Canon 5D MKII Video Files – What to convert to?

[Ryan Baldwin]

Thanks. Do experts monitor the beginners forum? I do not want a beginner question answered by a beginner.

Will I see a performance in rendering if I use Compressor over Final Cut Pro’s batch export option?

[Kevin Monahan]

Many of the same fine people monitoring this forum are on the basics forum. Beginners would not be allowed to host a forum. Never fear to ask any question there.

The reason that beginners should go there is to not clog up this forum with questions that get asked over and over again.

That being said: I would use compressor, especially if I had a multi-core machine. Multiple cores can help the transcode process go more quickly.

Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

[David Bogie]

Ryan, we all had to stat someplace, welcome to the family.

The Canon DSLR’s video capabilities is a huge meme on hundreds of Canon user and amateur video forums. Just put the model # into google and get ready for a few hours of patient reading.

The ProLost site not for beginners because the author, über-shooter/effects maven Stu Maschwtiz, presumes you are at least a competent photographer and at least an experienced video editor but this is an excellent resource:

prolost.com/og

And, Ryan, you could make a delightfully valuable contribution to the community by carefully composing your experiences into a competent post. Your real world experience will help the thousands of Canon DSLR users who will come after you seeking the same information.

bogiesan

[Michael Gorczynski]

Let us be a little more exact here. Picking frame rate properly is very important. If there is audio that was recorded at 30fps to match the camera and you compress the footage at 29.97… after 1 second of playback the audio will be off by .o3 frames… After about 35 seconds your audio will be off by 1 frame. Not a big deal right? Well apply that math to a 45 min project with direct lip sync ie interviews, singing…ect and you have a really big problem on your hands.