• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  MPEG-2 into FCP

  Posted by Bill Grist on October 25, 2010 at 12:54 pm

  I have looked for this specific problem but have failed to find it.

  I am doing a small job for a client, but this sort of thing is not my core business, so I’m technically am not good enough to understand all the issues I’m facing.

  Client supplied MPEG-2 footage.
  I have Wondershare Video Converter Pro (not too impressed – no controls to speak of)
  Converted to mp4.

  Imported into FCP.

  Problem is, getting classic deinterlace look – jagged lines. But I think the problem is at the MPEG-2 conversion stage and I have no control over that.

  Any ideas?

  I have a Intel Imac and FCP 7.0.3

  Output will be H264

  EDIT: WOOPS. Ah, have just worked out that some controls on Wondershare are there but not accessible on drop-downs…

  My bad

  Rafael Amador replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Andy Mees

  October 25, 2010 at 1:28 pm

  You want to use MPEG Streamclip, not wonderbread ideo convertor, and convert it to a proper (suitable) edit codec … DV50 would probably suffice.
  https://www.squarebox.com
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  Bill Grist

  October 25, 2010 at 2:07 pm

  Bless you
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  Bill Grist

  October 25, 2010 at 4:24 pm

  For anyone who finds themselves in the same place, Uncompressed 8 bit output from the Quicktime options worked a dream
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  Rafael Amador

  October 26, 2010 at 8:10 pm

  [Bill Grist] ” Uncompressed 8 bit output from the Quicktime options worked a dream”
  That’s the optimal codec for any 420/8b stuff conversion.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com

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