Cuting in mpeg2

Hello, I have big problem with cuting mpeg2 in Final Cut 6.0.1 (6.0.2); After import to fc video in mpeg2 have demaged of field: http://aneta.mumu.cz/fc/fc6fielddemage.jpg

Dave,
MPEG2 is not an editing format.
You must convert it to and editing format like DV or other.
One way to do this is through [MPEG STREAMCLIP|http://www.squared5.com>.
Best of luck,
G.

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    Basically it is a a rather specific form of MPEG2. I see on the Apple web site that Compressor will do MPEG2, but that is qualified with "Quicktime", and is mostly described as being for DVD production. It seems that those are not necessarily compatible with our server. It wants a plain MPEG2 file in the format given in the specs. The server is a Linux system and its software does not know about special formats like say Quicktime or DVD might wrap around the basic data. It seems to want just plain files of MPEG2 video (and audio of course) data.
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    Princeton Server Group
    B1400 Digital Video Server
    Encoding Requirements
    In order to ensure optimum video playout quality on the B1400 Digital Video Broadcast Server, MPEG video and audio content must be encoded as follows.
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    • Use 4:2:0, not 4:2:2 encoding.
    • Audio must be encoded as MPEG1 Layer II, AC-3 Stereo, or Linear PCM.
    • The video and audio presentation time stamp (PTS) values in a file must be continuous and increasing. The time between the first and last time stamps in a file should reflect the actual duration of the file.
    Encoding Recommendations
    • Resolution: 720 X 480 or 704 X 480 in NTSC
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    • Audio bit rate of 256 kbps
    • Sampling rate of 48 kHz
    • Program stream files should have one end code (00 00 01 b9) at the very end of the file.
    • Recommended bit rates for various types of video content are as follows:
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    o 6 Mbps for good quality with average motion
    o 8 Mbps for good quality with high motion and
    o 10 Mbps for high quality with high motion content.
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    G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    Hey Terry
    in the corporate world wee have to contend with clients who are all windows based and prevented from installing anything on their systems.
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    Options>
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    Tony

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    I feel it is morally wrong for this application to not support the native format of the end product.
    Dvd is mpeg2 -- mpeg2 is dvd. How can you possibly sell a product that does not support the native format of the product.
    I have seen comment that apple are leaving space for the pro apps. Crap !!!! there is nothing pro about mpeg2. It is a domestic standard.
    bluray - dvdhd are new formats does that make them pro. NO.
    I do not expect the next 'update' top include suport for mpeg2, perhaps apple cant afford the licencing ??
    I am just really aggrivated that I cannot use the mpeg2 video from my camera directly in a DVD application.
    Apple should be ashamed to deliver this product with this missing feature.
    Cheers,
    Gerrit.

    "Morally" wrong?
    Just because you chose a video camera that saves footage in an inferior format that is really meant to be the final, viewable version and not to be edited or further processed in other application, no need to get all up in a tiff that Apple is somehow to blame for your poor purchasing decision.
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