Russell Lasson
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Drop Timecode was never listed as an XML issue in FinalTouch that I know of (used FT for 2 years), but it very well could have been a phantom issue. There were so many crazy things that could happen, it was hard to tell what was causing the problem. Now it looks like they found one of the issues.
-Russ
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DV50 was something that was talked about to adjust your titles and graphics to a 4:2:2 color space instead of a 4:1:1. It might look a little better.
From there I would use the best settings in compressor just on a little test segment and seeing how it looks from a DVD player.
-Russ
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I’m glad to hear that the AppleTV worked for you.
To answer your question, we need to know how you ended up making you videos for the AppleTV. Did you scale the video to 720P or just export from your DV timeline? Didn’t we also suggest changing the codec of your timeline to DV50 or using a 4:1:1 color smoother? Just let us know exactly how you did it.
As for DVD compression vs. AppleTV compression, DVD uses MPEG2 and AppleTV uses H264. The H264 is a much better compressor, so I’m not that suprised that it looked better. As I said before, DVD compression is an art and Compressor isn’t really the easiest way to control and perfect compression settings. If you really need the best DVD settings, take it to a company that really knows DVD compression.
-Russ
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I’d contact AJA and ask them.
-Russ
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There are a lot of things that can cause jittering. Some common ones are:
– Moving too fast on a image
– Photos being too sharp (I often take photos into photoshop to blur parts that jitter)
– Stripped designs on buildings or clothingI don’t like to do a lot of motion for photos in Final Cut. I’d use Motion or After Effects if I could. But you can be successful with it in FCE or FCP.
-Russ
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[MikeFromLA] “1. What do you mean by “You don’t want to go too big or some computers might have a hard time playing it back.””
Some computers don’t play back HD files well. You don’t want to end up being tech support if someone trys to play a High Definition file back on a 400mhz Pentium II with 128MB of RAM.
[MikeFromLA] “2. Why would a computer have a hard time playing it back? Because of increased RAM and processor requirements?”
Yes and/or it depends.
[MikeFromLA] “3. What would you consider to be a size that is not too big that will risk some computers “having a hard time playing it back?””
Finally, if your final delivery is on DVD, then you only have one option. Standard Definition video (720×480). Don’t even worry about the other way. Just stick with that. I have a feeling that the client isn’t paying you enough to get something that might only be slightly better.
-Russ
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lol
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Trash preferences? Reset keyboard layout?
-Russ
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Take a look a this:
It might be what you’re looking for. (It’s still record to tape as a backup.)
-Russ
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