Exporting 1080i

This is an easy one for you guys to answer. I am trying to export a sequence out of FCP 5.1.4 The footage was taken on a sony FX1 in 1080i, imported as that, edited and now all I wont to do is export it in the highest quality as pos

If you go to export and use 'Quicktime Movie' and 'current settings' your movie shout output with the same specifications as the original footage.
Weenie.

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    I just received my first HD footage from a client to transfer to DVD using iDVD. I'm wondering what other people have experienced exporting 1080i footage using Quicktime (as a reference file - not self contained). My sequence is 1.5 hours long.
    I first tried to export it using Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60 and it said it would take over 40 hours! After reading some other posts, I looked at the sequence settings and changed something (field dominance perhaps?) from Upper to None. This has brought the time down to a mere 9 hours!
    Is this time normal for exporting such a long movie? I want to know so I can budget time into future projects!
    Thanks. Sorry to appear such a novice, but its my first foray into this type of footage!
    Jenny

    This project was on a Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5 with 6 gigs of RAM. The whole thing finally finished -- but, wow, I was not prepared for a 9 hour export (which, in reality, turned out to be about 5 hours).
    Thanks for any feedback you can provide on processing times.
    Jenny

  • How can I export 1080i in best possible quality for internet streaming?

    Sorry, I'm not too knowledgeable about this but I have Final Cut 6.0.4 and use/captured in HD-1080i. What's the best possible way to export this in great quality for internet streaming? What dimensions should I use? Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you!

    ok i used h.264 main profile with 10 mbps and i am using multipass and size is 1280x720. i tried 24 and 30 key frames. quality is still lower
    iv been experimenting on a 1.5 minute video to save time.  I imported the project from imovie into fcpx and changed nothing.  looking at the file that was created by imovie for the same video it is 1280x720 and uses codecs h.264 and aac the file size is 115 mb the extension is .mov and the color profile is HD (1-1-1) and total bitrate is 10,512 kbps. and the quality is the minimum acceptable for me.
    The file i created using your settings above in compressor 4 is 118 mb and of lower quality. codecs used are h.264, aac, and Hint (not sure what hint is but noticed it isn't used with the .mov file) color prile is the same as above. total bitrate is 10,405 kbps.
    Im not arguing that compressor 4 should be able to surpass imovie but so far i have only been able to do it by making the file size rediculous (>50 gb for 30 minutes).  I created a movie that was recorded with the same camera (25 mbps) 1080p 1920x1080. imovie made this 40 minute video just under 3 gb and with the same quality as the movie i am experimenting with.
    There is a differnce between theory and practice. SO FAR THE RESULTS I AM SEEING IS THAT IMOVIE IS SUPERIOR IN QUALITY TO SIZE RATIO. imovie has very few options but the hd setting has surpassed what i have been able to do with fcpx.
    i am willing to try any settings that anyone sugests.
    personally i think i will try to export the movie at max quality then take the super large file to my windows laptop and convert to avi.  as in the past i have had much success with that format using divx. i realize that that is not the best method but i don't really want to spend hours re editing this video with imovie since the source footage is about 10 hours.
    Thanks for trying still_learning but i am afraid you are still learning.

  • Exporting 1080i footage to blu ray format.

    Hi there,
    I have captured some 1080i footage in premiere pro CS4 and have been exporting sections as image sequences in progressive to do some rotoscoping. I now want to produce the video in 2 formats. One intended to be a standard interlaced def DVD and the other to be the highest possible quality for blu ray. Could someone help me with whether i need to deintelace the footage to make it progressive when exporting or will selecting the blu ray setting do it for me at the best possible quality.
    Many thanks...

    will there be a combing effect when played on a computer monitor
    No.  Your software Blu-ray player will deinterlace it properly for you. By way of comparison, notice that I didn't say Media Player.
    -Jeff

  • Exporting 1080i, Pixel Aspect Ratio Problems

    Hello everyone,
    I've been dealing with a lot of different format projects recently: SD, HDV 720-24P, and HDV 108050i.
    For now, these projects are intended for internet delivery. I've not had too much problem exporting the SD and HDV 720-24P projects, but the HDV 108050i has been very frustrating.
    When I export SD and HDV 720 in compressor, I set the pixel aspect ratios to NTSC and square, respectively. But when I try to set the pixel aspect ratio for the 1080i to "1080i 16:9" (which I believe is 1.333:1), it rejects my choice, choosing "default" instead. When compressor finishes exporting, my 1080i movie looks very squished horizontally.
    The only success I have had is in exporting via Quicktime conversion, where I duplicate my compressor settings, but do nothing to the pixel aspect ratio (since there is no option to change it in quicktime, it seems). The movies I have exported with Quicktime have been fine. I don't know if it makes a difference, but when I try to export these 1080i clips, I am in the proper 1080i "easy setup."
    I know almost nothing about this pixel aspect ratio business, but I believe it is the cause of my problems (since I am using the proper 16:9 aspect ratio for movie width x height).
    My Questions:
    1. If I am understanding the problem correctly, how do I get compressor to acknowledge the right pixel aspect ratio for my 1080i footage, rather than the incorrect "default"?
    2. If am not understanding the problem correctly, what might be going on?
    3. Can anyone point me to a useful resource about pixel aspect ratios? I've been searching the forums and online, and I thought I was getting a grip on things but it seems I am still way over my head. For example, what is the significance in Final Cut Pro of changing your viewer or canvas to not show square pixels? Do you need to format for square vs. non-square depending on the final delivery destination (not the source format)?
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    Message was edited by: Haberdasher

    Sorry to bump, but any ideas?

  • G5 crashes when exporting 1080i HD clip to MPEG2

    I'm trying to export a 1080i uncompressed 10Bit 12' project from FCP5 directly into MPEG 2 using compressor. I've selected the DVD 90min. best quality preset but it crashes at about 60% of the compression process.
    Anyone knows why this happens? If I first downconvert my project to SD it works fine, but it should work directly from uncompressed HD, right?

    I have a similar problem.
    I have a combination of DV footage, EXDCAM EX, and a little HDV footage.
    They are all sitting in an 8 bit uncompressed timeline.
    They play fine but when I go to render it, FCP will crash (not always).
    After reading your post and Navarro's reply I suspect it may have something to do with the XDCAM EX footage. I think the best way to convert to Pro-res is using compressor. You can batch convert and on a mac pro it is quite fast. This is a bit of a painful way to do it, though, if you already have the footage a part of an edit.
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  • Export 1080i with regular DVD player

    I do not have a blu-ray burner but I would like to burn in 1080i - is it possible?

    No. BD and normal DVDs are two completely different things. At best, you can burn data DVDs containing DivX/ H.264 clips at HD res and play them on a DVD player that has suitable output handling for it via HDMI, but that's it. and then of course you don't need Encore for any of that...
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  • Exporting HDV 1080i to DVD

    I tried exporting 1080i video using Quick Time Conversion and setting it to DVCPRO50 - NTSC to create a DVD. The DVD video looks very pixilated and jagged on a Standard Def screen. I tried using compressor and it looks the same. How can I export these videos so that they look right?
    Vince

    Vince,
    Try searching for the 'Bonsai' method - gives excellent results from HDV.
    Basically you drop your complete HDV sequence onto a DV50 Anamorphic timeline but before you do this set your Video Processing_Motion filtering Quality to Fastest (Linear) - you'll find this tab under sequence settings.
    It'll obviously need rendering (although it will render when you export) but you then export to Compressor on your chosen DVD settings - I have a custom setting based on the length of my piece calculated by a bitrate calculator.
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  • Can I make 1080i into progressive before exporting to DVD?

    This excellent post explains how my HV20 1080i60 footage can be made progressive by using the ProRes setting:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389
    However, doing this sextuples the file sizes, and I have 50GB of footage on this project and needed it all on my MacBook, so it was a no-go.
    Is there a way to apply this ProRes now that I have my project edited in timeline (4 minutes) before exporting to DVD? Or could I somehow use the ProRes setting itself (rather than one of the DVD export settings) to export the project to burn on a DVD in DVD Studio Pro?
    Or is applying a Deinterlace filter going to do the same?
    I would keep the framerate at 29.97, as it is destined for broadcast.
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    MaW

    Thank you very much for superfast replies.
    You are right about the broadcast, I just checked the Viacom submission specs, and for HD it says “MTVN requires delivery of 1080i (16 x 9) aspect ratio program material, at 29.97 frames per second (59.94 fields/sec) for broadcast.”
    It would be quite silly to go from i to p to i.
    I just wanted to do everything I could to make it look less sharp and videoey (being a $1,000 CMOS camera...)
    I am now trying to add some grain with the CGM plug-in...
    Very interesting about the Deinterlace Filter vs. Frame Controls.
    Which one of the four should I select?
    (Fast (line averaging), Better (motion adaptive) Best (motion compensated) and Reverse Telecine)
    I would want the best possible result, of course.
    Also, should I leave the ‘adaptive details’ box checked?
    For future reference, if I wanted to export 1080i timeline and make it progressive, could I still follow the article instructions and select Reverse Telecine (I’d probably keep the framerate at 30)?
    This would seem so much easier than having to do the pulldown on ALL your footage before starting to edit...
    Thank you
    MaW

  • Performance on a MacBook Pro v Mac Pro - export to Media Browser

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    Of course importing DV is realtime whichever mac you have, importing AVCHD takes about 1/2 real time on my MP, I can't say I've ever imported AVCHD on my MBP.
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  • Export in Full HD Mode not possible ?

    I create my movies by the Canon 5D Mark-II with 1920 x 1080 Full HD Mode.
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    I would like to use my movie for 2 purposes.
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  • Export to .m2t ?

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