• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  PAL to NTSC in Compressor – Newbie question

  Posted by Evaldo Vicente on February 18, 2013 at 5:23 pm

  Hi,

  This is kind of a newbie question – please forgive my ignorance:
  I have 10 files taped in Portugal (PAL) that need to be transcoded to NTSC, for use on broadcast TV here in Canada. I am using Compressor with the Apple ProRes 422 HD codec, but it is taking forever… a typical 30GB file (about 01:15:00 run time) takes no less than 60 hours, and the output file measures at about 130GB.

  Any suggestions or workarounds that would allow me to do it faster – using only what I have, btw?

  Here is my setup:
  Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 (Compressor 3.5.3, Cinema Tools 4.5.1)
  MacBook Pro 2009 with OS X Lion (10.7.5)

  Here are the original files specs:
  File format: QuickTime movie
  MPEG 2 Video, Linear PCM, Timecode
  1920 x 1080
  25 FPS
  Compressed with XDCAM HD422 1080i50
  2 audio channels @ 48.00 Khz

  And these are the settings I am using for transcoding in Compressor:
  File format: QuickTime movie
  Codecs: Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Timecode, Linear PCM
  1920 x 1080
  29.97 FPS
  2 audio channels at 48.00 Khz.

  Any input greatly appreciated.

  Thanks.

  Evaldo Vicente replied 13 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  February 18, 2013 at 5:46 pm

  [Evaldo Vicente] “Any suggestions or workarounds that would allow me to do it faster – using only what I have, btw?”

  https://www.nattress.com

  STANDARDS CONVERTER. Use the footage in your timeline, but apply this plugin.

  Shane
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  Mark Spano

  February 19, 2013 at 6:13 pm

  Using only what you have, I’d say that’s about it. Your current offline file-to-file conversion will not get any faster than that, unless you had multiple systems to string together in a cluster.

  However, your time may be more valuable than the cost of a Blackmagic Teranex 2D. You can play out of one system and have each episode converted in real time by the 2D and recapture the converted output on another system. The conversion looks good and you would be saving 50+ hours each time.
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  Evaldo Vicente

  February 19, 2013 at 7:39 pm

  Thanks Shane,

  I will give this plug-in a try.
  Thanks.

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