Cross Platform Export for Broadcast TV usage

[Gary Milligan]

[Doug Calhoun] “I’m curious why not export a REF to Compressor or BitVice or can’t BitVice use a REF movie?”

Yes, BitVice can use a REF movie, but in the past I’ve had some unexplained failures such as freeze frames when there shouldn’t be, or just a black movie. There can also be issues with gamma levels changing if there is more than one codec used in the timeline – that can also be a problem when exporting a Self-contained movie, in which case one would need to export as a QuickTime using something other than ‘None” in the compression setting, and then yes, it is re-compressed. Since using either a QuickTime or Self-contained movie in BitVice I’ve never had results with these kinds of problems.

However, I do not consider myself an authority on this – it’s just the way I’ve interpreted and practise the workflow and I reserve the right to be wrong.

Gary

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