[Thomasw]

Alan:

Just to make sure I understand your suggestion. By “Quicktime Refernce Movie” do you mean the first export option in FCP – i.e. “Quicktime Movie” rather than compressor or quicktime converson? I assume the settings would be same as the SD sequence settings.

…then I would bring the resulting Quicktime movie into Compressor?

Can you explain to me why you believe this would result in a higher quality MPEG2 file — rather than compressing directly from the HDV sequence – which you say is the best of the options I outlined?

Thanks, Tom

[Thomasw]

Chris:

If I understand correctly I would need to capture the Kona SD output in real time on tape (i.e. you can’t tell it to make a quicktime movie). So for this to work I would need either a deck or a camera with SDI or component inputs. Or is there a way I can get a firewire or composite signal from Kona?

Thanks,

Tom

[Thomasw]

Thank you for this suggestion which I tried. Unfortunately it didn’t work. Also, motion in my shots is not the issue. The playback is erratic even on still images. I am still stumped! Any other suggestions are very welcome.