after capture.
    I brought it into fcp and after a bit of editing i decided to watch it back on the full screen and it looks very grainy.

    What am i doing wrong??

    When i scroll along the clip details in fcp it says under compressor that its DV-PAL 25 fps, and my sequence matches that DV-PAL.

    I am very confused any ideas??

    Any help will be very much appreciated…thanks.

    Melaku Zenebe replied 14 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    August 8, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Does the video look better just playing back from the camera when viewed on a video monitor or TV set? If so, it’s shot that way…

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  • Melaku Zenebe

    August 8, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Yes it looks fine once played back it quicktime player on my mac. But as soon as i bring it into FCP and view it back it looks grainy.

    Does that mean ive got no chance saving it? I was thinking trying a noise filter to help make it look better? If this doesnt do it I would have to give the person the entire captured footage rushes as a whole to the client for them to view on a DVD.

  • Jerry Hofmann

    August 8, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Set the canvas or viewer size to 100%, and see if it looks the same.

    Jerry

  • Melaku Zenebe

    August 8, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Yes it still looks the same.

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