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Horizontal Line EVILNESS – HELP
First, please excuse the dramatic subject line… I’m just really frustrated.
Here’s a rundown of my issue. First, my equipment and workflow:
Shooting with Canon XH-A1. HDV, 1080/60i. I use Final Cut Studio 2 to edit. Last, I normally use QuickTime Conversion when exporting. I go with a 1440×1080 size. I have tried a number of codecs, including: 422 Pro Res, 422 Pro Res (HQ), H.264, HDVi60, etc, etc.
Regardless of what I try, I seem to continue seeing those nasty horizontal lines, particularly when the camera moves.
I’ve tried using the “deinterlace” filter, only to find the results are even more horrible.
Can anyone offer any suggestions, explanations, workflows, or possible solutions?
Thank you in advance.
Phillip Anthony
“save, save, save”
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16 Replies
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How are you monitoring now when seeing the horizontal lines and what is the final destination for this video? The answers to your questions can only be accurately answered here if you tell us where you ultimately intend to show the video (broadcast, the web, DVD?)and how you’re looking at it now.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Hello David, and thank you for taking the time to address my issue.
My “monitor” is actually a Sony Bravia 32″ television. However, my final destination is DVD. The horizontal lines aren’t as bad when viewing on DVD/television, but I can still see them. If you’d like, I’d be happy to email you a quicktime file to give you a better look. Obviously the file is compressed a bit more in order to email, but I think you’ll get the picture – no pun intended.
Kindest Regards,
Phillip
Phillip Anthony
“save, save, save”
The FCP Evangelist -
Don’t use Qt Conversion. Use Quicktime Movie and current settings and then do all you trancoding in Compressor.
Jeremy
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I would agree with Jeremy, because it seems you’re doing nothing else wrong. Typically we hear from a lot people who view only on their computer monitors and of course they see the interlace. But, if you’re seeing off a DVD on your TV that’s not right.
So, export a Quicktime Movie at current settings and import that into Compressor, or just export from FCP using Compressor. Both have pluses and minuses, but are both are far and away better than anything you’ll get out of QT Conversion.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Hey Jeremy
What if when I export to Quicktime movie, a FCP movie file (Sequence 1) is created perfectly but when I export to Quicktime movie for the second sequence it creates a FCP movie file (Sequence 1a) and several other files titled Sequence 1a-av1, Sequence 1a-av2…None of these files work in Compressor. Why is it doing this? How can I get the export qicktime movie option to make only one FCP moive file like the first sequence?Thanks
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It sounds like your media drive is formatted improperly.
How is the drive you are exporting to formatted? Is it an external drive?
Jeremy
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Yes, its a Lacie external drive.
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OK. Do me a favor. I need to know how it’s physically formatted internally.
open disk utility (applications > utilities > disk utility)
Highlight the name of the lacie drive. on the bottom of the screen, what does it say next to FORMAT:
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1st Lacie drive – Format: Mac OS Extended
2nd Lacie drive- Format: MS-DOS file System (FAT32) -
[Rory Turner] “2nd Lacie drive- Format: MS-DOS file System (FAT32)”
Yep. That’s your prblem. You need to backup that drive and reformat to Mac OS Extended. Then reexport the movie.
Jeremy
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