Self Contained QT Settings

I want to export a Self-Contained QT file for either bringing into iDVD or Flash to encode as a FLV.
The project is DV NTSC and currently has no audio though I am going to add it later. Under the "Setting" option in the Save dialog box, should I use the DV NTC 48kHz option?
Thanks.

If there is no audio in your sequence, include an audio setting in the export won't add any sound at all.
If you are going to add audio, then you would import your video only export into FCP, and then add audio to the sequence, sync it, and then export the same way as I indicated, but make it self contained and video and audio 48/16

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Self Contained QT video issues

I have a AVCHD video edited with FCP 6 and exported as a self-contained QT file.
1. When watching the self-contained file, there seems to be wavy lines during parts of it when there is motion, however, as a self-contained QT file there should be no compression? What might be causing this?
2. The exported file appears distorted when viewed in the QT player - faces seemed stretched, etc.
Thanks for any help.

however, as a self-contained QT file there should be no compression?
Self contained means only that the file is independant of other media files. A Reference movie literally refers to other files or parts of files in order to exist.
Using the FCP commands: Export > QuickTime Movie > Self Contained > Current Settings will produce a file without further compression, because it is made with the same codec as used by FCP's Sequence setting.
As to the file you have, what settings does it use?
Is the codec using interlacing? If so, where are you viewing it?
Are you viewing it at 100% of its native size?
Stetched vertically or horizontally?

QT self-contained best quality: rendering / sequence settings

I want to have the best image quality possible.
I need to export my editing as a self-contained QT.
I filmed in DVCAM NTSC. I captured with the easy setup DV NTSC in FCP 5.
My questions:
1 . In the general sequence setting, for the QT video compressor, should I use:
- DV/DVCPRO NTSC (default setting)
or :
- None or something else?
2. I have some very over-exposed footage that I color corrected with the 3 way filter :
Should I render with YUV 8 bits or with Hight-Precision YUV ?
Thanks.

1 . In the general sequence setting, for the QT video compressor, should I use: * DV/DVCPRO NTSC (default setting)
Yes.
2. I have some very over-exposed footage that I color corrected with the 3 way filter : Should I render with YUV 8 bits or with Hight-Precision YUV ?
8-Bit YUV. DV is an 8-bit codec.
#3 Output lossless Quicktime movies
Shane's Stock Answer #3: How to output lossless Quicktime movies
To export your project so there is no loss in quality, simply go to the File Menu and select EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE. Not Quicktime Conversion, fot this will compress the footage. Make sure the settings match your timeline settings, make it self contained, do NOT recompress the footage, and you are set.
Shane

Exports a self contained, then renders. Why?

I exported a self contained Quicktime movie (same settings as footage--HDV--no recompressed frames). My exported file is named exactly as I named it, but with four additional mysterious digits at the end. Here's what I don't get: FCP says it's still writing video. Why? Is it writing a render file? It's already exported a self-contained movie that appears to be complete (I watched the end). What's the point of this render file? (The exported movie contains 4 fades, and 2 text titles). Not sure whether to stop the "writing video" so I can do some other work, or leave it in case it's needed by my self-contained file.

Hi:
If your sequence is just plain video edit, I mean, no effects, color correction, graphic elements (text, etc), then you'll get no quality difference encoding from your timeline or from the self contained. Both sources are same quality.
But if you have effects and graphcis in your sequence that you need to render, then you'll get the best quality encoding directly from the timeline, because FCP will use the raw info from each frame as source for the encoding, NOT the rendered ones.
The difference in quality depends on how heavy your effects/graphics are.
Hope that helps !
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Movies edited in QT Pro and saved as self-contained revert in iTunes

Hi all. I'm having a consistent bad experience editing QT movies in the QT Pro player. This is the typical workflow (on Mac OS X 10.5.7, lates QT update):
1. Screencast captured in iShowU HD saved as .mov with H264 codec
2. Edited .mov in QT Player (Pro) to trim unwanted footage and tidy dropped frames etc. This sometimes is just deleting portions of the footage, sometimes copying a selection and pasting in a new document, sometimes doing this to combine multiple selections in a new document.
3. Save as self-contained QT .mov (every time without fail - I don't use reference movies)
These new movies look fine in QT Player, and import nicely into Keynote, and my Keynote presentations export to Quicktime movies fine.
However, when I try to export in ANY format and view in other software (including iTunes and the iPhone), either using QT presets (iphone, AVI, etc) or custom settings, or Handbrake (ffmpeg), or zamzar.com, the result is always either the full unedited footage, or something that approaches the original, but with corruption at the edit points.
The problems are occuring on both my MBP and my Mini, which have very slightly different software installed (eg Perian on the MBP but not the Mini)
What's going wrong and what can I do to put it right?
Many thanks in advance.
Mac

I am not talking about mpeg 1 or 2. I take a 100 MB dv, mpeg4 or h.262 clip, set an in and out point, hit trim to selection and hit apple S. it QUICKLY saves the file without rewriting the data fork and keeps it at 100 MB on my disc, even though the data size is now 50 MB in QT. so, the data is not lost, it is still there on my HD, just with new tags to tell quicktime what part to use and what part to ignore . I would prefer to just keep the one 100 MB file that i could retrieve the original if i want instead of keeping that 100 MB file and choosing save as and getting a new 50 MB file, now having to store 150 MB to have the original and edited one.

FCP quits when exporting ref movie or self contained

This one has be pulling my hair out. When I try to export an hour long project, FCP quits about half way in. Doesn't seem to matter if it is a ref movie or self contained. I get the unexpectedly quit window. I have no idea how to fix this. It is extremely frustrating. Any ideas?
Best.
Tom

Don't use an XDCAM sequence setting. Mixing that format with ANY OTHER FORMAT causes issues. I have had 3 jobs in the last 2 weeks that were HDV and XDCAM, and when they were in their native timeline settings, with other footage and graphics mixed in, I had HORRID times exporting and outputting. The solution? Changing the sequence compressor to ProRes, and rendering again. Then the projects exported fine.
So my rule #1 when dealing with HDV or XDCAM, is to edit in a ProRes sequence...all the time. No matter what. Dealing with GOP native, when you add other things like stills or other footage, is cause for nightmare issues. That GOP format is just too whacky to deal with.
Shane

Export Self-Contained / Sequence / Aspect Ratio Question

Hello all,
I have source clips, that look like this, with a command+I in quicktime:
Format: 24-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
DVCPRO HD 1080i60, 1280 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
FPS: 23.98
Normal Size: 1888 x 1062 pixels
Current Size: 1888 x 1062 pixels (Actual)
Now, in FCP, I have to chop this source up into smaller clips, so as I set in and out points, I drag to my sequence, and let FCP adjust the sequence settings to match the clip. It auto-adjusts to:
Frame Size: 1280x1080
Aspect Ratio: HD (1280x1080) (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (1280x1080)
Compressor: DVCPRO HD 1080i60
Audio: 48khz, 24-bit, Channel Grouped
When I export my clip, I want little/no processing of the source file, and want the aspect ratio to be locked at the highest quality possible, with no funky pixel aspects ratios, etc. So, I export a Quicktime Movie (no Quicktime conversion) with "Current Settings", and I make the clip self contained.
The output ends up as follows:
Format: DVCPRO HD 1080i60, 1280 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
24-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
FPS: 23.98
Normal Size: 1920 x 1080 pixels
Current Size: 1920 x 1080 pixels (Actual)
So, obviously the pixel aspect ratio has done something in the export, as the original size was 1888 x 1062 and is now 1920 x 1080.
Is there a way to process these clips on export from FCP, where the pixel is a normal 1:1 conversion, be it at 1280x1080, 1888x1062 or 1920x1080 with DVCPRO HD 1080i60, in FCP? Or is this something I have to achieve in Compressor? I'm looking for the Quicktime info on the resulting clip to return the same size for: Format, Normal Size, Current Size.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I have read this post over and over and there are some strange things going on with analyzing media now. I am absolutely sure that my HD footage (from a Z1U) used to be read by QT at 1440x1080 (1920x1080). Actual pixels were 1440x1080, a 4x3 aspect ratio, but displayed at 1920x1080. Used to be, like I said. I recently upgraded to OS 10.6.4, and QT 10 is quite a bit different. (In fact, other that the new skin, I haven't found any new features I like. Beside the point.) Now I get a QT readout like yours: 1440x1080 (1888x1062). A 4x3 capture aspect ratio and a 16x9 display aspect ratio, but not the same numbers. This can't be right--by law one of them has to be incorrect. I suspect the new version of QT. The same clip in FCP is read as as 1440x1080 with the HDV pixel aspect ratio (Edit --> Item Properties --> Format.) Furthermore, the readout from MediInfo Mac (endorsed by Apple) is even stranger: 1416x1062, a 4x3 aspect ratio, betraying yet another suspect data output. May be MediaInfo is correct, maybe not. I suspect no--my gut says FCP is correct, since it was once matched by QT. So, three analyzations and three results. The only conclusion is one or more of the analyzers is incorrect.
I suspect that the data readout in QT 10 is questionable. According to the Z1U manual, the camera records at 1440x1080, QT and FCP have this correct, but MediaInfo Mac does not. But the display raster information, as read by QT 10, has changed from 1920x1080 to 1888x1062.
So, I did a test. I followed the same procedure you did, including letting FCP set the Sequence Settings (it was correct). The QT 10 data readout from the exported movie was, like yours, 1440 x 1080 (1888 x 1062). Same results when I forced the Sequence Settings to HDV 1060i first. [FCP 6.0.6, QT 10.0 (114) ]. This was consistent with the QT 10 readout for the original, raw media.
My conclusion? Your movie is fine, there was no Pixel Aspect Ratio manipulation. The data readout in QT 10 is wrong. Sounds like a bug to me. I'd say MediaInfo Mac also has a problem--maybe they are both "drinking from the same poisoned well" somewhere deep inside the code.
Last resort: if you have access to an older version of QT, try getting the readout from that. I'm going to. If you'd like to know the results, let me know.
One thing you must do: check the Pixel Aspect Ratio in your edited sequence:
[Sequence --> Settings --> General --> Pixel Aspect Ratio]
Make sure yours is set to HD (1280x1080). Actually, check your camera manual to determine what it should be and make sure FCP is matching it. If not, force it.

Saving Final Cut project as a self contained Mpeg2

I am uploading thesef inal cut projects as mpeg4 files and see a lot of degradation as the distributor puts them through the transcoder to mpeg2. Is there a way to save these as self contained (audio and video) mpeg2 file. I have tried exporting to qucktime as a self containted movie but running it through compressor ends up as a video only file.

If you're using the current version of Compressor, if you look in the video settings you'll find a checkbox that allows you to create a muxed mts file.
This is the Final Cut Express forum.

Quicktime self-contained movie stalls

How do I get my self-contained movie to load for a few seconds before it automatically starts? I am getting minor stalls in the beginning of the movie while it is starting to load. After it loads for 10 seconds or so, then it's smooth sailing.
Here's the link: http://www.smolinskistudios.com/Design06sc.mov
specs h264 640x480 self-contained
Thanks in advance,
Dick

How do I get my self-contained movie to load for a few seconds before it automatically starts? I am getting minor stalls in the beginning of the movie while it is starting to load. After it loads for 10 seconds or so, then it's smooth sailing.While some of the "power users" may know of a way to script an "auto start" for your clip, I do not. Spent several hours a day over the last few days performing "segmentation analysis" of clip characteristics. Based on these results and what little you have said regarding settings used, it might be best to simply attemt to avoid the problem rather than "fix" it. (All of my attempts to reconvert the file either created a green bar artifact, reduced quality to an unacceptable level, or delayed auto start until all tracks were pre-loaded even when only one added "ramp adjustment" track was so set.) Of course, you can always allow the user to manually start playback here.
RECAP: The primary problem here seems to be one of the speed with which the data rate "ramps up/down" during playback. QT compares data rate to file length in order to automatically calculate the start play delay needed to buffer enough data to theoretically prevent an "overrun" during playback. In this case, you committed two cardinal sins -- failure to limit data rate to Internet compatible connection speeds and not limiting quantimization excursion to this range. Failure to do this allows the instantaneous video data rate to monotonically ramp from near zero Mbps to nearly 4 Mbps causing QT to overrun, recalculate, rebuffer, and restart numerous times during the initial 7-8 seconds of play. This is likely due to use of the H.264 codec in the "muti-pass" mode coupled with setting the "Quality slider" for maximum data rate excursion with a possible "auto" frame rate setting. Unfortunately, your content is deceptively complex in motion (allowed to ramp up to high) and transition (can't ramp up fast enough) sequences when compared to the rest of the content (allowed to ramp down too low). Like CD/VCD/DVD playback, "progressing streaming" plays best when you use a "constant throughput" rather than "constant quality" encoding strategy. I.e., you might try using the single-pass mode, using 50-75% quality setting, and adjusting the key frame frequency (or better yet manually inserting extra key frame markers to transitions if using an editor that allows this).
An interesting exercise. Sorry I couldn't come up with any better suggestions.

Fcp 7 not exporting self contained

Hi, help me out. Fcp 7 is exporting reference movie which doesnt play on other systems. I need to create a self contained movie for distribution. But neither quicktime conversion nor checking 'make self contained' is helping out. I'm doubtful whether there r some special system settings to be checked or some export setting need to altered. Or a program error?

Please post your question on the Final Cut Studio forum.

QT Reference File or QT Self Contained, Lossless?

I have a project on a timeline that I want to export as lossless. It was shot and editied at 1440 x 1080i HDV.
Should I export it as a Quicktime File (Self Contained) or a QT Reference File?
Which will give me a Lossless file?
What settings should I use when I go to File ------ Export ------ Quicktime?
Current Settings?
Thanks in advance.
FCP 7
Mac Pro
Intel Xeon
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Both self-contained or reference will give you the same quality.
I use self-contained most of the time as Compressor seems happier with them and I have lots of space on hard drives.
x

Does the choice to export a self contained movie or not appear in FCE?

That's my simple question. Then I will move on.
I found this in the FCE manual under Exporting Sequences to DVD:
2. Configure the Save dialog as desired.
In most cases, you will leave the Include pop-up menu set to Audio and Video. If you
have created any markers, choose DVD Studio Pro Markers in the Markers pop-up
menu. iDVD can use either self-contained or reference movies, allowing you to decide
whether to make the movie self-contained based on other requirements (disk space
and so on).
For more information, including detailed information on settings, see Chapter 72,
“Exporting QuickTime-Compatible Files,” on page 995. Sara
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Did you see this in your other post? -
All you need to do for top quality results is this:-
1. Go to File>Export>QuickTime Movie.
2. In the Save window that appears give it a title and DO NOT tick the "Make Movie Self-Contained" if you are using it on your present computer and are not deleting any files.
3. Open iDVD and navigate to your QT movie and drag it into the iDVD's Theme that you have chosen.
4. Do anything else you want in iDVD and burn the DVD.
Ian.

Self contained movie or FCP sequence to proper encode Dolby 5.1.

Hi everyone,
I made a test to produce an AVCHD Blu-ray (to be burnt on regular DVD5) disk with Dolby Digital Surround 5.1, using Compressor 3.5 and FCP 7.
FCP timeline was having 6 individual audio tracks in the proper order to assign each channel to the speakers once encoded and burnt into DVD; also the sequence was set to produce 6 outputs.
My first trial was to export a QuickTime self contained movie in FCP7, using current settings for audio/video.
Then I imported it into Compressor and I noticed in the inspector that audio was listed as PCM little endian 48KHz.
I applied my target for H.264 video and Dolby 5.1 for audio.
When I tested the DVD on my Blu-ray player+Dolby 5.1 receiver, the sound was mixing improperly with the speakers.
So I tried in a different way thinking that the source QT movie might have been the issue: this time from FCP7 I used "send to compressor", in order to import directly the timeline.
In this case, in compressor, the inspector revealed the audio to be 5.1 channels and after encoding and burning the DVD (with same exact settings), this time the DVD played nicely with the audio sent properly to the speakers.
So, I guess, either I made a mistake in creating the initial QuickTime MOVIE or there was an issue for compressor to properly understand that the movie was containing 6 audio outputs.
I have checked the QT MOV using QT player and the inspector: it was listing 6 instances of distinct audio tracks PCM little endian 48KHz.
Did anyone else note this behavior?
Regards,
Armando.

Hi Rick,
when I was working with a QT movie export from FCP, in one case I had been working with 6 individual mono AIFF files (created with Soundtrack Pro) in the timeline, each assigned to the proper output channel.
Even though when getting into Compressor I could see it was going to fail, as by checking the inspector I was always seeing the source audio listed as PCM little endian.
Only when I was working directly with the FCP timeline (using the "send to compressor" from FCP menu) I saw in Compressor's inspector the proper audio info as 5.1 channels; then the final export worked fine.
So I guess you could see this even without getting to the end of the process whether your final work will be good or bad.
At the end it doesn't bother me at all using the "send to" command when I have to create this Dolby 5.1 kind of movie... the thing is that I didn't find any mention of this in the documentation.
Regards,
Armando.

FCP project not rendering well as self contained QT file

G-4 (late model) 800Mhz,1GB SDRAM, 34 gig of space left, OS 10.3, FCP 4.0.1 LiveType 1.0.1 and Quicktime 6.4
Trying to render my little 15 second project as a self contained QT File so I can send it to a place, over HS internet, to be used as a full quality production over their in-house system. Looks like you must use compressor to do this but set at uncompressed. The anamorphic final piece looks sqwished. Did I miss a setting someplace? Also, it looks pixalated.Using the Quicktime movie standard setting is not responding to the self contained setting. It is not self contained. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Sid Coleman

#3 output lossless DV
Shane's Stock Answer #3:
To export your DV project so there is no loss in quality, simply go to the File Menu and select EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE. Not Quicktime Conversion, fot this will compress the footage. Make sure the settings match your timeline settings, make it self contained and you are set.
If it is anamorphic, then you need to adjust the dimensions by multiplying by 1.33. So 720 will be 960. 960x480.
Shane

Make Movie Self-Contained option

I edited some video at home and wanted to bring it to work so I can bring it into DVD SP. I selected File>Export QT Movie and chose Current Settings, it was captured as DV NTSC. I also checked make movie self-contained.
1. Is the idea behind this so I will end up with one file that will not need to reference any of the media or project files on the computer it was captured, so it can just be taken with me?
2. I tried several times to copy the 8GB QT file to an external drive, and close to the end of the process I receive the following error:
Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred (Error Code -1309).
It then continues copying for a few seconds and just stops and nothing ends up on the external drive. I tried rebooting and unplugging the drive and tried again with the same results. Any ideas why it is doing this? Is this a Tiger issue or an issue with my settings in FCP? I even unchecked Make Movie Self-Contained and it still had the same problem when I tried to copy it.
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