VOB-Prores HQ or normal conversion to FCP 7 then output as web and email clip need assitance

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Paul,
Open the clips with MPGStreamclip and export as QT Movie.
Set Prores and keep the rest of the setting as in the very VOBs (size, field order, time-base).
Set the audio Uncompressed.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Paul Roubicek]

Thanks Mate

will do that, can l ask though as an output compression output from FCP whats the best for Web site video and the best for email sending of the show reels. Flash for Web and MPeg-4 for email or file transfer???????????

would the edit time line in FCP be also Prores HQ or normal does it matter same question applies to the VOB conversion HQ or normal Prores is there a big difference? whats the best.

can l get the Vo and Nat sound to be 2 channels l only want the Nat if possible????

thanks Paul

[John Fishback]

You don’t need HQ. Use ProRes 422 or even ProRes LT may be good enough. Use that setting for the timeline. Using a higher level of ProRes won’t improve video coming off an SD DVD. That’s why ProRes LT might work. If you have 2 separate channels of audio you can unlink them and delete the one you don’t need. If the VO & dialog are mixed then you can’t separate them.

John

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[Gary Askham]

I don’t know if you know this but all the info about camera’s and HD formats is now pretty irrelevant to you (and Panasonic have never made an HDV camera as far as I know). It seems that what you have been given are DVDs of the footage.

DVDs are not HD. So unless you can get the original rushes you are stuck with compressed standard def down-converts of everything. Not great images to work with (although it is common for showreels to be made this way so not all hope is lost).

You need to use an application such as Mpeg Streamclip to make Standard Definition ProRes 422 QuickTimes of the DVDs. This is the preferred codec for FCP editing as it is relatively small, easy to work with and of good visual quality.

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FCP and Avid Technical Support
Air Post Production
Shoreditch – London

[Paul Roubicek]

Thanks for all the advice, Panasonic use HDV1080i format have been using it since 2003

But the questions not answered are

1.what the best (when finshed edit export to ? what format fror Web site use for my show reel

2. whats the best format for over the internet to send the show reel

thank again all hope you can help with my last questions

cheer Paul

[Steve Eisen]

[paul roubicek] “Panasonic use HDV1080i format have been using it since 2003”

Panasonic has NEVER made or used HDV format. Don’t know where you get your info from.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Paul Roubicek]

HI steve

sorry mate, HD1080i on mid size DV tapes sorry half asleep when wrote, as to my information, came from as mentioned in the line above half asleep and also l have been shooting for 20 years now https://www.paulroubicek.com

again sorry wrong input input into question

paul

[Gary Askham]

The mid-sized tapes are Panasonic’s own DVCProHD format. They need a different deck for playback so it’s important to know that distinction (they also are of better quality – HDV is 25Mb/s where DVCPro can near 100Mb/s – that can be a big difference in post production, especially as the BBC don’t accept HDV as broadcast quality whereas DVCProHD is)

As for delivery I would go with a h.264 QuickTime or an iPod friendly .mp4.

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FCP and Avid Technical Support
Air Post Production
Shoreditch – London

[Paul Roubicek]

Thanks the information

cheers all