Choppy MPEG Streamclip to ProRes 422 LT at DVinfo.net

Jamison Luther · June 22nd, 2010, 07:48 PM

HELP,

Doing my first edit of 7D footage, 1080p, 24fps. Bit of a nOOb, was out of the game for a while. Found out I needed to transcode the h.264 .MOV files into ProRes 422 LT.

Used Compressor and it took forever! It took forever just to assign a destination for a batch of files. Installed MPEG Streamclip. Used these settings:

Export to Quicktime
Prores 422 LT
100% quality
23.98 frame rate
Interlaced Scaling & Deinterlace Video are DESELECTED
1920x1080 unscaled
Uncompressed Audio

It flew through the test conversion, 75MB/sec data rate. I was stoked. So I converted like 6 hours of footage. Bad idea.

I never checked the transcoded output file until just now. It's choppy. Unusable. Viewing transcoded file in quicktime. Original looks great, transcoded looks horrible.

Compressor transcoded fine. Please help if you are out there, O wise wizards of editing.

Bill Pryor · June 23rd, 2010, 01:35 PM

That's weird. Your settings look proper. Did the Compressor file that worked go to the same hard drive as the MPEG Streamclip ones that don't work? Ie., could the problem be a slow drive? Just a thought. Have you tried restarting? On my system after I do a bunch of processor-intensive things, sometimes I get some jerky playback in my timeline. Restart and it's cool.

Christos Houliara · June 23rd, 2010, 01:47 PM

Yeap your settings looks o.k....
Try at Apple ProRes 422 without LT....
and what is your mac configuration.....

Per Johan Naesje · June 23rd, 2010, 03:39 PM

Why are you guys doing it so difficult?

Download the EOS Movie Plugin E1 for Final Cut Pro, it works like a breeze!

More info: Canon Digital Learning Center - Introducing EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro

The driver download site:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera - select OS: MacOS X and then listed under software: EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro

June 22nd, 2010, 07:48 PM	#1
Jamison Luther Tourist Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 3	Choppy MPEG Streamclip to ProRes 422 LT HELP, Doing my first edit of 7D footage, 1080p, 24fps. Bit of a nOOb, was out of the game for a while. Found out I needed to transcode the h.264 .MOV files into ProRes 422 LT. Used Compressor and it took forever! It took forever just to assign a destination for a batch of files. Installed MPEG Streamclip. Used these settings: Export to Quicktime Prores 422 LT 100% quality 23.98 frame rate Interlaced Scaling & Deinterlace Video are DESELECTED 1920x1080 unscaled Uncompressed Audio It flew through the test conversion, 75MB/sec data rate. I was stoked. So I converted like 6 hours of footage. Bad idea. I never checked the transcoded output file until just now. It's choppy. Unusable. Viewing transcoded file in quicktime. Original looks great, transcoded looks horrible. Compressor transcoded fine. Please help if you are out there, O wise wizards of editing.

June 23rd, 2010, 01:47 PM	#3
Christos Houliara New Boot Join Date: May 2010 Location: Athens - Greece Posts: 5	Need help.... Yeap your settings looks o.k.... Try at Apple ProRes 422 without LT.... and what is your mac configuration.....

June 23rd, 2010, 03:39 PM	#4
Per Johan Naesje Trustee Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Akershus, Norway Posts: 1,413	Why are you guys doing it so difficult? Download the EOS Movie Plugin E1 for Final Cut Pro, it works like a breeze! More info: Canon Digital Learning Center - Introducing EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro The driver download site: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera - select OS: MacOS X and then listed under software: EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro __________________ - Per Johan

June 23rd, 2010, 01:35 PM	#2
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	That's weird. Your settings look proper. Did the Compressor file that worked go to the same hard drive as the MPEG Streamclip ones that don't work? Ie., could the problem be a slow drive? Just a thought. Have you tried restarting? On my system after I do a bunch of processor-intensive things, sometimes I get some jerky playback in my timeline. Restart and it's cool.