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DVC Pro QT from AE plays back rough in FCP
Mac PowerPC 2.8Ghz quad, 4.5GB ram
DVC Pro QT from AE CS3, sequence settings match file, playback looks as if fields are doubled…nothing we do to the file or sequence helps playback.
used easy setup, nothing, changed fields nothing, 8 bit 10 bit nothing helps…
file plays back 100% correct in our AVIDs…
any suggestions?
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10 Replies
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DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, or DVCPRO (akin to DV)? If you rendered to DVCPRO HD with a raster of 1280 x 720, you’ll have problems since DVCPRO HD’s native raster is 960 x 720. If it is DVCPRO 720×480 that is strange indeed, being that it plays back correctly in your Avid systems.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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i believe it was 1280×1020…that is still strange that it plays back in AVID though. so is there a way in AE to change the aspect without screwing up the relationships of all the graphics in the composition?
Broadway Video, NYC
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or, are both aspects true 16×9?
Broadway Video, NYC
AVID/FCP editor/engineer -
1280 x 1020? Never heard of a frame size like that. Try a standard frame size.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Since Avid is going to want to work with OMF (or MXF in this case since it’s HD) the first thing Avid does is conform the media to format that it can work with most efficiently. It may not necessarily adjust the aspect ratio so the image may be skewed, but that’s how Avid is going to work with it.
Since Final Cut doesn’t do this, and since 1280 x 1020 isn’t a standard HD format that FCP will have an Easy Setup for, it’ll place it in the timeline but will require a render to playback. As far as exporting from AE, I’d recommend if you export a DVCPRO HD file, it needs to be 960×720, or you can export a 1280×720 file in ProRes which would work well too.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I believe Joe meant to say “1280×1080” which is a standard size and exists in the AE pull-down for DVCPro HD. It also exists as an “easy setup” in FCP. For some reason though, we are having trouble playing it back through Final Cut.
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yes, 1080…it was late, i was tired….
Broadway Video, NYC
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Turned out, we needed to DOWNGRADE our version of “Deck Link” (the controller for the Black magic card.) That did the trick. Weird.
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Thanks for posting your solution. Wish more folks would do that.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
but this only had to be done in one system…apparently, there is a mismatch of Quicktime, which I will look into, which may have caused an issue as well.
Broadway Video, NYC
AVID/FCP editor/engineer
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