[Mike Laloe]

That’s great – thanks Jeff, we’ll try that!

Mike.

[Mike Laloe]

Hi Jeff, thanks very much for taking the time to respond. The project was shot a while ago on a Canon XL-1H so the format is HDV (Mpeg2). I know this is a hugely compressed format but the original rushes still looked good and the Bluray compression has degraded the image by a surprising amount in certain places. Could this be Constant Bit Rate? Is there an optimum bit rate that we should be aiming for?

Any help much appreciated!

Mike.

[Mike Laloe]

Thanks for your posting – no the camera was stationery and on a tripod but the subjects arms were moving. I’m not 100% sure about the shutter angle but I think it was 180. I’m starting to think it might be a problem with the memory card. It’s the recommended one but maybe it’s just playing up?

[Mike Laloe]

Thanks for responding – it’s Apple Pro Res HQ – frame rate 25.

Here’s the properties blurb…

File Path: G:\Berkut\BERKUT Black Magic\Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera_1_2013-07-14_1812_C0000.mov
Type: QuickTime Movie
File Size: 63.5 MB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate: 25.00
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 24 bit – Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
Total Duration: 00:00:05:01
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

QuickTime Details:
Movie contains 1 video track(s), 1 audio track(s) and 1 timecode track(s).

Video:
There are 126 frames with a duration of 1/25th.

Video track 1:
Duration is 0:00:05:01
Average frame rate is 25.00 fps

Video track 1 contains 1 type(s) of video data:

Video data block #1:
Frame Size = 1920 x 1080
Compressor = Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
Quality = Most (5.00)

Timecode:
Timecode track 1 contains 1 type(s) of data:

Timecode data block #1:
Start Time = 18:12:08:00
Reel name =