Tony Silanskas
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[Curt Schulz] “I run it through ProRes and the quality is the same as the original at a fraction on the other ProRes options.”
Are you saying you convert it to ProRes Proxy? If so, Brett is correct as the quality is not the same as the original. It is a “proxy” quality clip. ProRes LT will get you close to the original quality with the file size you have.
tony
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Sounds like corrupt files. And you say he converted to h.264 25fps when your original footage was 50fps? Was this on purpose? You’d be much better off if your friend just sent you a hard with the original files. Also, use ProRes 422 and not ProRes 422 HQ as the HQ only has an advantage for 2K size files and above.
tony
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All these questions can be answered with a simple search on these here forums… but to get you started:
1.) I don’t know how much easier it gets than hitting CMD R to render. =) ProRes 422 LT only renders slightly faster than ProRes 422. I personally transcode my 5D/7D stuff to ProRes 422 as it gives me a bit more information to work with when doing color-corrections and effects. Also, the faster your computer is the faster the renders, so if you’re using an old MacBook Pro is will be slower. But Final Cut is still a 32-bit app so renders aren’t incredibly faster with newer boxes, but every bit helps I guess.
2.) The YouTube Compressor setting is a great place to start. Again, search around on here for various recipes.
3 and 4.) Search away as this has been covered a million times on here. And I’ve yet to meet an editor who’s said, “You know what, I don’t want the best quality, just average will do.” There is no one answer for this as it depends on your workflow (camera, deliverable spec, time, money, your mood).
tony
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What are the specs of your converted DVD clips? And your sequence?
tony
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Can’t remember if this is still an issue, but older versions of Final Cut used to look like it was hanging at 99% for up to an hour sometimes but it was actually installing a bunch of the DVD Studio templates or something and if you let it sit it would finish. If it’s been sitting there for over and hour could be a bad disc, though you said it worked before. Try using Disk Utility to repair permissions and the system drive and see if that helps.
tony
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Shane, do you use Looks at all, and if so, how do you overcome the intermittent render errors? The one I get the most is that the highlights in the footage blow-out terribly only on a render. I’ve had some success with lowering the opacity of the clip to 99% and then render again but that doesn’t always work.
tony
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First off, the color red is notorious for “rough edges” when a video is compressed. Just search around on here for a detailed explanation as of why.
For a quick fix, try the h.264 web setting but with a higher bitrate (5000kbps or above). Also, post this over in the compression forum, too.
tony
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It’s very important to know what your frame rate of the tape is as that is the only way to have Final Cut import the timecode correctly. Right now, you have your Device Control settings set to 25 Panasonic (for 25fps) and your capture is set to 29.97fps so this is wrong. If your deck has an LCD, see what the timecode is playing back on it or just ask the person who shot it what it is.
Make sure your Device Control settings and Capture settings match and that should get you going.
tony
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This happens from time to time. Try refreshing your AV Devices (Option F12) and see if your external monitor updates.
tony