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File (menu) > Export > Quicktime Movie… > check the “Make Movie Self-Contained” box > OK

[Arnie Schlissel]

[cjohnsen] “What is the best export method to give a tv station a quicktime mov for boadcast?”

You have to ask the station.

Each TV station at every network has their own, in house way of doing things. What may seem simple & intuitive at one station, may seem completely alien to another down the block, even it it’s owned by the same parent!

And it’s entirely possible that the station you want to deliver to has to jump through 2 or more hoops to get the file from disk to air. If they have to jump through 1 hoop, that’s one too many, as far as they’re concerned.

You really need to speak to an engineer at the station you’re delivering to to find out EXACTLY what their requirements are.

Arnie
https://www.arniepix.com

[Max Frank]

Hi,

Whilst we’re on the subject – can anyone please explain to me what ‘make movie self-contatined’ actually does.

Thanks in advance,

Wayne

2DP G5, 3.5GB RAM, FCP HD

[Matt Murray]

Make movie self contained exports a full res QT movie of your project.
If you uncheck that option, you are exporting references to your project, not the actual video itself.
Matt Murray
Lineside Productions
Wellington, FL
https://www.edgesportfishing.com
Florida Sailfish videos, pictures and more

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[Wayne K.] “can anyone please explain to me what ‘make movie self-contatined’ actually does.”

It creates a NEW file that is the COMPLETE version of the entire timeline.
In the DV codec, it is identical to making a copy back out to a DV tape (the same digital info that goes to the tape.)
If a production facility has the ability to play DV material, it can import the QT file from the disc and use it any way they want.
That’s why, given CJOHNSEN’s original question, I gave this answer (it will be the same quality as giving the station a DV tape.)

Saying the station may or may not ACCEPT this on a disc… that was not part of the original question. Of course it should be determined what a station accepts before making them any copy.

BTW, if you do NOT check “Make Movie Self-contained”, the QT will need to reference much of the ORIGINAL captured files on your disc to actually play, so a NON-self-contained movie won’t play when output, by itself, to a removable disc.

[Tom Matthies]

Check with the station for exactly which file format they need to make it work. Sometimes a digital file might not be the best way to go. We do spots for one client who always pushes the deadline for getting his spots done to the limit…usually the day before it’s supposed to air.
We had a “request” from out local Fox station to FTP spots to them when this happens. After checking with the station, it was determined that a file sent as a Merdien Compressed (Avid) file would work. All we needed to do was to FTP the file to their site. The FCP site for the station was a corporate site (the “Flagship” station) in another city. After transferring the spot to the FTP site (about an hour to transfer) the local Fox station had to retreive the spot from the corporate FCP site to their station…about another hour to do that. After it was saved on their server (locally) they transfered it into their Avid system and played it out to Beta SP. They then took that tape into the engineering area, on another floor, and encoded it into their On-Air server for broadcast.
Whew! What a long trip and a lot of hoops to jump through to “save” a little time. Now, since the Fox station is about a five minute drive from our facility, I just drive it over there at the end of the day and it actually gets there hours sooner. I live a few blocks from the station, so it’s no big deal to just drop it off.
I guess that all digital file sharing is the way of the future, but sometimes you just can’t beat the “sneakernet” method of delivery.
The moral of the story: Technology ain’t all it’s cracked up to be…sometimes. The newest way to deliver a spot isn’t always the best. Ask the hard questions before delivering the spot and make it easy on everyone.
Tom