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Exporting small Quicktime from HDV Native – Help! Tried Everything
Hello,
I researched a lot before posting here, but, since a I have a serie of issues, I haven`t found an answer to my problem yet.
I’m using a 17 inches macbook pro, 1GB ram with final cut 6.0.
I filmed and edited a short film in native HDV (used sony Z1 camera). I have completed the editing part and now I want to send it to a friend so he can edit the sound in pro tools. He uses an old pro tools and quicktime player, so he can’t import a QT with a “new” codec like H.264 (yeah, it sux). He also uses a pc, so I can’t send him DVD with a file with more than 2 gigs, because the file will appear incomplete in his computer. The film lenght is 27 minutes.
So, I want to export a Sorenson Video 3 (or some other old codec) Quicktime with less than 2gb. I’ve tried this so far:
First:
– Export>use quicktime conversion>sorenson video 3>limit data rate to 7000 kbit>size 720×486 (16:9). The problem with this method is that I can never get a 16:9 image, always a 4:3, no matter what I change on the size part. And the export takes forever.Second:
– Export>Quicktime Movie>CUstom>Compressor sorenson Video 3>
limit data rate to 700 kbytes. Well, this is where I started having a lot of problems. First, the estimated time is always above 5 hours. Second, almost every time I try to export, Final Cut unexpectedly quits or gives me a “general error” message after 4% or 5%. Third, when the exporting process finishes (which is very rare) the quicktime size is like 5gbs (almost the same size as the current settings), no matter which data rate I choose. Btw, I already tried trashing my preferences and creating a new project.Third:
– I downconverted the HDV sequence to a DV NTSC sequence. I don’t know if I did it right. I just copied all my edit, pasted in a new standard DV sequence and rendered it. I had the same problems as the second method though. Final cut quits and 5gbs files. Only diference was that the exporting was a lot faster (thank god). I also got the impression that the automatic rescaling changed my framing. Am I right?What should I do? How to export a propper 16:9 quicktime with using quicktime conversion? SD or HD, I don’t care.
Why my Final cut keeps quitting?
I thought I had a simple job on my hands, but I’m starting to go crazy with it. Someone please HELP!Thanks,
Bernardo.
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1 Reply
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Using quicktime conversion, select your codec. Sorensen is a useful codec and if that suits his Tools then that is good. Motion jpeg is another choice but ask the sound post people what they prefer.
Under size make the frame size 1024 x 486 pixels. This unsqueezes the anamorphic frame. 4:3 anamorphic is normal in standard def. External monitors do the unsqueeze. Using the 1024 x ratio does the unsqueeze on a computer monitor.
You don’t need to make a DV sequence, but if you want to do that then rather than copy pasting your HDV sequence, edit it in as a nest. Copy paste will lead to all sorts of sizing issues
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