Matt Holmes
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I understand the workflow they were trying to accomplish. We’re looking at something similar here. We do documentary work and come back from overseas trips with 500+ GB of H.264 from a 5D. Transcoding all of that to ProRes results in 1.5 to 2.0 TB of total footage. Not unmanageable for one trip, but when you have to leave several trips online at once things start to fill up quickly. ProRes Proxy is great for cutting, but not for final output to Color, AE, whatever. But to get your final edit back to a decent flavor of ProRes you have to switch back to H.264 first. It’s not Rodrigo’s job to do, but someone has too.
We’re having the same issue with media managing the H.264 files. Going to try manual reel names to see if that changes anything. Thanks for everyone’s input.
Matt
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We’ve noticed the same thing when viewing 5D Mark II footage in the original format and then in transcoded ProRes 422. In QT X the original looks fine, the transcode is cropped. In QT 7 and Final Cut all is well. Could it be the extension or codec being used? Distibution vs. Production codec? Compressing the ProRes clip back to Apple’s H.264 presets for iPod and Apple TV, then viewed fit to screen do not crop either. Hmmm . . . I hope this is fixed.
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Just wondering if this solution worked for you. Good luck.
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Just note, conforming your 25 fps to 23.98 fps is not the same as simply changing the speed in an editor and re-exporting. You need to change the file itself (conform) so that other programs see it as 23.98 and not 25 fps.
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I believe you’ll have to conform your 25 fps material to 23.98 fps (essentially slowing it 4%). A program like Cinema Tools (included with Final Cut Studio) can do this. NTSC can handle the 23.98 material if you’re going straight to DVD, as the players add the 2:3 pulldown automatically. Placing the 23.98 material in a 29.97 interlaced sequence in Final Cut will also add the pulldown automatically. Of course, you’ll have to lower the resolution to 720×480 with a .9 pixel aspect ratio (DV specs). Since it’s HD, this probably means you’ll need to letterbox, unless you’re working in native 16×9 or something like that. Resolution stays the same but the pixel aspect changes to 1.2. Downsampling and/or letterboxing can be done in Compressor or something similar. Hope this helps.