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DVCPro50/Kona3/FCP6 not playing nicely
I had a 10-Bit uncompressed SD timeline that I needed to take offsite to master so I exported a QT with DVCPro50. Brought the new file is and tested it out, it looked horrible, jaggies and pixelated. have to master other files so I took this file with me. That same file on my MBP with Io out to a Digibeta was just fine.
Seems like DVCPro codecs are not working correctly with FCP6 and the Kona3 card. Anyone else having problems?
System is 8-core Intel, AJA Kona driver 4.0, OS 10.4.9 File on an external Sata drive. Also tested on my SATA RAID
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5 Replies
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What frame size was the dv50 file? 720×480 or 486? You 10 bit timeline is 486, the dv 50 file should have 4 pixels cropped from top and 2 from the bottom to get you to 480.
Jeremy
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the DV50 is 480 – note the movie file is fine. Mastered just fine with the Io and FCP5.1.4
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Try running the 10 bit movie through an advanced format conversion of compressor instead of Qt export.
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You wouldn’t happen to be looking at it on an HD LCD monitor? they all line-double SD, looks terrible. judge it only on an SD monitor.
steve covello
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Jeremy – the file is fine, I’m sure the adv features can make it better but that is not the issue that I’m posting here.
Steve, I have a SD TV (using the analog component from the Kona 3) and a Apple 23″ LCD (SDI to DVI) so I can set it to actual pixels only. Both look bad.
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