Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread Marco Poloni
as far as my knowledge of FCP goes, this software does not like compressed files. it works well with apple's codecs, the best of them being AppleProRes422 or AppleProRes422(HQ). “HQ” stands for high quality. it has double the bitrate of the non-hq format, and weighs double in terms of file size.

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread William Gazecki
: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 as far as my knowledge of FCP goes, this software does not like compressed files. it works well with apple's codecs, the best of them being AppleProRes422 or AppleProRes422(HQ). HQ stands for high quality. it has double the bitrate of the non-hq format, and weighs double

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread Marco Poloni
** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] *On Behalf Of *Marco Poloni *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2013 10:52 PM *To:* Gene Youngblood; Experimental Film Discussion List *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 ** ** as far as my knowledge of FCP

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread nicky . hamlyn
, Thanks, Nicky. -Original Message- From: Marco Poloni mar.pol...@gmail.com To: Gene Youngblood ato...@comcast.net; Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 9:57 Subject: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 as far as my knowledge of FCP goes

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread Jason Halprin
: nicky.ham...@talktalk.net nicky.ham...@talktalk.net To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 I also have some MP4 files that I want to convert to DV for editing in FCP. When I use Compressor I choose MP4 and the file I want

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread David_Kidman
. -Jason Halprin From: nicky.ham...@talktalk.net nicky.ham...@talktalk.net To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 I also have some MP4 files that I want to convert to DV for editing in FCP. When I use Compressor I

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread Gene Youngblood
Thanks everyone. Very helpful and educational advice From: David_Kidman Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:06 AM To: Jason Halprin ; Experimental Film DiscussionList Subject: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 If fcp can't transcode, Compressor is unlikely to, mpeg Streamclip is probably your best

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread Jon Dieringer
to use! Nicky. -Original Message- From: David_Kidman david.kid...@gmail.com To: Jason Halprin jihalp...@yahoo.com; Experimental Film DiscussionList frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:48 Subject: Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2 If fcp can't transcode, Compressor

Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-12 Thread roeenney
hey there I love the creative cow website for learning about things like this and navigating codecs forums.creativecow.net if you can convert the mpeg2 to apple pro res you should be good! --- --- . On Feb 11, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Gene Youngblood ato...@comcast.net wrote: Frameworkers:

[Frameworks] mpeg-2

2013-02-11 Thread Gene Youngblood
Frameworkers: I’ve got an mpeg-2 video file that I want to import into FCP version 6, but FCP doesn’t recognize it. What format should I convert it to that FCP will accept? I’m not personally doing this, my assistant is, and she’s learning. So us novices will appreciate your advice.