I am having an issue similar to Patrick Deslauriers’, and I was wondering what solution he was able to come to.
For my issue I am receiving video that was made using camstudio and the divx codec (720×480). The video looks crisp and clear and is around 236mb for 2hrs. It is an avi file, but I have tried converting it to quicktime, but that makes no difference in render times. When I bring it into final cut to work on it tells me it is going to take 30+ hrs to render in a dv/dvcpro ntsc time line (square pixels looks best). I have tried different compression settings like pro res, animation, dv/dvcpro ntsc, none, photo jpeg, and video and all are giving me ungodly render times. Is there a codec you would recommend using in camstudio or a compressor setting in FCP that would work good.
If not the scan converter method sounds promising.
Thanks for any help you can give
-Wes