Compressor 2 problems. real and ignored by apple
So my included support for the fcp studio is expired. I am interested in what Apple support tells people about the quality issues relating to compressor 2. I have done a dozen tests with the new software and can't get results close to ver 1. Do the apple customer support reps try to fix this when you call in and pay $800 for pro support. Why is it taking so long for this to be addressed? My ver 2 encodes have horrible halos around subjects , motion and contrast edges of difference produce the mosaic squares/ blockiness . I have been using 1.2 on another machine. Anybody happy with ver 2 encodes for dv to dvd. I have done multiple clean installs, tried many combinatins of presets and custom. It just doesnt look as good as ver 1.
Yep, same here. Tried to mpeg2 encode a feature.
Doing the same procedure as always but now with the
new updates, FCP 5.03 and QT 7.03 I keep getting
"Quicktime error 0". When I retry the compression I
get the error at different times/points in the movie.
One time I got it after 7 minutes and another time
after 1 hour. Using the same source! I tried scanning
through the Console logs but didn't see anything
regarding "QT and error 0".
Anyone else???
Erik
Hi there,
Your problems are dead on with mine. I'm running FCP 4.1.1 and Comp 1.2.1 and QT 7.0.3 and I'm getting the compressor failed: quicktime error: 0 in Batch Monitor. So far, it has only let me encode a 19 sec. test piece successfully. However, it doesn't mind the audio encode part at all. But I've only done .aif jobs. And I always do those separately. That works fine. And yes, it has failed at various points on the same movie like yours. 30 min in to it the 1st attempt, then within 2 min. the second, and about that, so on. I thought it might have something to do with different saved versions of QT on my backup drive that was daisy chained at the time, but no difference when disconnected.
OTH, I have a G4 Powerbook 1.33Ghz that has exact same versions of everything involved and it always works, but very slow of course. 132 min. .m2v only 2Pass VBR best encode took just over 24 hrs! However, the G5 (D2.0) did show the initial time estimate to be app. 12 hrs on a 98 min. 2 Pass VBR encode...before it failed. FWIW, an iDVD 5 job of 108 min completed in a little over 2 hrs start to finish with this machine. So Apple has some explaining to do.
I might look into other encoders that may be out there for the Mac as I've talked with a pro here in town today that uses both hardware and software mpeg2 encoders and I told him the 24 hr thing above and he was shocked, "It shouldn't take near that long, that's crazy!" The best encoders (either type) out there he said take 1-2 times the length. He does not tool with Macs.
So for now, I'm still at wicks' end.
Darin
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