FCP DV25 files into Avid
by Ken Niblock
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Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29:17 pm
In the hopes of avoiding the cost of sending tapes, I am wanting to post video clips for news sources.
Currently I am posting DV25 video clips of various size - works great when I download and stick into a time line on FCP... but Avid users are running into issues of quality degradation. I think this is happening with some Grassvalley users too. I do not have specifics on the end user's systems, just a basic idea of what types of systems they are working on.
Does anyone have any suggestions on file formats that I can create that would maintain quality and ease of use?
Re: FCP DV25 files into Avid by Rafael Amador on Aug 22, 2008 at 4:48:56 am
Hi Ken,
If there is no rendering, can not be degradation.
Your AVID friends probably see that the DV footage captured with Apple DV, looks worst (probably more blocky) than when is captured with the AVID DV codec.
This is because AVID DV uses Chroma filtering. That is good for watching because makes the picture looks better. But in fact in multi generation, the DV Avid degrades the picture much more than the DV Apple.
You can get the same effect with the Apple DV by using a Chroma Soothing filter.
rafael
Re: FCP DV25 files into Avid by Andy Mees on Aug 22, 2008 at 7:31:56 am
a high bitrate MPEG2 Transport Stream should provide acceptable quality for a news broadcaster, would be a smaller file than raw DV, and should be read universally acceptable.
if you're especially keen to provide raw DV then you can deliver in Avid's own DV codec which is part of their Quicktime codec bundle available from the AVId website
Re: FCP DV25 files into Avid by Rafael Amador on Aug 22, 2008 at 12:42:47 pm
[Andy Mees]"a high bitrate MPEG2 Transport Stream should provide acceptable quality for a news broadcaster" What format, size and bit rate would you recommend for sending a new through Internet?
rafael
