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Best Compression from DVD
Hello all, I have a question, hince the reason I’m here. I did a search already and found some answers but not everything. I have a client who has given me home movies of his kid playing basketball on DVD’s. I’m using the program Mpeg Streamclip, but now I’m worried quality.
I want to know what is the best compression in Mpeg Streamclip for editing video from DVDs where I won’t loose too much quality? Video is intended to go online and on dvd’s. I thought I had ProRes codec but I don’t.
FCP 5
Macbook Pro
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4 Replies
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You’re looking for the best codec, not the best compression. Use DVCPro50, sometimes listed as DV50 in QT.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Thanks, yeah sorry about that, I’m looking for the best codec. Now will the DVCPro50 work well in FCP?
I originally had ripped the DVD using H.264 but I realized its only a finishing codec. Then I tried the DV-NTSC codec from that H.264 file, and saw I was loosing some quality, but will ripping it from the DVD at DVCPro5 be better?
Thanks again
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Video ripped from a DVD can’t get any better than DV50. Unlike DV which operates in 4:1:1 color space, DV50 operates in 4:2:2 color space. It won’t make the video appreciably better, but text and graphics will be a lot better.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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DV50 will also hold up better for the reencoding.
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