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Having to render ProRes4444 in timeline even when sequence settings match clip settings
This has been bugging me for years, usually I don’t have the problem as I edit with ProRes422(HQ) but I need to use ProRes4444 at the moment and I can’t seem to work out why I’m having to render each shot.
Here are some test results converting the same H.264 file to ProRes4444 in four different programs. YES/NO having to render the clip in a ProRes4444 timeline in FCP7 matching the clip settings.
Quicktime 7 – YES have to render
MPEG Streamclip – NO
Compressor 4.1 – NO
Compressor 3 – YESAll programs convert exactly the same file and settings. Here are screenshots of the file’s specs using the different programs. Maybe you can tell me why I’m having to render the Quicktime7 and Compressor 3 files and not the others.
Quicktime 7 file:
MPEG Streamclip file:
Compressor 4.1 file:
Compressor 3 file:
As you can see the only difference with the Compressor 3 and Compressor 4.1 file is the Media/UUID Is that the only reason why I’m having to render the clip? What is Media/UUID?
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Note that the chroma sampling on the first two is 4:2:2. The last two its 4:4:4. ProRes 444 should be 4:4:4
Shane
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MPEG STREAMCLIP one also says the format is QUICKTIME, and all the others say MPEG 4 as format.
Shane
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Thanks for the help Shane, that explains a few things.
I don’t know why Quicktime and MPEG Streamclip encoded 4:2:2 and a bitrate of 192Mbps/s, both times I selected ProRes4444.
Unless Quicktime reads the H.264 file bitrate first and decides that it doesn’t need anything over 192Mbps, otherwise I don’t know.
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