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switching from DV codec to 10 bit for final render for DVD?
I am doing a 1 hour concert film I shot in DV that will be released on DVD. (Thanks to FCP5’s multicam feature)
Almost all the footage will be color corrected and composited with other elements in FCP. I’ll be using Traffic – the new XML app to handle placing color correction on so many clips from each of the 8 cameras.
So right before I do the mpeg encoding, would it be worthwhile to switch the sequence (and I suppose each nested sequences) codec to 10 bit apple uncompressed, but leave 720×480 so theres is no positioning changes?
Has anyone done this test to see if the mpegs will look better, or is 1 trip back through the DV codec not noticable enough once it goes to DVD?
Any thoughts?
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DeadHead: “So right before I do the mpeg encoding, would it be worthwhile to switch the sequence (and I suppose each nested sequences) codec to 10 bit apple uncompressed, but leave 720×480 so theres is no positioning changes?”
This would be a total waste of time, your will not gain anything.
However, if you recapture the original video at 8bit or 10bit SDI uncompressed, then rebuild all of the effects and color correction you will have a better end product.
Fred
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I have two comments about this.
On at least a half-dozen DV projects I have switched my compressor to 8 bit and rendered out a QT movie, gone through Compressor, Squeeze or Compression Master and my graphics in the resulting DVD were markedly better.
There’s another route, if you send the timeline directly to Compressor you will avoid DV compression and your graphics will look better. Section 4 here: https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/compressor_warmouth.html
With the first method, I have tested and made DVDs with and without doing the compression change and the resulting DVDs showed the difference.
NOTE BENE: Niether of these methods will improve your DV footage, it only impacts graphics, titles etc.
Have a wonderful day.
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Great- this is exactly what I was looking for.
The one question I have is when rendering into compressor directly from FCP5, if there are render files , does compressor use those render files to recompress from there, or does it compress directly the timeline? It sounds like what you are saying is that compressor recompresses all frames regardless of render files.
Thanks
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That’s a question you should answer by reading that article I posted. I don’t remember the exact mechanics, I only know that it works great.
Have a wonderful day.
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