[Paul Smith]

Thanks! It looks like QTPro is now giving me a better image.

Because my sequence is comprised of ripped DVD material (pal, NTSC, all over the place but all conformed to 25fps), I’ve had to rescale every 4:3 and letterbox image to fit a 1024×576 pal dv anamorphic canvas. I’m wondering if creating an uncompressed pal 8bit timeline and rendering/outputting from there would be more ideal than dv. Any thoughts?

[Paul Smith]

But exporting this DV timeline as 8bit uncompressed, prores, animation gives me an image that’s exactly what I’m seeing in the canvas at 100%. When I export current settings (DV Pal) I get an image identical to the source dv clips (smoother, but not as detailed). I’m wondering if this is simply Quicktimec10 not playing the footage at high resolution or if, indeed, another codec or uncompressed is giving me a sharper image.

[Paul Smith]

What I’m asking, less convolutedly, is why these DV files ripped from VOBs look softer and less detailed than what I’m seeing in the final cut canvas. Is this simply an issue with my QT player? Is it not showing me the file’s true DV resolution, but Final Cut is? I can’t understand it….I export current settings DV and the image looks softer compared to 8bit uncompressed.

[Paul Smith]

I understand that DV is DV, but why, when outputting the Dv timeline to uncompressed 8bit or animation codec does the image look so much sharper? For instance, I’ve outputted this dv footage from a dv timeline as an animation coded’d movie – the edges are sharper, the image is significantly less softer than when I export as current settings DV. Granted, the interlacing is more pronounced at times, but wouldn’t the image look sharper and better if I’m using maxmsp to deinterlace on the fly this sharper picture?

Also, if uncompressed or animation be the way to go – keep in mind this is for a dvi projection and NOT broadcast -how is it I get the same gamma/coloring as the source? I’ve noticed that, when outputting same as source, that the color is closer to the original DVD footage. If I export an animation codec it appears ever so slightly darker.

Thanks to everyone for their kind help

[Paul Smith]

Thanks for everyones help, but I still wonder why it is that ripping DVD material (as in films) cannot seem to be properly converted no matter what I do into what looks to be a deinterlaced image. I’ve imported the same vob from the same ripped film into mpeg streamclip, and exported 1 PAL DV file and 1 ProRes file. The image features interlace scan lines in both formats – one upper field dominant, the other lower. I’m not quite sure what to do but apply a deinterlace filter.

Also, in terms of a final output from a DV timeline, is the Animation codec my best option for lossless video or should I go 8bit uncompressed on account of a few speed changes/filters applied. Is uncompressed a better option if deinterlacing is going to be applied?

[Paul Smith]

The film is for a projection off a mac running an uncompressed QuickTime. I’d imagine what I see on a monitor is what I’ll get in the QuickTime projected?

[Paul Smith]

Footage was ripped from various DVDs into dv-pal interlaced (as most DVDs are interlaced anyway). I can solve the problem either by setting the sequence to ‘none’ under ‘field dominance’ but this gives me jaggies that aren’t as apparent as when the footage is exported natively interlaced. Is there any deinterlacing filter available that keeps visual quality relative but rids of these interlaced additional frames showing?

[Paul Smith]

This is what I’m doing, however. 24 1-hour outputs from final cut and then I’m assembling them within QT Pro to create 1 24-hour reference movie. But after I copy and paste more than 12 of the 1-hour movies into this reference movie, the sound cuts out but I get the video

[Paul Smith]

Hi John,

each Quicktime is 1-hour long stemming from a 1-hour FCP sequence. The problem occurs when I assemble 24 1-hour movies into a single reference. The reference file is referencing the 1-hour quicktimes as opposed to anything in Final Cut.

[Paul Smith]

It’s an art project that’s 24 hours. I’m running on an 8 core mac pro, 2 x 2Tb RAId, 8GB ram, 1gb ati card. Could it be a 12 hour time limit for a reference movie? Can anyone confirm this?