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MPEG streamclip stutter
Hello ~
I recently installed MPEG Streamclip and it seems to be a great program. I converted a series of AVIs to aurora mov’s and i was very pleased with the results. Those files were uprezzed to 720×486 16×9 anamorphic at 100% quality. They are from 25x pal which I converted to 25x also.
Now I have done some NEW test conversions using Streamclip that are 4×3, 720×486 and 30x and these are stuttering, even at a much lower data rate on the transcoding. On a 2.5 minute file, the playback stutters after about 5 seconds, then goes again, then stalls again. The video card blacks on and off. Then FCP crashes. I have an older system using an Aurora Igniter card. EVen with external video turned off, the stuttering is still occurring.
I can’t figure out what I did differently, except that the good ones are 25x anamorphic, and the bad ones are 30x 4×3. Finally i tried processing this new footage thru the exact same 25x Streamclip preset, and imported the clip to the same sequence as the other good ones. I’m still getting the stalling and stuttering. Any ideas on what settings I could impliment or what I am doing wrong?
thx
John
“Life is good, as long as it doesn’t take up too much of my time.”
-anonymous gamer
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5 Replies
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I would not recommend using MPEGStreamclip as it has tons of bugs. Try using Compressor to convert AVI video files instead.
Brad Wright is software engineer, so it may be difficult to understand what he is saying. He is always happy to explain his greater detail.
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What was the earliest version of Compressor that was available?
thx
J
“Life is good, as long as it doesn’t take up too much of my time.”
-anonymous gamer
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I’m not sure what you mean. I have Compressor 4.0 and it should work for converting the AVI files. As long as Quicktime can read it, Compressor should be able to read it, as well.
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I have looked on the internet, apple support, and wikipedia. I cannot find a history of Compressor releases anywhere, but I do not have the program in my earlier version of FCP. My os is 10.3.9. Panther. Is there a version of compressor that will run on 10.3.9? If I upgrade higher it will wipe out 20K of equipment and software.
thx
J
“Life is good, as long as it doesn’t take up too much of my time.”
-anonymous gamer
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It’s in Final Cut 5.14 which should be part of Final Cut Studio 1.0.
Brad Wright is software engineer, so it may be difficult to understand what he is saying. He is always happy to explain his greater detail.
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