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Upgrade to Final Cut Pro 5.0 Necessary for Best HD quality Video Output?
My group needs to achieve an output to Dell W3000 LCD Monitor of an HDTV resolution of 1920 x 080i at around 25-50MBps. The data–a .mov file compressed as MPEG-2 using Final Cut ProHD (4.5)’s “Compressor” utility, needs to be High Defintion! We need to match the resolution while maximizing data rate, and minimizing compressing loss.
While this method will give us decent results, I was wondering if there is any reliable information on Final Cut Pro 5.0’s “Compressor 2.0” utility to do a better job with MPEG-2 compression. Will upgrading to Final Cut Pro 5.0 be worth it!?!?!v/r
Jack R McgeeJack R McGee
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Astrophysics Theory Group
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Louisiana State University -
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Well, I can say that Compressor was completely redone for FCP 5, so without really ever testing it here, can’t say that it would be a lot better… I’d think that FCP 5 though, running in tiger brings a lot of other benefits, multicam, better quality renders etc…
Jerry
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Thanks Jerry. It seems that this technology is just too new for anyone to have put every scenario through the “ringer”
Jack R McGee
3373037299
Astrophysics Theory Group
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Louisiana State University
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