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export to betacam
Hello the Cow.
Little bug that i can t figure out !
I m trying to convert some video i shot with panasonic hvx200 on p2. Now edit and export as a self contain movie with fcp in 720p 30pn. I try to down convert to an apple pro res 4.2.2 or uncompressed 8 bit directly with final cut, or sending to compressor, or with quicktime from the self contain movie. Etheir way, trying to get a apple pro res 4.2.2 , non Hd, ntsc 720/480, letterboxed, 29.97 framerate. Its a 1 min promo i want then to transfert to betacam. It seems to take really to long and to much space. I end up with a nine hour export and some 200 gig of space. any idea ? first time i do this export and i have no ref !
thanks BART
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3 Replies
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Doing it within FCP will not yield great results. Where are you going to have it laid back to Betacam? If they are using FCP with a LHe, they can downconvert in realtime as they lay it back to tape. It will down convert in realtime, and it will look very good. If you have a lot of motion graphics in your piece though, the downconversion might introduce moire that wasn’t there in HD.
I would find out what the dub house wants first.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Thanks Mr Sanchez, actually the place can downconvert it for me , but they charge a ridiculous amount for that and i m pretty sure i can do it myself. I asked them for what kind of file the want and they said either a prores4.2.2 or 8bit uncompressed, ntsc frame rate and frame size , with a letterbox of course to keep my nice 16:9 look. I tried with compressor and with quicktime also that gave me the same result, and i also post in the compression forum : so here more details ( i still have no answer, i went to sleep !) :
so i have a Mac pro 2 X 3 GHZ dual-core intel Xeon with 4 g of Ram, running OS 10.5.6
I m using the fcp studio 2 : compressor 3.0.5
FCP : 6.0.5
quicktime pro : 7.6.0
the source media is dvcpro HD 720p60 (shoot at 30PN with a hvx200a)
out put as a self contain movie directly from FCP as dvcpro HD 720p60
Then i try to compress it to be or prores 4.2.2 or uncompress 8 bit with a ntsc format 4:3 720×480 , letterboxed to keep my nice 16:9 look at 29,97 frame rate.
i ve tried a couple other export and i m know with a 14,64 Gig file of 2:45 min. Exept the frame size, the codec i can see that the bit rate as a huge difference : 59 109 for the original and 762 261 for the export one. The original one is 1.14 gig.
Any idea ? thanks again to help me. I can pay to have it done, but i would really want to understand, cause i m pretty sure i have everything with me to do it properly.
Thanks, hopefully i will be smater tonight cause of you guys !
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When you drop it into compressor, and set the conversion (using the Advanced Format Conversions presets) make sure that “Frame Controls” in the inspector is turned on. Set the resizing method to the highest quality, same with the frame rate if you’re adjusting that. I will warn you, this will take a very long time. Also, it will do a good job, but truth be told, a hardware conversion would do a better job.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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