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Quicktime export faster than Compressor 3
Howdy Cowpokes,
Running FCS 2 on my Mac Pro 3gHz w/ 5 GB RAM and an export out of Quicktime is significantly faster than through Compressor 3 & Batch Monitor. How can this be? This surely cannot be normal
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3 Replies
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Yes, this is normal.
When you export “via Compressor”, all of your rendered effects are re-rendered from scratch by Compressor. This sometimes gives a cleaner look to the final output, especially if you were working in a DV25 codec.
If you export a QT, then send that to Compressor, you don’t really re-render anything that’s already rendered at full resolution for your timeline settings.
Arnie
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Arnie,
When I wrote about the speed comparison between QT and Compressor 3, both programs used the exact same, self-contained QT movie for transcoding. Not from FCP
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Sorry, I misunderstood you. i thought you were doing an “Export via Compressor” directly from your FCP timeline.
Do you have any filters set in Compressor? Check the frame settings, also. Having any of these options turned on will increase your processing time.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog
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