Ted Spencer
Veteran
I've been working on a project that involves making an SD DVD out of 30p HD footage I shot on an HVX200a. After editing in FCP7, it looks just fine, and transcodes nicely to an HD or SD Quicktime file for playback on a computer.
But when I use Compressor to transcode to mp2 for a DVD (using the 90 min best quality preset) I am getting periodic incidences of badly pixelated frames that occur exactly 15 frames apart, but only for short, seemingly random stretches of time - perhaps 5 or 10 seconds or so. Then it goes back to normal for several minutes, then recurs similarly for a few seconds. And so on...
This is clearly visble in DVDSP's video display window, while the same spots in the original footage or QT exports look fine.
There was no camera or subject movement...
One thing I'm trying as I type this is another pass through Compressor with it set to Constant bit rate - I found a post elsewhere that implied that this might be the problem. I'll know in a few minutes when it's done.
Otherwise, If anyone has seen this and knows the solution, I'd be very appreciative.
But when I use Compressor to transcode to mp2 for a DVD (using the 90 min best quality preset) I am getting periodic incidences of badly pixelated frames that occur exactly 15 frames apart, but only for short, seemingly random stretches of time - perhaps 5 or 10 seconds or so. Then it goes back to normal for several minutes, then recurs similarly for a few seconds. And so on...
This is clearly visble in DVDSP's video display window, while the same spots in the original footage or QT exports look fine.
There was no camera or subject movement...
One thing I'm trying as I type this is another pass through Compressor with it set to Constant bit rate - I found a post elsewhere that implied that this might be the problem. I'll know in a few minutes when it's done.
Otherwise, If anyone has seen this and knows the solution, I'd be very appreciative.
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