[Avid-L2] Re: QT Ref comes out HD

All a QT reference file does is point to the original media. That is why it is a fast output. If your media is HD, then your QT Ref file is HD.

You need ot make a self contained QT, which will convert in the process. And it won't be fast with HDV.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
>
> Well my QT ref is HD. Obviously making QTs takes much longer for
> review cuts so I think converting the HDV material is the way to go.
> Have not done that before. Is it simply transcoding?
>
> Lou
> On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Dave Spraker wrote:
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> > This does not make sense. You cannot export a QuickTime reference
> > movie of
> > HDV or any other Long GOP media.
> >
> > Export a full QuickTime movie at your sequence resolution, or redig
> > the HDV
> > as SD, or convert those sections to SD.
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> > Lou Wirth
> > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:53 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] QT Ref comes out HD
> >
> > No, actually its DV.
> > On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Wes Plate wrote:
> >
> > > On 1/29/10 1:31 PM, "Lou Wirth" <loutv@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have an SD project. Had to load in some HDV material so I
> > changed
> > > > the project format, digitized, and went back to 30NTSC. Finished
> > the
> > > > sequence with the SD clips and some HDV clips. Now when I export a
> > > QT
> > > > ref (even when I select 4x3 or Native Dimensions) I get a 1920 x
> > > 1080
> > > > QT movie. Looks like crap when I compress for review. So how is
> > this
> > > > happening? Is this like when you have a DV seq but have 1:1 titles
> > > so
> > > > you can not export 720x480 because Avid defaults to the highest
> > > res in
> > > > the seq? Should I transcode the HDV material down to SD? MC 4.04
> > >
> > > The first clip in your timeline is HD?
> > >
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