QLab format from FCP?

[Maria-luisa Meredith]

Hi Dave

Thanks for getting back. I’ve tried both QLab support and the AV tech who’s going to be running the software during a live event.

The reason I’m trying here is because the tech told me ‘anything but H264’ and QLab told me ‘Pro Res LT or H264’ (file size dependent).

Neither of them use FCP so I was hoping an editor out there may have some ‘real world’ experience of what was a consistently reliable export setting for QLab playback.

Thanks again.

M

Macbook Pro / OSX 10.6.8 / 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 / 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

FCP Studio 7.0.3

[Colin Kelley]

I’ve done a lot of work with QLab and Final Cut. In my experience, there isn’t one particular format that works best – it really has a lot to do with the hardware you’re using to push the video via QLab and the projector/display to which QLab is sending the video. If you’re using a 4K projector the “ultimate” file dimensions are different than a 32″ LCD.

In my experience, when I tech says “anything but”, I fire back with “but why?” or “tell me specifically what will work best for you”. Not because they’re wrong (he might have good reason not to use h264, although I’ve used to great success) but because they owe it to you (and their own professionalism) to have a ready answer. After all – if they event goes off well, you both look good!

Sorry, if that was more rant than answer!

[Maria-luisa Meredith]

Hi Colin

Not a rant, just passionate frustration, which exporting and formats very often lead to.

Thanks for your experience though.

Cheers

M

Macbook Pro / OSX 10.6.8 / 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 / 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

FCP Studio 7.0.3