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“Medium” Quality DVCPRO HD?
We shoot everything with the HVX-200 using P2 cards. One of our technically savvy clients received some footage from us. He noticed that in the pull-down menu it says DVCPRO HD 24p60 at Medium Quality.
We all think that in the past, several months ago, on another shoot, our exact same camera gave us footage that said DVCPRO HD 24p60 at BEST Quality.
Our client is worrying that the Medium Quality isn’t as good as Best.
Does this “Medium” versus “Best” in the Final Cut Pro movie analysis, in the world of DVCPRO HD, actually mean anything real?
Thank you so much in advance
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6 Replies
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In what software package did this Medium Quality Choice show up in?
Thanks,
Jan
Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems -
Sorry… in Final Cut Pro.
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I answered this on another forum, but that is just how FCP tags the footage. It always has been set as “medium” quality. Dunno why really. But it is normal. The footage is at full quality.
Shane
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The camera is only able to offer one qualtiy. Perhaps something happened in the timeline to change it? Go back to the timeline that you sent the client and see what you sent him. It should be the same there, or your client inadvertently changed settings. Keep in mind the camera nly does one quality on the cards,
Good luck,
Jan
Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems -
Maybe the geniuses at Apple figured that if you use DVCPRO 25 they’d call it “low quality or is it called dv quality?” and DVCPRO 50 would be called “medium quality” and DVCPRO 100 is “best quality”
Maybe that’s the logic behind it.
“thou can not stir a flower without crumbling a star” ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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As Shane says, this is just how DVCPro HD gets reported in FCP. The quality flag is ignored as Jan mentions, there’s only one quality.
Jeremy
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