Should I export captured clips as Quicktime movies?

Do I need to export my captured clips as Quicktime movies if I want to import them as source clips in other projects?
I had been importing directly from the capture scratch folder, but this resulted in mono audio tracks, rather than stereo. Everything else looked fine...
This problem has been driving me nuts...perhaps this is the explanation.

I figured it out elsewhere.

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Can't Export from FCE to QuickTime Movie w/o recompression

I have problems with choosing the correct settings for export of a FCE video clip to QuickTime Movie. I want the best possible quality (without recompression).
In the manual it says:
"Exporting a Self-Contained Movie Without Recompressing the Media
If you choose to export a self-contained movie, you have the option to not recompress the media in your clip or sequence. If you deselect the Recompress All Frames option and choose Current Settings from the Setting pop-up menu, Final Cut Express simply copies frames from existing media files into the new file with no recompression."
I can't find that option in FCE 4.01 - is it a mistake in the manual? My source media was captured from miniDV tape and the captured media file has the following formate:
Codec: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, Linear PCM, Timecode
Color profile: SD (6-1-6)
Total bit rate: 29,794
My exported file has this format:
Dimensions: 720 x 480
Codec: Linear PCM, H.264
Color Profile: SD (6-1-6)
Audio Channels: 2
Total bit rate: 2,151
I have seen this question in the FCE archive and people simply say there is no recompression in FCE Export to QT Movie, but clearly there is since I see the H.264 codec listed in my output file and the bit-rate is a about 1/14th the rate of the original source material. The output file size is also much smaller. What gives. How can I get an unrecompressed file out of FCE so I can send it to a coworker for futher editing with his FCE.

dsut56 wrote:
Does anyone else have anything to add to this thread. I'm, sure I'm using Export to QuickTime Movie and not using QuickTime Conversion and from the file specifications I've given above, it is clear that a 14:1 compression took place.
Doug
Double check:
There are only three options in the QuickTime Movie export window.
1. Include: The Audio and Video, Audio Only or Video Only.
2. Markers: Select whateve you want or don't want.
3. The Make Movie Self-Contained selection check box.
Is this what you see?
The export will mirror the Sequence or selected part of the Sequence.
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Hello - hope someone out there can help me!!!
I put together a slideshow for my high school reunion using iMovie HD 5.0.2 and need help with settings exporting it as a Quicktime movie.
*I want to export it to a DVD* so that I can play it on a friend's laptop and I'm not sure if iDVD would be the way to go - my friend has a Macbook Pro I can borrow so it might be okay - I am worried about the fact that I've been working on older software. (I have read about opening iDVD and bringing in iMovie project vs. "share to iDVD"). So they suggested instead of iDVD I just export as a quicktime. Then I can burn it in Toast (v.6.0.2)
Wondering about *BEST DATA RATE?*
In export settings I have:
compressor set at H.264
frame rate: current (should that be DV-NTSC?)
key frames: automatic (?)
encoding: best quality/multi-pass
should data rate be automatic?
Some details that might be relevant to helping me:
*Stills brought in as clips with cross-dissolves, only two uses of "Ken Burns effect"
*Some stills were in the project from my LAST reunion - I realize I should have reimported all the stills since I am now recompressing them, but it's too late now!
*no audio
*Slideshow is about 45 mins long, file size says 5.52GB although when I looked into exporting it last night it said 9+GB - not sure why
*Using a G4 Tower (not my ancient laptop) with OS 10.4.11, Dual 533MHz PowerPC, 1.5GB SDRAM
iDVD version is 6.0.4
please help if you can!! thank you in advance...

Are you trying to burn a standard DVD or are you trying to put a QuickTime .mov file on DVD media?
A standard DVD doesn't worry about file size (only the duration).
A "data" DVD is limited to the type of media used. A single layer DVD is about 3.7 GB's.
In order to make a data DVD you need to keep the data rate low enough to not exceed the DVD media playback abilities. They can't handle the higher rates found in many of the preset options.
You can avoid all of these headaches by telling the viewer to "copy" the .mov file from the DVD to their Desktop. Then nearly any of the presets option will work.
H.264 is a great video codec and the "automatic" preset should work just fine. Use "multi-pass" for best quality (takes a very long time). Remove the check mark for "Audio" since your file has none. Leave it checked and you waste file size because a silent audio track would be added.

Export a Full Quality QuickTime Movie for CD

Hello - I have an 11 min. movie, that contains mostly pics, but also some video - I will be giving it to someone to play on there computer, which will also project onto a screen, during a wedding reception. She just wants to be able to load it into her computer - what is the most effective way of doing this?
I thought about exporting to a 720x480 Quicktime movie, using Qtime Conversion in FCP, and H.264 compression - is there a better way, so that it will show the best quality? After burning the movie to a QT file onto a CD, I thought I would then give to her to download - is this the proper way to do this type of thing?
Any suggestions are most appreciated as always - thank you...

KL -
That might be fine... thing is you WANT to have her test it. Sometimes playing large files like this (yes, even at h264) can choke a pc pushing it out to a projection unit.
I like putting it back to tape and sending it full rez out of a deck or other video camera.
I never trust PCs to even play a DVD out.
CaptM

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My apologies! I went about a VERY lengthy search and just did not find anything to my satisfaction other than people stating that they had the same problem. Just search for phrases like 'Keynote music export QuickTime' and I guarantee you'll find a lot of results. My best bet was to export the movie (went fine) and then to import the movie into iMovie, add the soundtrack and re-export. My main problem was figuring out the best format from iMovie. Choosing the wrong one gives absolutely horrible movie quality compared to the Keynote export.
The frustrating thing is that you can't tell the movie quality until a, oh, 15-30min rendering of your movie depending on the size and trying that with several setting arrangements adds up to too much time for me. For my situation, I was able to just play the movie and play a cd on a boombox in the background. It was not my desired choice but after hours and hours of trying I gave up...
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I have just started to use FCE 4, and love it.
However, I am running into the same problem as many other people, but can't seem to find the answer to MY question...
I am editing a HD movie imported via FCE from my Canon HG10. I use the Magic Bullet Looks video filter on my video.
My question is...
Since it seems that every time I do some small change to the project (text edit, transitions, etc.) it has to re-render the video effects with it (taking about 4 hours each pop).
Is it better if I edit each video clip with the filters in a seperate project, export those clips, then add them back to the entire project? Or am I missing a key step in making this all work in one large project, efficiently?
Thank you for all your help.

Michael Trauffer wrote:
Where are you storing your source media?
My source media is being stored on a Firewire 800 external drive. I realize that will cause some slowdown, but it shouldn't be that much, should it?
Are you using SafeRT or UnlimitedRT?
I don't know what those are, sorry.
Having to render constantly leads to a couple of different possibilities:
1. Your source codec doesn't match your sequence settings
How do I check that?
or
2. Your real-time playback capabilities are limited by your system setup.
I know for a fact that applying a Looks filter to any clip will require rendering. The time it takes for a render depends on your system and where your source media is located.
But it keeps rendering the same video, even if I make a change to another video track (like a text track).

Having difficulty exporting FCE sequence as Quicktime movie

I've completed a couple of short 5-6 minute FCE movies using FCE HD 3.0. I can't get them to export to Quicktime movies for placement on the desk top. Every time I try I get the "General error: Out of disk space" warning. I've got oodles of space on the hard drive. I looked through the manual and on page 853 it talks about managing disk space, stating that I might want to delete old render files. I'm not sure if this is relevant; there aren't that many render files. Anyway, I'm not at all easy about deleting render files any way; what if I want to go back and rework some clips? Any help you can give me would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dan,
Use the Finder to check the space available on your system drive. Tell us exactly what size the disk is and how much space is available. ("oodles" doesn't tell us very much)
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Why 320X240? It's a 4:3 aspect ratio, and the only way you'll get your 16:9 images in that size is to letter box it in a 4:3 sequence, then export that letterboxed movie... Or use a pan and scan technique (cropping the original) and fill a 4:3 aspect ratio that way... but you can't get a 16:9 aspect ratio of images to fit right in 4:3 aspect any other way... other than to export as a 16:9 movie.
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Hi,
We are exploring using the Quicktime .mov format for encoding live video & audio. It seems that QuickTime for Windows only allows recording Audio. The new Movie Recording option under the File menu which is present in the Mac version is not available on the Windows version. I want to find out if anyone knows of any good encoding software for the Quicktime .mov format. We want to record in either H.264 format or better quality and we want to use 240 kbps (or better) data rate.
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I used the cd-rom option and it worked!
... ALL iM's preset do work for youtube uploads...
but...:
youtube videos have a certain size, allow certain framerates, and get converted into flash-video format.. therefore, the input-format should fullfill some minimum quality ...
e.g. this video (a filmschool project with some REALLY sad story... ehm, well, film-school... )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvdiQrddZ7o
was uploaded with "my" settings .. done with a 3ccd miniDV camcorder and edited in iMovie...
movements are smooth, details crystal clear...
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Hello folks
I often need to use a still frame from a quicktime movie as an image file to work with in PhotoShop for windows.
If I export a frame via the export command and choose "Movie to picture" I end up with a .pct file, that Photoshop will not open.
I can open the .pct file with the Quicktime PictureViewer and then export it from that app as i.e. a JPEG-file, but I would like to avoid that extra step and just export a usable file straight from QT.
Anybody know how that can be done?
Best regards
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I'm editing some clips I captured through Snapz, and I exported them using the info I found here:
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