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

Well the sequence is 95% SD but what you are saying is the QT ref file
defaults to the greater res size as it does when you mix 720x480 with
720 x 486. Looks like its qt exports.

On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Terence Curren wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > > 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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> > > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > Lou Wirth
> > > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:53 PM
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > 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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