Re: [Avid-L2] OT - Quicktime Player Pro & anomalies

If you're viewing interlaced footage on a computer's progressive display,
you'll see jagged lines as the fields get squashed together. This won't
happen on a broadcast monitor.

In addition, if the file can't be played at 1:1 resolution to the computer
display, then any scaling on either interlaced or progressive material can
introduce artifacts with any player.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Paul Dougherty <lists@postlit.com> wrote:

> It's understood that Quicktime Player Pro is better, more accurate than
> the default Qt Player. I have some HD ProRes files I made in FCP from a
> prosumer camera card that on a client's 2 yr old Mac (default Qt Player)
> play with bad jaggies.* The footage is fine when I play it on my system in
> Qt Player Pro. * I can replicate this in OS 10.7.3 with the default Qt
> Player.
>
> I can tell here things like my set-up is a truer reflection of what is
> really there and don't worry, but she's freaked and I'd like to offer a
> more informed, definitive explanation. What would that be?
>
> p.s. I did an edit on site recently where a exported FCP seq (ProRes I
> *think*) had weird (colorized or blown out) 1st frames after each edit in
> Quicktime Player Pro but looked fine in the default Qt Player and After
> Effects. The lesson… Quicktime Player Pro is better, more accurate except
> when it's not? :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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