• Compression Techniques

  1440x1080i HDV to 720×480 MPEG-2

  Posted by Jcompton on May 15, 2007 at 4:58 pm

  I have a 1440 x 1080i HDV file in Final Cut Pro 5 that I want to
  export as a 720×480 MPEG-2 file. I have Compressor and Compression Master. Should I simply export the FCP sequence to Compressor and
  use it to make a 720×480 MPEG-2 file? Any help is greatly apreciated.

  Jcompton replied 19 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Cade Muhlig

  May 16, 2007 at 10:58 pm

  there are many ways to do this, most of which i have recently tried,
  and the simplest way to do it is to
  >export to compressor
  >chose dvd fastest encode (looks the same as best quality), all
  >*important* double click your mpeg-2 entry under setting,
  under the video format tab, set the field dominance to Bottom first.
  >then if your taking it to dvd studio, change your preferences there also to bottom first.

  another way is to export with quicktime to dvcprohd 720p, then to compressor normally. but the top way is faster.

  -cade
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  Jcompton

  May 18, 2007 at 4:58 pm

  Worked like a charm. Thanks.

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