Re: [Avid-L2] Multi-Cam freezing

Steve,

There's an argument to be said that because the compression of the source
files is usually Long GOP, the files are actually higher quality than what
the equivalent linear I-frame bit rate would represent. Rule of thumb for
me is for every 10Mbps of Long GOP, I treat it like 40Mbps of I-frame. So
for files shot with 5D that come out to 30-40Mbps Long GOP H264, I treat
them as if they were 120-160Mbps I-frame equivalent, and transcode as such.

I am open to opinions on this but I definitely feel that you lose something
if you go 30Mbps Long GOP to 36Mbps DNxHD.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com>wrote:

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> Not much. The original source files are almost exactly that size... not
> that size is the same as compression, but it seems crazy to take such a
> small original source and "bump it up" that much. Especially when you want
> to do multi-cam with it.
>
> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
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