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dvd footage
I’m working on a commercial and the client gave me footage thats on a DVD to use. The color is not that great but I did color correction in FCP and it looks good. Can I use this footage to air on TV. The client is really wants to use this because it’s new images. Would this footage be good to use?
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6 Replies
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As long as the picture in the DVD has been highly compressed is important that you recover it with the best possible quality. So when you convert the MPG2 to .mov use at least DV50 as the codec.
rafael -
i am using dvcpro 50 as a compression and the master to tape with beta sp. I did the color correcting in fcp and the picture on the monitor looks good. is there anything else i should know?
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That’s right. Was just to point you that with DV50 you will extract better quality than with DV from the same DVD.
cheers,
rafael -
i digi the footage not extract it. with a dvd player with s-video. is hat ok
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In theory you could get better picture converting the MPG2 because the components don’t go to analog before being re-digitized. But If you are happy with the picture just go the S-Video way. Probably you won’t find no difference either way.
Cheers,
rafael -
You say at least DVCPRO 50. IS it because there’s a better codec? Especially if I’m intending to burn the footage into DVD.
I just made a Spec trailer from a DVD for my editing reel. I ripped the DVD with Mac The Ripper and converted the VOB files into quicktime movies with MPEG Streamclip. The codec I used was the Apple DV/DVCPRO. But I wasn’t completely happy with the 16:9 DVD I burned. It just didn’t look right. It only does when I burn it as a 16:9 matted inside a 4:3.
Will making the quicktime movies with a DVCPRO 50 codec solve this problem? Is there a better codec still?
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