DV pal to Quick Time Movie FCP

When I convert a DV pal edit to quick time movie in FCP the quality is very poor? Is there another way of converting to internet with a better picture quality?
Thanks

What version of Final Cut Pro, Mac OS X and Quicktime?
What is your current Easy Setup in Final Cut Pro?
What are the current Sequence Settings in Final Cut Pro?
When you Export from FCP, what are the exact steps that you are taking?
When you view the file in QuickTime Player, do you have:
1. High quality playback turned on?
2. Final Cut Pro Color Compatibility turned on?
Both options can be found in QuickTime Player > Preferences > General.

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FCP Movie File or Quick Time Movie

Which format is used for what?
Which is best for backups? Does FCP Movie file (selfcontained) give worse quality if I store my videos in this format?
Which is best for exporting to DVD Strudio Pro?
To export a quick time movie file takes me two hours, for FCP movie file its's 15 minutes...

Well, in my case the more options I have, the more confused i get
I understood the "Using Quick Time Conversion > Quick Time Movie",
gives me more possibilities, while takes more time... and this happens because of some kind of recompression?
And the most simple decision is to chose the first exporting option "Quick Time Movie" ... and forget about the rest until I pend some time doing editing :)))

What is Quick Time movie anyways - continuing

Thank you David,
Thank you guys all for your support.
That explains it all. It also raises another question, what is the most universal codec which would maintain the quality? Apparently is is Motion Jpeg. But how can I convert my HDV video to QT compressed with Motion Jpeg? I had tried to find settings in Compressor, but I couldn't find any Motion Jpeg settings..I have only find Photo Jpeg??
But let's say, that I will take that HDV video from my HDV 1080 i 60 timeline and
export it USING QUICK TIME CONVERSION:
Format QUICK TIME MOVIE and in OPTIONS I go to:
VIDEO SETTINGS and choose Photo Jpeg as my COMPRESSION TYPE
Now, what will the resulting file be? Photo Jpeg Quick Time?
I apologize for being confused that much and thank for your patience.

Kootenay wrote:
Photo Jpeg as my COMPRESSION TYPE
Now, what will the resulting file be? Photo Jpeg Quick Time?
Yes, the file would be a QuickTime movie using the Photo JPEG codec.
Photo JPEG is almost the same as Motion JPEG, and it's a good choice
for disk playback performance. For example, if you are editing
several video streams for a multicam edit, and want to do an offline version,
FCP will make Photo JPEGS.
Here is some more information on the Photo JPEG codec:
https://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/video/codecs/JPEG.html
Cheers,
Les

What actually is Quick Time movie?

Hello guys,
when exporting my HDV video project from FCP using Quick Time movie option, what actually is it? When I look at file info, it says .mov file, Quick Time movie format, codec HDV 1920x1080. So what is Quick Time movie? And how it differs from let's say QuickTime in Compressor?
Thank you.

As has already been stated, a .mov file is like a box that contains video and audio. The video and audio could be made from any number of codecs.
There is NO universal high quality video file format that will playback an all systems or platforms. In order for ANY video/audio file to playback on any given system/platform, it MUST HAVE the codecs used to make those files installed on that system. There are many QuickTime .mov files that will NOT playback on a Mac, IF the specific codec needed isn't installed on that Mac.
The same is true with the .avi files format; .avi is just a box like QuickTime.
You're best bet would be to identify the playback systems requirements for video/audio files and then target your output for that. Do it for every system/platform/delivery method that the file will be played on.
For example, I produced a program that would be played at the main branch of our library. Their playback system required an MPEG-2 Transport Stream and had very specific bit rate requirements. They also wanted the program to air on the local PBS channel, which had totally different requirements. And finally, they wanted several copies on DVD to distribute to donors whom helped make the exhibit possible. So with just one program, I had to output three different file types for this one project. This is also true of television broadcast. Different broadcasters will have different requirements. Some want BetaSP tape, some want DigiBeta. Some want an MPEG-2 Program Stream and some might even want a DVD-Video. Don't expect there to be a "one file fits all" type of situation.
-DH

Difficulties rendering high quality (high definition) Quick Time movies

Some time ago I also asked for suggestion to obtain high definition quick time movies to play on an Apple iMac. Here is what I hae used:
My camera is a Sony HDR FX1, and I am shooting in HD fomrat which is 1440 x 1080 25 fps interlaced. My project settings are PAL HDV1080i. I capture my footage using HDVSplit, so the file format that I import into PRE8 is .m2t.
As outputsettings I have created my own settings, as the two default settings available have lower resolution and quality, so I changed the settings to the full frame size of my footage (1440 x 1080) and also adjusted the frame rate to 25fps. Also I have increased the quality to 100%, but the output shows 10% quality if I may say so: very pixelated.
I have updated my graphic card (nVidia) to the most recent version, as well as Quick Time. What else could I do to improve the qualtiy of the output?

That's a tough one. I'm not sure what to suggest. Sometimes when you create your own output presets, you change something you shouldn't (like making the video anamorphic rather than a square pixel H.264, for instance) that can negatively affect the quality.
You may want to post this to the Muvipix hi-def forum. Lots of very smart, very helpful video people there -- and if there's an answer, it's likely someone there knows it.
One other solution is to use the Mac rather than Premiere Elements to convert this file. Both iMovie and Final Cut should be capable of working with those HDV files natively, and they live in the land of MOVs.

Quick Time Movies start halting after 20 minutes

I have a lot of movies in my presentations, most 30 minutes or so. After 20 minutes the Quick Time movies start halting, as if there's only 10 frames per second played, audio has no problem. The movies are made in FCP and exported as Quick Time movies. Anybody else has the same problem?

I found out that if you stretch the moviescreen too much Quick Time can't handle it any more ( stretching and playing) and after about 20 minutes it starts halting ( as if it only plays 10 frames per second).
I play the movies on a big screen with 500 x400 pix, that works fine!

I just updated tosystem10.6.8. I am running Iphoto 08 version 7.1.5 Quick time movies will not open and play directly in Iphoto. When I move them to my desktop they play fine.Quick time 10.0 What do I need to do?

I just updated tosystem10.6.8. I am running Iphoto 08 version 7.1.5 Quick time movies will not open and play directly in Iphoto. When I move them to my desktop they play fine.Quick time 10.0 What do I need to do?

You need to download and install QuickTime Player 7 for Mac OS X v10.6.3 or later
OT

Unable to play Quick Time movies in web pages

We have Quick Time 7.0.4 player installed on Mac OS X v10.4, But we are unable to open Quick time movies in web browser from external web sites.
It gives us error ‘To view this movie, you will need QuickTime 5 (or later)’
If we open Quick time movies from local disk in web browser then it works perfectly alright.
Could you please let us know the reason behind this?
Note: I have encounter this problem on safari and IE 5.2 browser.

For instance if you go to this page again in Safari,
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/
and then select "View Source" from the View menu, then press command-f to "find" within the page and search for ".mov"
You will find this, which shows the url of the movie itself.
<param name="href" value="http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jan/mw2006/mmw_2006_650ref.mov">
If you copy just this part:
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jan/mw2006/mmw_2006_650ref.mov
And open QuickTime Player, go to the File menu, select "Open URL" the movie will play.
If you try the same technique on the page at the link provided by your client, it will allow you to bypass the html code that may be doing an outdated compatibility check and the movie may play. Or it may tell you that you are missing components (codecs, compressors etc.) in which case, post here again.

Editing quick time movie clips with sound

We are editing together some quick time movie clips but we can't get the sound to come up.
Is there something we are doing wrong? Can you split the voice from the visual when you bring these clips into Final Cut?

A QuickTime movie can be made from any number of codecs. Which one are you working with?
If it's an MPEG video, chances are it will need to be demuxed. You can use MPEG Streamclip for this and other conversions.
See this post for links to a tutorial: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10609676#10609676
-DH

Quick time movies (.mov) files will not play in Iphoto 11.

Quick time movies (.mov) files will not play in Iphoto 11. The thumbnail of the movie shows but when selected only a exclamation mark appears. I rebuilt the library, thumbnails, permissions etc. I also found the movie files in the iphoto database intact and working. Please advise.

You're welcome.
Well believe it or not, that's exactly what the exclamation point means. Search the forum. I've been doing this a while.
Next, I have no interest, commercial or otherwise in Library Manager, I have no shares in the company that makes it. I didn't make it. It's not my software. You could give those guys a million dollars and I'll get nothing from it. I and other expereinced users have recommended it thousands of times on this forum for this problem. Amazing how often it works. Of course, a quick search would have told you that already.
Another: Believe it or not you can use the Rebuild Function of Library Manager for free. You don't need to purchase it for that purpose.
Y'all have a nice paranoid day now.
Regards
TD

Cannot open Quick Time movies in iLife 11

I got my first digitized Super8 films back on an external hard drive, 1 TB. They were converted to Quick Time movies 1280x720,
Codecs: Component Y' CbCr 10bit 4:2:2 ( I have no idea what this all means). All I had asked was to get them in .mov files. Quick Time movies seems to be something different than .mov files.
What can I do to open these Quick Time movies and to edit them in iLife 11?
Would appreciate if somebody could help me .

The information about the codec in Final Cut Express is at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3523
I have a lot of old Super8 films and decided to get them digitized. After that I intend to discard the old analog films and keep two copies of these old Super8 movies on external hard drives. Therefore I am looking for the best possible quality at a reasonable price.
The first batch last year was digitized to what they called uncompressed .mov files and could be easily imported and edited in imovie.
For the second batch (another service) I decided to go HD in .mov files, again uncompressed (the HD quality 1280x720 seems to be remarkably better) What I got are these Quick Time movies that I cannot open in Quick Time and imovie does not let me import these Quick Time movies, whereas the uncompressed .mov files last year were a breeze to handle. What's the difference between 'uncompressed' .mov files vs. Quick Time 'uncompressed' that I cannot open in imovie.
Now you are pointing out that FCE does not let me edit uncompressed QT files. How do I convert to .mov or MPEG Streamclip?
Would I purchase Final Cut Express only to be able to open those movies in Quick Time?
Feels like I am at the low end of the learning curve.
Appreciate all help I can get for my project.

Quick time movies in iPhoto

I have a Panasonic digital camera DMC FX9. When I download stills and short movies from a SD memory card they automatically go into iPhoto. That presents a couple of problems on the quick time movies (.mov). One I don't want them in iPhoto, two if I rename them in iPhoto the new name does not show up in a "smart folder" on my desktop that contains only .mov files.
How can I make SD card downloads separate .mov files from iPhoto pictures? Would like the .mov's to got to the default MOVIE sidebar folder.
If not possible, then how can I make the names in iPhoto show up on a folder of just quicktime movies (they keep the original file name despite the new name in iPhoto)?
Ed
iMac G5 17" ALS with 1 Gigglebyte ram Mac OS X (10.4.4) Also a homebuilt Sempron, a Compaq, and a Dell laptop...oh my!
iMac G5 17" ALS with 1 Gigglebyte ram Mac OS X (10.4.4) Also a homebuilt Sempron, a Compaq, and a Dell laptop...oh my!

Hi Edward,
When iPhoto 5 first came out I really think it was programmed to import the smaller 30 sec video clips that cameras were taking at the time. Since then, digital cameras, at least my Canon S2 can take clips as large as your memory card can hold. The first time I tried to download my images and movie clips with my new camera, iPhoto stalled at the movie clips. I wasn't going to take any chances messing up my iPhoto Library so I started using Image Capture to download all my images and Movie clips. I actually like doing it this way a lot better. My movie clips are downloaded into my Movies folder where I then put them in a dated folder.
My photos are downloaded into my Pictures folder, where I then put them in a dated folder. I import the dated folder into iPhoto. I also keep all dated folders from photo downloads in the Pictures folder till I get enough Movie folders and Photo folders to fill a DVD. I burn them and then delete them from the hard drive.
This way I have the photos in iPhoto and I also have just the photos backed up to DVD.
The Movies I keep on the hard drive in their dated folders until I use all the clips for my iMovie projects for the Year. I then make sure they are all burned to DVD, then I delete those from my hard drive.
Using Image Capture to download images and video clips:
Open up Image Capture which is found in the Applications folder.
When it is opened, go to Image Capture/Preferences
Under the General button choose
Camera: When a camera is connected, open Image Capture.
The next time you connect your camera Image Capture will open.
In the window that opens you will see an Options button. Click on that button to set your options.
To find out more about Image Capture (it can do a lot more) Click on Help in the menu bar when Image Capture is open.
iPhoto: How to Change the "Open Automatically" Preference
If you find you can't change any of Image Captures preferences or can't access any drop down menus or they are greyed out, check to make sure Image Capture is loose in the Applications folder and not within a sub folder.

Keynote fails to play quick time movies

HI,
I am trying to play a quicktime movie which I added to one of the slides. It starts out fine then the screen goes white but the control at the bottom of the screen shows that the movie is still playing. Some times you get the same white slide when you try to stop a movie while it is playing and drag the cursor back to replay a part of the movie again. Other quicktime movies do fine. And this quick time movie plays fine in quicktime. The white slide you get when you are trying to replay a section of quicktime movies can be fixed by going back one slide and and coming back to the movie slide and playing it again. If some one has a fix please let me know. I have seen this happen with other people using quicktime in keynote too.

For instance if you go to this page again in Safari,
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/
and then select "View Source" from the View menu, then press command-f to "find" within the page and search for ".mov"
You will find this, which shows the url of the movie itself.
<param name="href" value="http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jan/mw2006/mmw_2006_650ref.mov">
If you copy just this part:
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jan/mw2006/mmw_2006_650ref.mov
And open QuickTime Player, go to the File menu, select "Open URL" the movie will play.
If you try the same technique on the page at the link provided by your client, it will allow you to bypass the html code that may be doing an outdated compatibility check and the movie may play. Or it may tell you that you are missing components (codecs, compressors etc.) in which case, post here again.

Widescreen Quick Time movie made in iPhoto

I have made a widescreen Quick time movie in iPhoto by exporting it to the desktop. It's 1500x660. Works great when played in Quick Time player on the wide screen TV from my computer. When I import it into iDVD, it shows ok in preview(with a note that says widescreen preview). When I burn it to a DVD it comes out skued and elongated. What can I do to prevent this?
Meatball

Fshippy,
I am puzzled by your statement : "you should be using iLife 06"
I recently finished a project containing:
1 iMovie 4:3
1 iMovie 16:9
90 pictures slideshow (2:3)
I used iLife 05.
I produced a DvD containing three chapters: one for each film and one for the slideshow.
The result is as follows when played on my set-top:
The DvD intro is in widescreen (I defined it that way) my TV-set switches to widescreen when the DvD starts, then the DvD menu comes up in aspectratio 4:3 (that's correct as there are no standard themes in 16:9)
when I play the films:
The 4:3 plays correctly
When I play the 16:9 film my TV-set switches automaticcaly to 16:9, this film plays correctly. When finished TV switches back to the menu 4:3
When I play the slideshow it plays without any distortion of the images.
As the originator talks "widescreen" I am not sure if he means 16:9 or HD.
Anyway, I don't experience any problems in bringing widescreen (16:9) to DvD using iDvD
Are you indeed specifiacally refering to HD or also to widescreen (16:9) ?
I did not produce HD sofar.
Ben

File type/quick time movie file

My iTunes library used to have a preponderance of mp3 files. Now these seem to have been converted to Quick Time movie files. This might have occurred during an update. What happened and what does it mean.
Many thanks,
Wells

Wells,
Unfortunately the page you mention (http://www.cminow.org/itunesapplescriptfixer.html) will not load.
Give it a couple more hours or try:
http://www.cminow.com/itunesapplescriptfixer.html
That's my site, and I switched the IP address about four hours ago, and the DNS is probably still pointing to the wrong address. For some reason, the ".com" address changed over really fast (at Comcast anyway), but the ".org" one didn't.
Here's the AppleScript:on open badfiles
repeat with i in badfiles
set the item_info to info for i
--Change "mp3" to "mp2" in the following line for MP2 files:
if (name extension of item_info is "mp3") and (folder of item_info is false) then
tell application "Finder"
--Change "MPG3" to "MPG2" in the following line for MP2 files:
set file type of i to "MPG3"
set creator type of i to "hook"
end tell
end if
end repeat
end open
Just copy and paste that into the Script Editor in your AppleScript folder in Applications. Save it as an application. Then find one of the files that's giving you problems and drag it onto the application. It should change the type and creator and iTunes should be happy.
In order to avoid this in the future, just download the MP3s directly onto your hard drive by control-clicking or right-clicking on the link to the MP3. Choose the menu item that downloads to disk. In Safair, it's "Download Linked File". That avoids the QuickTime Browser plugin, which is what gives it a type of "MPEG" and creator of "TVOD" instead of "MPG3" and creator of "hook", which is what iTunes is happiest with.
Let me know if any of this wasn't clear, and I'll try to explain it better...
charlie

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