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Exporting HD to quicktime
I am using FCS2 shooting with XDCAM EX1.
Mac Pro 2×3 GHz Quad-Core Intel.I am working on a 90sec project. and whenever I try to export the movie as a quicktime (480×270). it says it’s going to take 3 hours. When I used to do this same project in SD (720×480) it only took about 8 min. is there a special way I should be setting up my project to export/render faster??
Thank You,
John
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The EX1 shoots in a very complex manner. It records the image using a Long GOP (group of pictures) format, and working with that format takes a lot of horsepower. Converting it to another codec, and shrinking it, takes a lot of time. No way around that other than with faster processors.
SD and specifically DV is a much easier codec to work with, thus the export times are much shorter. Even DVCPRO HD is faster…it is that GOP that is the stumbling block.
Shane
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[John Place] “is there a special way I should be setting up my project to export/render faster?? “
Use Compressor.
Export a reference movie, then use Compressor to make your 480×270 web movie.
Jeremy
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