[Ed Dooley]

https://www.matrox.com/video/support/ds/software/codec/home.cfm

Matsushita owns the DVCPro50 codec. They license it to Apple.
Avid has a DVCPro50 codec too (I’m assuming it’s licensed as well), but I don’t think it works with Apple’s codec, not sure though:
https://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?productID=92&contentID=3555&typeID=2

The Ace Megacodec pack includes the Matrox DVCPro50 codec (and hundreds more):
https://www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html
Ed

[Noah Kadner] “It’s not a codec thing, it’s a cross platform thing. If you hadn’t noticed Microsoft doesn’t exactly go out of it’s way to support Apple users and vice versa. If the user is on a PC you need to tailor your Mac output for them not the other way around.”

[Ed Dooley]

Have you opened a previous autosaved version?
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Matrox supports DVCPro50 on PCs. You might check there for a codec download.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

DVCPro50 codec isn’t native to PC. You can buy one from Matrox (and others, I think).
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

When I select DV in Export to Quicktime Conversion, the default is “Medium” for quality. I don’t know how much
more that default compresses the DV file, but it’s safe to say it’s not as high quality as setting it to “High”,
which essentially gives you a file that isn’t compressed any more than the DV file was to begin with 5:1.
If you use Export to Quicktime and select current settings, it should give you a straight DV export (at 3.6MBs).
I usually go for the “Conversion” settings just so I know exactly what the settings are (you don’t get to see them
in the regular Export to Quicktime).
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I guess it depends on what you’re trying to do. DV is 3.6MB per second, so 50 minutes is 3.6×60 (216MB per minute)
x50 minutes gets you a file size of 10,800MB, or 10.8gigs. Sounds right to me. If you’re trying to compress that even further
you’ll have to tell us more about what you’re trying to do. Do you want to compress DV even more? Do you want video
smaller than 720×480? If you export “Using Quicktime Compression” you get settings (under options) to compress DV even more.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

For the DVD part, do a search of posts, it’s been discussed lots and lots.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I’ve done it a lot. It works fine (no way to go Component? that would be even better, of course). The only question is, why go 10bit Beta? (I know, that wasn’t part of *your* question). You don’t gain anything by going 10bit unless you’re doing lots of graphics. Do a search of the archives for this, FCP, and
other forums to see a lot of discussion of the Beat-SP/10bit vs 8bit issue.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Why go with FW drives though? There may be good reasons, of course, but since there are so many options
for external SATA options (and the drives cost the same), the reasons for FW are fewer and fewer. A SATA card
is as easy to install as a FW card, a laptop can use a SATA cardbus card, a new Mac Book can use a SATA Express 3/4 card.
The performance is so much better than FW. And you either build it yourself or buy a ready-made solution.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

To get broadcast monitoring, you need something that Apple doesn’t provide (look at AJA or Decklink).
An external computer monitor is easy. Buy a 24″ Dell 2407 or an Apple 23″ or 30″, they all work.
Get the SATA external (Firmtek is good), Express 3/4. You can find good deals on SATA drives drives at http://www.newegg.com
Ed

[raciere] “I’m looking to set up the following configuration w/ my MacBook Pro, and I’m not quite sure how to do it. Any advice apprecaited.

I want to use both an external monitor for FCP timeline editing AND a simultaneous s-video monitor out for critical monitoring on my JVC broadcast color monitor.

– How to get both DVI AND s-video out from my MacBook Pro?

2. Also, what are most MacBook Pro users using for external storage? The Firewire400 is too slow… I’d like to do an eSata expresscard (ala: https://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-2sm2-e/) and a G-Drive Q with an eSATA input (at https://g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVEQ.cfm)… anyone using this configuration? Or what about the SeriTek/2EN2 external dual-bay hot-swap SATA enclosure? I’ve NEVER used a SATA enclosure and am blind here… where do you get the harddrives for the enclosure? what kind?

ANY adivce appreciated! Thanks for any response. “