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DVPAL CODEC tooooooooo bad compression
hi all
i am aroonz. working in a new channel in india…the channel will be launched within a weeks time…
But i am facing a serious problem…
I made a montage in after effects and i want that to be put in FCP server s o that they can play it..We have been using DVPAL 48 compression, which is one of the default settings in FCP…but the quality is too bad for a graphic video.. ITS TOO BAD…
i tried many other codecs but when the quality is ok, they are unable to play it from the server..
i tried custom settings where i exported the same video using dvpal setting
and with no compression ..the quality was great but they couldnt play it from the server..i could open the same clip in quicktime…So the situation is that if i get good quality for the clip, i cant play it from the server…
please provide me with some expert advice
thanx
aroonz -
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[aroonzfx] “i tried custom settings where i exported the same video using dvpal setting
and with no compression ..the quality was great but they couldnt play it from the server..i could open the same clip in quicktime…”Well, if DV PAL is the only that works off the server, sounds like it’s more of a server issue than what you’re doing. The best way to provide video for broadcast is uncompressed 8 or 10bit, but if they can’t play it, you’ll have to deliver DV PAL to ensure that it even plays.
With DV, graphics suffer but the video itself should look good. If your video quality is not good either, then I would look at the original footage and make sure it was shot correctly and the camera person did not add a lot of gain. Also, the make of DV camera makes a lot of difference in the quality of the video as well. A higher / pro quality DV camera will yield far better video quality than a cheap consumer model.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I made the experience that exporting in lossless avi format and then compress this avi file to DV PAL gave better results then just exporting to DV Pal…. especially when using graphics or Text in AE….
just my 2 cents…
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the server is too slow.
but DV footage can be played back from USB2.0 or Firewire400 drives no problem, so the servers must be going really slow. -
This is an interesting aspect! Do you compress with another software than?
Axel -
Actually yes. I use Quicktime 7 Pro to convert my lossless avi files to every other format, because QT is really fast and easy to use on this.
Just open the Avi file with you Quicktime Pro 7 and choose file–>export.
I really got better results then just exporting to DV Avi using AE.
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Good idea – thank you very much!
Axel
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