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DVCproHD Performance
I created an animation in Lightwave rendering out in the DVCproHD codec. When I put it on a Final Cut timeline, it will only playback in Low res. All the other options (other than Dynamic) are grayed out under the RT drop down. I’m playing this on a G4 Powerbook 1.25ghz w/ a 2 drive SATA raid0 attached via PCMCIA. I can playback the .mov file using Quiktime in full res. I’ve set everything to Full/High in System Settings but, Med & High are still grayed out under the RT in the Sequence. I know my system can handle it (I’ve played back imported P2 files off the system drive in full res). What am I missing?
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Is it a DVCPro HD timeline? I’ve edited DVCPro HD on my G4 / 1.5 Powerbook and haven’t had any issues with it. Now if you’re looking at the FCP Canvas / Viewer, then yes, you will see a degraded image. Quicktime Player will play the file much more cleanly on the computer than FCP. FCP plays the file much more cleanly on an external monitor.
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[walter biscardi] “Is it a DVCPro HD timeline?”
Yes it is. I didn’t have the loss of quality when playing back the P2 footage fullscreen on the powerbook. Or maybe it just wasn’t as perceivable as the animation because it was live action. I’ll have to test that again.
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