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Choppy Playback in Viewer!
Hey guys,
Here’s some of my Imac specs to help you out
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHzI’m running OSX 10.6.4
I’m pretty new to FCP. I just switched over from I-Movie to the newest version of Final Cut Studio (with FCP 7).
Basically what I’m making is a highlight video of my favorite MMA Fighter. There is not much quality footage of his fights online, so I’ve decided to rip some DVDs of his fights that I own and use those to edit with.
My problem: When I rip the DVD (using Handbrake) and import it into FCP7, it’s playback is very choppy in the viewer. So much so that it is basically un-editable.
Ive looked and looked all over the internet, and have discovered that my problem may be the fact that I’m using Handbrake (something to do with the H.264 video codec it uses).
So, does anybody have any suggestions for me as to what may be the problem, or as to what program I should switch to to solve the problem?I’ve tried compressing the Ripped files that Handbrake makes using FFmpegX and it does make the video editable and play smoothly in the playback, BUT the issue here is that it takes away from the quality. I cannot have that with this video I’m making, my goal is to keep the upmost quality possible. If anybody can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated!!
If you need more information for me please let me know! I’ve heard some suggestions with MPEG Streamclip, which I do have, but so far even converting it with that is still choppy 🙁 -
6 Replies
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Always rip to a mov file w/ FCP.
Use Mpeg StreamClip and rip to a DV 720 X 480 Lower fields 29.97 fps
It’ll play just fine IF:Don’t put media on the same drive as ur OS. Use a second internal Hard Drive or several of them stripped or a External Raid or Firwire drive for your media.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta -
Thanks for the advice. Could you tell me how I would go about ripping a DVD in Mpeg Streamclip? I’ve used it for converting video formats into something else, but never for ripping straight from a DVD.
Also, I would like to rip only a certain PART of the DVD rather than the whole thing to minimize the file size. Is this possible with Streamclip?
I’ll look into the Firewire thing, I’ve heard that advice before but right now I’m storing my media on a WD Smartbook 500 gig External HD and its using USB. It only has one connection in the back, but I’m not sure if its also firewire compatible. I’ll have to check that out.
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USB is not recommended for video editing. Get urself a Ext. FW drive.
If u don’t have prores – choose dv50
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta -
Wow man, thank you so much. It worked great! Flows smoothly in FCP now.
The quality is only VERY, VERY slightly changed, but I can live with it.
Since my goal is to get as CLOSE to the original DVD quality as possible, I’d like to ask you a couple more questions.1). If I were to change the size of the video (here you told me to choose 720 x 480) to a larger size, such as 1920 x 1080, would the quality be better? Or does this size make it even harder to edit within FCP? I dont mind making the file sizes larger, I’m just worried about it being great quality and being editable.
2). In the screen capture that you sent, I noticed there was also an option for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
Would this make a noticeable difference in quality? Or would it just take up a ton more file space and not make a difference?Thank you so much for your advice, you’ve saved me!
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DVD (not Blue-Ray) is only 720 X 480 – choosing any size larger will only degrade the image.
You will not benefit from the PRHQ as the color info is not there in the dvd file anyway. Anything over DV50 is wasted overkill when ripping a DVD. IMO
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta -
Once again man, thank you for all of your help with this issue.
Before I get started too far in my project, I was wondering, what should I switch my Sequence Settings in FCP to? My understanding of the sequence settings is that it changes the properties of your entire timeline…is this correct? For now, I have it set up the same way that you set up the settings in MPEG Streamclip (DV NTSC, 720×480, etc etc). Was this a good thing for me to do?
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