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DV PAL Codec question
My Situation:
I’m shooting DV PAL (I’m in the UK) – delivering an EPK / B Roll (insert whatever term you prefer) file via FTP to TV news.
My dilemma:
The DV PAL codec is horrid. Do I use a different codec and deliver it encoded like that, or do I stick to DV PAL so the news folk know what they are getting? I’m guessing the latter but if anyone knows any better I’d be very grateful if you’d share.
Thanks.
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7 Replies
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I bet they have specs for FTP delivery in tv-station. You haveave to stick with those specs, so ask them and you are on the right track.
In generally DV is ok for news. -
Thanks, good advice – only prob is that there are potentially many broadcasters…. and potetially none as none is guaranteed. I think you’re right though – DV is fine – it’s just a hideous format.
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Hi James,
If you are sending just DV rushes without further processing, there is no benefit to transcode to something different.
If you are processing the footage some how before sending, PhotoJPEG 75% is a very good option.
422 and files smaller than DV.
Rafael -
Apart from a load of chroma scrunching, is it really that bad?
Alan
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[James Martin] “The DV PAL codec is horrid.”
Horrid compared to higher Codecs, perhaps, but it can be sweetend, search this forum.
BTW DV NTSC is worse.Cheers
Alexander -
Silly question: how do you know that the DV-PAL codec is horrid? Are you watching the result using Quicktime Player on the Mac? Because QT Player, by default, shows DV-encoded videos in low quality, and it indeed looks awful; you have to go to Window/Movie Properties/Video Track (the wording of the options might not be exact, I’m going from memory) and enable the “high quality” checkbox to see how it will really look like.
Excuse me if you already know this or it has nothing to do with your situation. It’s just that I’ve seen this mistake bite *a lot* of people.
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Our beloved DV is not horrid, is just DV.
For many years was my exclusive working format.
What many of us have learnt is to avoid to re-compress to DV.
Only in case of Printing to tape.
Cheers,
rafael
PS: As Alex points the DV picture can be highly improved in FC.
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