HDV QT exports have poor playback

[Walter Biscardi]

What are you exporting to? Are you playing the media off a fast hard drive or the system drive? We’re cutting an entire series in 1080i/50 DVCPro HD and don’t have any issues with QT exports playing off our media drives.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Joe Murray]

Hi Walter, I’m exporting to the same firewire 800 drive that the sequence is using with no problems. Setting are “export QT movie using current settings”
Output file is: Apple HDV 1080i50, 1440 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz, Data rate 26.57 mbits/sec – same as the capture clips. (I still have the old Cinewave card in there ?!?- oh happy days)

System Dual 2.5 G5. Apple 23′ monitor

[Walter Biscardi]

Not really sure then. HDV is a very weird codec and folks seem to have a lot problems with it that don’t affect other codecs. We convert all our HDV to DVCPro HD via the Kona card when we use that format.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Chris Poisson]

Joe,

If you don’t have a Kona card or a converter box, why not try exporting through Compressor to DVC Pro HD? It could take a while but it may work.

[Joe Murray]

Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a go, but wont the files be huge?

[13]

it could be an interlacing issue

try deinterlacing it

[Chris Poisson]

Files won’t be that huge, DVC Pro HD is compressed, but it looks great.

[Rafael Amador]

Did you try to set the QT player to”high quality”? Command-J. Click Video Track, and check the High Quality option.
Usually the QT plays at a medium quality.
Salud,
Rafael