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Best Codec for work in Final Cut Pro
Hi!
I have a nice custom A/V preset that I use for projects, but the only thing i’m not sure about/can’t figure out, is the compression typeMPEG, MOV, None, H264, etc
i’ve tried so many,
some don’t seem to even play while working,
some look poor,
some look good, but aren’t smooth (inconsistant, jittery frame rate)it’s making me rather nuts.
could someone suggest what I should be using?
so far MPEG4 is what i’ve been using, but the fluidity isn’t what I want to settle for (pretty smooth, but occaisional jerksthanks much
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6 Replies
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Is this output format, or input footage format?
none if its an input format…
if output… it depends on what you need to do with it… for example I use H.264 all the time for demos and streaming HD… but if your doing say animation performance review H.264 is not so good with frame blending and all… you’d want something like animation or Pixelet… now if were talking DVD then is it HD or not MPEG2 or H.264, if web I would say hands down H.264 best compression to quality ratio if you know what your doing…
hope this makes sense…
Simon Carlson-Thies,
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Thats a bit like asking what kind of car you should buy.
You have not told us anything about what kind of projects you are working on, what kind of equipment you have, what format your footage is and how you are capturing it. Cant really make a recommendation until you do that.
I will tell you that MPEG, H264, and None are not editing codecs and will not yield good performance in FCP.
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I havent been getting good performance no..
Unlimited RT only has ‘full quality’ and Use playback settings…
not what I’m used to..Anyway, this is the format simply for working in final cut, i want good performance and at least close to 100% of what the final quality will look like,
true frame rate is important,my projects are feature films, 852X480, 30p, pixels are square
i’m capturing from a Canon GL2 in 16:9anyway,
I know my project compressor and my final export compression can/will be different,the final destination for these is in a file format, not necissarily DVD, i want the aspect ratio to be what it is above (the corrected 720X480 16:9 res)
so,
I guess this has become two questions, what should I use for working in FCP, and what should I use when exporting the final, completed movie? -
You are really overthinking this. The GL2 is a DV camera. Use the DV-NTSC Anamorphic Easy Setup.
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Ok.
thanks,
and sorry.. :SWill doing that give me RT extreme back as well?
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yes.
good luck.
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