My HD isn't looking very HD-like. Any reason why?

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jordy2324

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By the time I'm done exporting, I feel the video is a little jumpy/not as smooth as it looks in-camera.

I'm shooting 720p/60 fps with a Canon 7D

Using MPEG streamclip to transcode files into "Apple XDCAM EX 720p60 (35 MB/s VBR)" format. I turn the quality all the way up to 100% un-check Interlaced Scaling.

Using Final Cut Pro 7 on an iMac intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz machine with 4GB ram.

Exporting to Quicktime in Final Cut as "XDcam EX 720p 60 VBR)

AFTER ALL THIS -- I feel there is a loss of quality. What can I change at this point to improve the video quality?

And once I burn the .mov file with iDVD, I am SURE there is a loss of quality.
What can I do on the DVD-burning end to make it better?

Thanks for your input
 
Convert the Canon 7D footage to Pro Res, not XDCAM. Converting non-GOP footage to GOP will introduce a bunch of artifacts, etc.

Then IF you have Compressor 3.5 or Toast 09/10, or Adobe Encore CS3/4/5, and a blu ray burner, create a blu ray disc.

iDVD burns SD DVDs only...so the 1280x720 image you shot is now 720x480 on DVD, and compressed to MPEG 2

Or create a near blu ray AVCHD disc and burn to a DVD5. It will play on many blu ray players.
 
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David S. said:
Convert the Canon 7D footage to Pro Res, not XDCAM. Converting non-GOP footage to GOP will introduce a bunch of artifacts, etc.

Then IF you have Compressor 3.5 or Toast 09/10, or Adobe Encore CS3/4/5, and a blu ray burner, create a blu ray disc.

iDVD burns SD DVDs only...so the 1280x720 image you shot is now 720x480 on DVD, and compressed to MPEG 2

Or create a near blu ray AVCHD disc and burn to a DVD5. It will play on many blu ray players.
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Thanks for the advice, David.
I have Compressor 3.5. I tried playing with it yesterday but got an error message. I'll have to look more into how to use it.

When you say "create a near blu ray AVCHD disc and burn to a DVD5. It will play on many blu ray players" -- do you mean on iDVD? Or should I use DVD studio Pro 4?

I didn't know I lose the "HD" when burning with iDVD.
 
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