flip video mino hd mp4’s into fcp and then to you tube – square pixels

[Michael Gissing]

What is the original camera pixel aspect & frame rate?

[Rafael Amador]

[Robin Rudy] ” Export to other formats– Advanced formats -selecting HDV 720p30 as the compression type. “
Hi Robin,
I think that the problem with the pixels is because you have selected HDV.
HDV have HD pixels. Your “flip video mino hd” I guess uses Square pixels.
You started with them, just stick with them. Computers have Square pixels. Web videos need to be Square pixels.

About the field order, your original footage is Progressive. keep it like that. Everything to be watched in a computer needs to be Progressive.

Also if you export to a QT movie, if you don’t want to go to 8/10b or process, don’t go to HDV. Is another big re-compression.
Think that you start with the “flip video mino”, then HDV, the H264 for YouTube. Then YouTube will re-compress it again.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Robin Rudy]

Thanks,

RE: What is the original camera pixel aspect & frame rate?

The original mp4 has these specs:

format: h.264 decoder 1280 X720
FPS 30
Data rate 10.37
normal size: 1280 x 720
current size: 1280 x 720 (actual)

Then I”m using mpeg streamclip to convert to QT to bring into FCP.

Rafael, thanks for telling me to use Progressive.

I’m sorry but I am not sure I understand your answer.

Considering the above specs, should I use HDV 720p30 in mpeg streamclip? If not, what should I use? and then should I use square pixels in the sequence settings since I am dealing with HD footage? I’m wondering if my workflow is correct. I’m testing one clip before I do all of them and I”m excited about getting going on the edit.

Kind thanks,
RR

MacBook Pro / Intel Core 2 Duo / 2.2 GHz /
2 GB memory / 800 MHz / FCP 5.1

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Robin,
Just keep all the specs of the original movie changing only the codec.
Go 1280 x 720, Progressive, Square pixels.
Select a good codec if you want to transcode with good quality: 8/10b Unc or Proress.

When you import the clips to FC, edit in a sequence with the same specs. You won’t need to render.

Don’t go to HDV. HDV is avery compressed format and do not use Square pixels. If you want to export your movie to HDV keeping the same aspect ratio, you would need go to 960×720.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Robin Rudy]

Thanks very much!

MacBook Pro / Intel Core 2 Duo / 2.2 GHz /
2 GB memory / 800 MHz / FCP 5.1

[Rita Escolero]

Hi,
I am new to the Flip HD camera and am confused as to how to edit the footage that it produces. I have used quick time pro to convert the footage to a .mov file and have used imovie and final cut pro to edit the clips, my issue now now is how do I export the file back to a HD file, using either imovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, etc.

Thanks,
-R.

[Ned Stresen-reuter]

Unfortunately,

Your response has very little help in it editing from these different capture devices into FCP 2 or 3 which Apple clearly claimed in their false sales pitch that “FCP 2 was a multi-cam editing for cutting video from multiple camera sources” (wikipedia)

Apple should have to reconcile these clearly false claims for all of us that have spent many many hours trying to get a program whose maker said their program could “fix” these format issues, but in truth offered no explanation except hour long rendering process’s for short clips regardless of your machines speed (Mac Pro 64 gig 3.2 8 processor). If we are going to continue paying these prices for these programs, WE have to demand better updates, programs, and explanations from the corporations that make these annoying but necessary products on how to solve these problems without an expensive work around.

Figure it out Apple, and FIX IT FOR FREE. Then you won’t have a lawsuit on your hands.