need advice on cleaning up stray pixels and using multiple codecs

[Daniel Low]

Temporal noise reduction filters can cleanup stray pixels but take quite some time to process.

Quicktime movies can contain any number of different codecs within the same .mov.

The question is, what are you trying to achieve?

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[Roli Rivelino]

Thanks for your answer Daniel, just a quick one, where would I find the temporal noise reduction filters, would that be in the filter section of the particular codec I’m using within compressor?

To answer your question I’m trying to achieve the best quality non lossy video I can, my video contains quite a few static or slow moving shots combined with some fast energetic dancing, as I understand it may be better to encode the dancing bits differently.

On this one time is not such a big issue.

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[Daniel Low]

Try using the Noise Removal filter in compressor, found in the filters section of the Inspector.

[Roli Rivelino] “as I understand it may be better to encode the dancing bits differently. “

Personally I’d just a variable bit rate (VBR). Far less hassle than what you are proposing. Or at the least stick to one codec and encode at different settings if the scenes vary that much.

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[Roli Rivelino]

Ah great thanks, I’ll try using the VBR, but at some point I’d like to try what you propose by sticking to the same codec but at different settings.

How would I do this, would I add in and out points?

I’ve never done anything in compressor but mess around with the settings and encode the entire video, so I’m not sure how to do all of that extra stuff.

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Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
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Equipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
Firestore FS-100

[Daniel Low]

[Roli Rivelino] “How would I do this, would I add in and out points? “

Sadly not possible.

You encode each part separately and then ‘stitch’ them together in Quicktime Pro.

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[Roli Rivelino]

OK last question (promise!) encoding separately is obvious, but how do I stitch together in QT pro?

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[Daniel Low]

Very simply. Just copy and paste the sections together and then save as a new self-contained movie.

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[Roli Rivelino]

Ah simple, thank you.

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Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
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1x 1Tb external WD ‘My Book’ eSata

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