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Trouble with uncompressed video
I’m cutting event videos shot on HDV and DSLR cameras and delivered SD DVD & BluRay.
Workflow is a constant struggle for minimum time expended for maximum visual result.
Trying out a new workflow:
Export finished timeline as an uncompressed QT then bring that into Compressor or DVDSP for .m2v encode. I’ve seen great results with this method.My problem is that every time I export as an uncompressed, whether HD or SD dimensions, I get strange anomalies:
clips with re-timing turn into stills
single frame black gaps between clips
random frames become epic length still frames
etcIn the past I’ve tried this method for SD DVDs, BluRay, Vimeo style h.264 and uncompressed exports have always given me problems. I’ve always defaulted to a native or ProRes modality. Am I missing something?
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2 Replies
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You should export “Current Settings” (ref file is fine)
Drop that file into compressor or any compression software and then create your webclips/DVD files/Etc.
Exporting “Uncompressed” before going to mpeg2 isn’t going to gain you anything. This just adds a step of compression.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Yes that has been my workflow in the past which works great.
However I’ve done A/B comparisons between the uncompressed process and the more straight forward export current settings method and there’s a substantial visual difference. My eyes do not lie. I recommend trying it out.
As for my initial issue with an uncompressed .mov export riddled with anomalies I found that I wasn’t rendering before exporting. After a complete render my problems disappeared.
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