FCP for Broadcast

[Dan Daube]

It looks like everybody has some great ideas for your side of the delivery.
Avid Newscutters likely are PC but really it may simply be the Avid import settings. You are sending Quicktime, but are you using the Avid QT codec? Free download, though hard to find on Avid’s site.
Last we saw it was here:
https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=263545
That might aid their import provided all your Compressor or transcoder settings are 4×3 centercut, broadcast color safe, 720×480 and so on as discussed.
Many NBC stations are actually DVCPro, but can’t think that really would make much difference though.

Funny what constitutes “broadcast” now especially for an “old” D2, Digibeta guy! 😉

Dan Daube
Director-Editorial Turner Studios Atlanta
Manager Multiple Systems-FCP 7.0.1 AJA Kona

[Andrew Kimery]

[Jason Ingersoll] “Format is native Sony XDCAM EX which is HDV. I have a black magic decklink HD extreme card. Color correction done in final cut with broadcast safe. “
Just FYI, the native format for that camera is the XDCAM EX codec which is not the same as HDV. You can drop the quality down to shoot at HDV resolution (1440×1080 @25Mbps), but I don’t know if it officially conforms to the HDV specs or not.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Michael Gissing]

[Misha Tenenbaum] ”
By the way DV/NTSC is the same as DV25″

But with different frame rates.

[Jason Ingersoll]

I have uploaded 2 videos one in DV NTSC format and one in AVID DV format thanks to the link posted above they are checking it out now. Thanks for all the help.

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