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Nicolas Ayerbe
May 14, 2011 at 1:00 am in reply to: Compressor error: Quicktime could not access file: offset too big

I’m getting the same error when trying to export a movie in ProRes422 (Hq). All I’m doing is sending the sequence from FCP to Compressor and then upscaling footage from 720×480 to 1280×720.

I’ve looked around and I’ve yet to find anyone who succesfully answered this problem.
Here’s the error log for those who know:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes”?>
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 10, 2011 at 11:17 pm in reply to: FIlm in DV to be compressed for Web Streaming

Just to make sure I asked how they had done all their post work. Turns out what happened was from Film to Tape to DVCam and then captured via FCP. It turns out the footage is not recent but already a few years old and that was the way they told them to do it back then. I was told the 3:2 pulldown had been done, but obviosuly capturing from the DVcam is the reason why all the footage is 29.97.

Now I don’t know if that’s how it was done back then, but I’m guessing that means I can just de-interlace with “(Best) Motion Compensated”?
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 10, 2011 at 3:12 am in reply to: FIlm in DV to be compressed for Web Streaming

Yeah DV is what it is, but sadly is what I have to work with. I came later in the project and so I couldn’t have advised them any better. They’re not really going to spend anymore in transfers.

Just to make sure though: You are saying I should do Reverse Telecine right?

Also just adding to what you said: How can I tell if the telecine was added before during the process? As far as I can see all the footage is at 29.97.
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 9, 2011 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Settings for mini DV (not HD) sequence and exporting

[Zuleide Otaviana] “Sequence settings:
Frame Size NTSC DV (3:2) or NTSC (4:3)? I am using the (4:3).
Pixel Aspect Ratio… using NTSC CCIR 601 / DV (720×480)… is that right?
Compressor – DVD DVNCPRO -NTCS or Apple pro res 422???
And video procession, YUV or RGB??? “

Why don’t you just use the Sequence preset for DV??

Sequence settings > Load Sequence Preset…> Select: DV NTSC 48Khz

That’s all you need. Don’t need to change anything else.

As to exporting… That depends on what your final delivery is. Is this for the Web? For DVD? etc.
If it’s for the web, I just go for H.264. If you want the best quality then just stay with the DV codec and Export sequence using current settings.
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 4, 2011 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Working with 88+ layers at really high resolutions

Got it! Thanks a lot!
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 4, 2011 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Working with 88+ layers at really high resolutions

Thanks Dave, just one more question: if my footage is in DV to what codec should I downscale them to?
Nicolas Ayerbe
May 3, 2011 at 7:03 pm in reply to: Working with 88+ layers at really high resolutions

Nope I’m supposed to export at 1920×1080. Should I just create a new 1080 Comp and downscale all the footage?

Thanks