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How do you select which DV codec PrPro1.5 uses?
I have (amongst others) the Procoder2 plugin for PrPro1.5 and I want this to be the default DV codec used when I render to Mpeg using the Cinema Craft Encoder which is also a plugin. So the route would be: DV video -to- Procoder2 DV codec -to- CCE Mpeg. How do I do this?
I think as default PrPro uses the built in Mainconcept codec and I can’t find a way to change this.
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5 Replies
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I don’t know of a way to change it, but I highly suggest that you reconsider the workflow. Exporting to any DV codec before transcoding to MPEG for DVD is just one hassle that should not be necessary. If you export from the sequence directly to MPEG2-DVD, you will be much more likely to have a higher quality output. Even if just because you avoided the DV codec altogether.
Steven
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Steven, thanks for the reply. I wonder if you could elaborate a little as I’m not sure I understand what you mean, probably because of my lack of understanding the problem.
As I understand it there has to be a decode of the original DV video at some point to get it into the cinemacraft encoder. You seem to be saying that no decode of the DV is required. Is this right? How is that done?
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An Encoder like the Cinemacraft that you mention first decodes what you have on your timeline and recodes it, in that case in a MPEG-2 format.Therefore the user does not have to worry about decoding first.
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>I have (amongst others) the Procoder2 plugin for PrPro1.5 and I want this to be the default DV codec used< Procoder isn't a codec, it's a encoder/conversion program which would encode the timeline into whatever formats that it has available, you maybe confusing procoder with the Canopus DV codec which is used by various Canopus hardware solutions
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Yes you’re right, it is the Canopus codec I was referring to and not Procoder.
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