[Dan Spezz]

Thanks Rafael, any thoughts on what the best codec might be for this application?

Dan

[Dan Spezz]

I appreciate the response Everest. I am interested in adaptive bit rate specifically. As mentioned, I get the concept, or at least what the benefits are. Just trying to figure out how to get there.

I contacted Dreamhost and was told that it’s not supported on their platform.

A little more research and I found some information on CDNs and Edge server technology and I realize that this is not something that I could possible do on my own. At least not with the best performance.

[Dan Spezz]

Strangely, if I uncheck the “preserve aspect ratio” it stretches even more. Could the problem be that I set the project up for 720 x 480 then imported anamorphic DV footage?

[Dan Spezz]

Thanks Brian, that worked! 16:9 works into 702X405. Makes sense now. I had to check the “preserve aspect ratio” and that did the trick. Choosing to preserve aspect ratio using “crop” there is still a slight letterbox on the top and bottom. Should that be happening?

Also, is this the standard way to work in widescreen or is there something I could be doing differently in FCP to make this whole process a little smoother?

[Dan Spezz]

Thanks Shane, that was it. Also, my apologies, that clip was a Motion clip, not an iPhoto clip. Anyway, I re-exported as “DVCPRO50 NTSC” and problem solved! Although, now I am beginning to wonder which overall sequence settings will give me the highest quality video results from captured miniDV footage eventually going to DVD. There doesn’t seem to be a straight answer on this, just LOTS of information about CODECS etc…making my head spin. Maybe a topic for another post.

[Dan Spezz]

Thanks Tom. What’s the best way to match settings? I’m putting together a project that includes content from Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie(the cool animated travel map thing)… It will all eventually make it’s way to a DVD. Should I be trying to size/render all of that content to match before importing into FCP?

-Dan

[Dan Spezz]

Hi Andy,
Thanks for the advice, that pointed me in the right direction! Coming from the audio world I’m always looking for consoles, busses and effects bins etc… Gotta get out of that mindset.Looks like nesting is a very powerful tool in general, especially for video. It was a little tricky, but I did finally figure out how to “round trip” between FCP and Soundtrack Pro so that’s how I did it. Easy enough to do once you get through it that first time. Also, I haven’t been able to figure out if I can insert audio filters in real time within FCP, so STP seems like a much more suited environment for it. Appreciate the help!

-Dan

[Dan Spezz]

Hi Ralph, I’m new to the FCP terminology so I hope this makes sense. I’m trying to get all six angles together in the viewer. Is this considered one multiclip? IOW, when you say that you created two multiclips are you seeing four angles in the viewer?

-Dan

[Dan Spezz]

Thanks Shane. I just selected my subclips and used the Media Manager. My only concern is that there is some long processing happening so it appears that the media is being re-encoded and might degrade the overall quality. I might be stuck re-capturing. Bummer.

[Dan Spezz]

Sorry guys, I was a little unclear there. It is two actual cams, but since there are three passes through the song it yields me six total angles to sync for Multiclip. Trying to make Subclip but that option is grayed out. Thanks for the advice so far. Seems like chipping up a video file into smaller pieces would be a simple operation. Puzzling.