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FCP 7 – Compressor to put on Thumb Drive
Hi,
OK, so I am working with FCP 7 and Compressor 3.5.3 (all part of FCP Studio 3).
I have a Smart TV that has USB ports on the side of it.
When I upgraded to Mavericks, my Adobe Encore is not opening up (All other Adobe products work fine). I burned Blu-Ray DVD’s on them. That is what I prefer to do.
Now, since I can’t burn Blu-Rays with Encore, I want to start to use Thumb Drives and SD Cards to put my finished projects on so I can put them in my TV and play them off the Thumb Drive or SD Card.
I have this 2 hour wedding in FCP 7, that was shot, imported and edited in HDV 1080i. I want to export it in HD and put it on a Thumb Drive so I can play it on my TV.
How can I make a High Def H.264 file from FCP using Compressor? Once I do this, do I just transfer that file to a Thumb Drive, bring it to my TV and press play? Will the video run smooth with no stuttering or anything like that?
How big of a Thumb Drive would I need to hold this file?
Thanks in advance
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3 Replies
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I’ve created my Smart TV thumb drive video’s not with Compressor, but with Adobe Media Encoder – which I presume you have since you have Encore.
After editing in FCP 7, I export a QuickTime move -I have done it in HDV at times, then bring that into AME. using the preset for h.264 HDTV 720P 29.97
For my purposes, AME is usually much faster than Compressor.
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Hi,
Thanks for the info. That seems like a good plan.
What about chapters? After I export it as a QT file, can I import it into Premiere, Add chapter markers to it, then bring it to Adobe Media Encoder and make it an h.264 HDTV 720P 29.97? Will it keep the chapters after I put it on a thumb drive?
Thanks in advance
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I have not tried to incorporate chapters into these projects – never saw the need, but I’m guessing that AME would not recognize an FCP marker.
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