Ditto what Verdi said. I've been exporting from FCE --> DV stream (for archiving) --> QT Pro --> compress for web for a while now, though not for the reasons you mention, JD.
Just seems like QT's compression is faster / better -- for the lack of bells & whistles maybe. Delighted to have confirmation of that workaround. Thanks, Verdi. Jan On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hey JD - for some reason FCP has been borked like this back to version > 4.5 or whenever they came up with the ipod presets. What I do is > export a full resolution copy from FCP and open that in QuickTime pro > and then compress from there. QuickTime pro gets it right. Doesn't > make sense but that's the way it is. > - Verdi > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:32 PM, JD Lasica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I've been experiencing a strange problem. > > > > I shoot my videos in HD on a Canon VH20 at 1440x1080 (and output the > > finished works at 480x270). > > > > When I output the finished video in iMovie (as mp4, .mov or .m4v for > > the iphone), they turn out fine. > > > > When I output it in Final Cut Pro, they turn out fine in .mp4 but > > distorted (squeezed and deeper) when I export in either: > > QuickTime Conversion > iphone (where it's all done automatically) > > QuickTime Conversion > QuickTime Movie > > > > I asked my FCP tutor about this yesterday and he couldn't track down > > the problem. > > > > Could the culprit be FCP's Audio/Video Settings? Or do I need to > > change something on my camcorder? > > > > Thanks, O Wisdom of the Mailing List! > > > > jd lasica > > ourmedia.org > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://graymattergravy.com > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
