[Frameworks] mpeg-2

[Marco Poloni]

William is right. Do not change frame rate nor frame size to avoid
interpolation artefacts (ugly stuff). Marco

On 12 February 2013 10:12, William Gazecki <wgazecki at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Yeah, transcode (that’s the proper technical term) to ProRes422. Probably
> best to keep the same frame size and frame rate. Using ProsRes HQ is a
> waste of hard drive space, and gains you nothing. Another thing to consider
> also is what CODEC you are editing in. It’s a very good idea to transcode
> into the same format the rest of your footage is in, or will be in when
> you’re editing.****
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> as far as my knowledge of FCP goes, this software does not like compressed
> files. it works well with apple's codecs, the best of them being
> AppleProRes422 or AppleProRes422(HQ). “HQ” stands for high quality. it has
> double the bitrate of the non-hq format, and weighs double in terms of file
> size. if you convert from mpeg-2 which is a compressed format it is useless
> to use HQ. to convert from MPEG-2 to AppleProRes422 use apple compressor or
> the free app MPEG streamclip. apple compressor might already be in your
> computer as it is part of the apple editing suite comprising FCP. it is
> pretty forward to use. open the file you want to transcode, choose the
> output format and the output destination, and run the program. likewise for
> MPEG streamclip.
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> marco****
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> On 11 February 2013 22:13, Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net> wrote:****
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> Frameworkers: I’ve got an mpeg-2 video file that I want to import into FCP
> version 6, but FCP doesn’t recognize it. What format should I convert it to
> that FCP will accept? I’m not personally doing this, my assistant is, and
> she’s learning. So us novices will appreciate your advice.****
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