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killabeez about this a little bit this weekend and she gave me some helpful info, but I find I'm still really at sea and just completely lost in terms of vid clipping, with a very short deadline for this vid. Don't know if any of my flist can help me, but I'm sending out a plea:
I have to work, for the first time, by getting clips from .avis that I've obtained from fans. I have no ability to change the settings. The eps are all from N. America, but they seem to have somewhat PAL-like settings. I'm using MPEG Streamclip to cut the clips that I want. All that's been okay, except when I brought some of the test clips over from MPEG S to my vidding program, Final Cut Pro HD, they don't match the usual settings I have.
What I get in the info screen in MS is this:
Duration: 0:42:13
Data Size: 346.79 MB
Bit Rate: 1.15 Mbps
Video Tracks:
Generic MPEG-4, 624 × 352, 23.976 fps, 1.02 Mbps
Audio Tracks:
MPEG Layer-3 Audio stereo, 48 kHz, 133 kbps
If I export the clip into an .mov file, I can change the frame rate to the requisite 29.97 and it looks a little jaggy, but it's tolerable. What I can't seem to change and get it to look right is the size -- 624 x 352. If I export it in 720 x 480 NTSC for Final Cut, it becomes a full-screen pan and scan-like thing. If I monkey around with anything else, I get either squeezed or stretched clips.
I have to export this for a playable DVD for the vid show. If I work with clips that are exported as 624 x 352, which isn't the "standard" vid size, will I still be able to generate a full quality .mov file (720 x 480)? Is there anything special I need to do?
I have literally never captured clips or cut clips this way or even seen it done by someone else. I've always used the old traditional method, of running them off the source (in this case, a dvd player running through a pass-through device). Getting into these screen sizes, aspect ratios, frame rates... I haven't had to deal with this before and the tutorials are completely and utterly useless on this aspect (the mac ones I've found). I can't find the info I need on this, and I'm so pressed for time, and I keep clipping and then testing, with so little success.
I just want to cry. Vidding often makes me want to cry.
killabeez about this a little bit this weekend and she gave me some helpful info, but I find I'm still really at sea and just completely lost in terms of vid clipping, with a very short deadline for this vid. Don't know if any of my flist can help me, but I'm sending out a plea:I have to work, for the first time, by getting clips from .avis that I've obtained from fans. I have no ability to change the settings. The eps are all from N. America, but they seem to have somewhat PAL-like settings. I'm using MPEG Streamclip to cut the clips that I want. All that's been okay, except when I brought some of the test clips over from MPEG S to my vidding program, Final Cut Pro HD, they don't match the usual settings I have.
What I get in the info screen in MS is this:
Duration: 0:42:13
Data Size: 346.79 MB
Bit Rate: 1.15 Mbps
Video Tracks:
Generic MPEG-4, 624 × 352, 23.976 fps, 1.02 Mbps
Audio Tracks:
MPEG Layer-3 Audio stereo, 48 kHz, 133 kbps
If I export the clip into an .mov file, I can change the frame rate to the requisite 29.97 and it looks a little jaggy, but it's tolerable. What I can't seem to change and get it to look right is the size -- 624 x 352. If I export it in 720 x 480 NTSC for Final Cut, it becomes a full-screen pan and scan-like thing. If I monkey around with anything else, I get either squeezed or stretched clips.
I have to export this for a playable DVD for the vid show. If I work with clips that are exported as 624 x 352, which isn't the "standard" vid size, will I still be able to generate a full quality .mov file (720 x 480)? Is there anything special I need to do?
I have literally never captured clips or cut clips this way or even seen it done by someone else. I've always used the old traditional method, of running them off the source (in this case, a dvd player running through a pass-through device). Getting into these screen sizes, aspect ratios, frame rates... I haven't had to deal with this before and the tutorials are completely and utterly useless on this aspect (the mac ones I've found). I can't find the info I need on this, and I'm so pressed for time, and I keep clipping and then testing, with so little success.
I just want to cry. Vidding often makes me want to cry.
