[Scott Henderson]

Participants, I thank you all. The mind total working this on one problem gives me great hope for the future. I believe I have reached a conclusion, somewhat.

Compressor hates 23.98. it will only work well with 29.97. If only i knew this before i shot this last project. To overcome this problem, I inserted the 23.98 into a 29.97 timeline, exported as a QT, and sent to the compressor. I tweaked all the adjustments to better, took the bit rates up .3 each, added gamma correction, and other that a few jitters on zooms, it looks just like the HD downconverted Avid edited standard def DVDs I used to make at the production house. (Is that a run on sentence?)

So thank you all, and I dread the next time I am in such an anxious moment that I require your help, but am thrilled to know that you are out there.

An editor in need, and thanks again,

Scott Henderson

Thanks,

Scott Henderson

[Scott Henderson]

I do have a Kona Lhi card that I can look at the vid.

Scott

Thanks,

Scott Henderson

[Scott Henderson]

David, I looking at a Sony monitor for the FCP, and the preview window for Compressor. Then I look at the output.

Scott

Thanks,

Scott Henderson

[Scott Henderson]

Mike, I apologize for my lack of computer skills. I am an Avid editor who is switching, and until now, have done all my work at a posthouse, so they took care of all the computer stuff.

You mention bring the QTref.mov back into FCP with a standard def setting. Which one exactly do you use. I am getting lost in all these settings.

thanks,

Scott

Thanks,

Scott Henderson

[Scott Henderson]

I export from FCP by going to file, then export, then QT movie, and it writes and pops up on the desktop. I put it in compressor, make DVD, and play it back on another computer. Soft.

Scott Henderson

Thanks,

Scott Henderson

[Scott Henderson]

Dan, thanks for your response.

Here’s the deal. The NTSC DVD is very soft, like the footage was shot with the maco lens knob slightly on. Not out of focus, but not in focus. The HD footage is in focus.

I edit in Apple Pro Rez HQ, export out of FCP as QT, inport the .mov, throw the best settings on, create DVD in Compressor or DVD Studios, and I get sub standard output.

Now I have a 2x 2.26 Ghz Quad four Intel Xeon processor, so I should not be lacking, and It is all the latest software.

Everything looks good until the DVD.

Scott Henderson

Thanks,

Scott Henderson