[Clem Hennessy]

Howdie,

Thanks for the reply Bret. All is set in QuickTime. The quality loss is visible on my machine as well as on the telly played back on a DVD.

Is it possible that my FCP may have some sort of bug? Its all I can think of as I have gone through every possible setting (to the best of my knowledge) with no improvement…

Thanks

Clem

[Clem Hennessy]

Hi,

No doubt about that. I am not comparing the footage. I used different cameras and shooting formats to test with. The problem is that what comes out of FCP is of a lower quality to what goes in…

[Clem Hennessy]

Hi Shane,

Wow, thanks for the quick response. I generally work with interlaced footage but did a test with progressive footage and still had quality loss. The final destination is for DVD (Pal) The thing is when its played back on a TV it still has the quality loss be it interlaced or progressive. As far as the TV set goes, I played back the footage directly via USB (Shot with EX3) and the definition and quality far outshines the product from FCP.

I do export as a QuickTime self contained movie with current settings which is why I’m stumped.

Clem

[Clem Hennessy]

Hi Shane,

Wow, thanks for the quick response. I generally work with interlaced footage but did a test with progressive footage and still had quality loss. The final destination is for DVD (Pal) The thing is when its played back on a TV it still has the quality loss be it interlaced or progressive. As far as the TV set goes, I played back the footage directly via USB (Shot with EX3) and the definition and quality far out-shines the product from FCP.

I do export as a QuickTime self contained movie with current settings which is why I’m stumped.

Clem

[Clem Hennessy]

Thanks Shane, will give it a shot… Much appreciated!