"uncompress:

If I compressed my FCP project to create a DVD, and deleted the original unedited quicktime files, can I "uncompress" the files and import back to FCP? My thought is to open the compressed file in Quicktime and export to AVI as best quality without compression....will this do the trick? If not, please let me know what would work.
FCP Studio 6 and DVDSP4.2
Thanks in advance.
Neil

Your best bet is to go back and get the original files if you can
Otherwise decompress the m2v using QT, Compressor or
<a href='http://www.squared5.com/'">MPEG Streamclip to convert. I wouldn't use AVI, converting back to another Codec usually works for me (even DV) using MPEG Streamclip best settings

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Why should the video codec for Option 1 be V210? Isn't this reserved for 10-bit video?
http://www.fourcc.org/yuv.php#V210
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS398C372B-B748-4ef6-BA0D-396D2E360707.ht ml
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http://www.fourcc.org/yuv.php#UYVY
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Attachments:
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