H.264 AAC Codec on Final Cut at DVinfo.net

Betsy Moore · May 23rd, 2013, 11:28 AM

My second question for helping my actress friend put together her reel is, she brought me another file of another movie which looks much really great as long as you just play it as a stand-alone.

It's a Quick Tijme movie file 1920 x 1080, Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecod
Color profile HD (1-1-1). Data rate 727.5 k/sec, audio 32-bit floating point

Anyway, as soon as I drop it into my Final Cut 7 timeline, the frame rate seems to be slightly askew, kind of like the old "film effect" people used to put on there 60i footage years ago to make it look 24p--even though the footage she gave me is 24p to begin with:). And strangely I have to render the audio every time.

But the real problem is the footage was a little dark and once I tried to do 3-way color correction and/or a tiny amount of glow, the footage falls apart, looks like it's a sub-480 file, highly compressed, low res, etc. Is there any way I can convert to footage to a more robust version before I take it in to Final Cut?

Jase Tanner · May 23rd, 2013, 12:47 PM

I would 1st try converting in MPEGStreamclip to the settings of your timeline.

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac OS X

Free download. It should help but I wouldn't expect miracles. You could also try the same thing in Compressor.

Les Wilson · May 23rd, 2013, 04:04 PM

SOP for FCP 7 is to convert the file to Prores using compressor. The file will be much larger but editing will be a breeze.

Betsy Moore · May 25th, 2013, 02:35 PM

That was really helpful Les and Jase:) The only other thing in my ignorance I never realized I needed to do (because I had always edited with material from the same format) was edit them in their own timelines first.

May 23rd, 2013, 11:28 AM	#1
Betsy Moore Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 444	H.264 AAC Codec on Final Cut My second question for helping my actress friend put together her reel is, she brought me another file of another movie which looks much really great as long as you just play it as a stand-alone. It's a Quick Tijme movie file 1920 x 1080, Codecs: H.264, AAC, Timecod Color profile HD (1-1-1). Data rate 727.5 k/sec, audio 32-bit floating point Anyway, as soon as I drop it into my Final Cut 7 timeline, the frame rate seems to be slightly askew, kind of like the old "film effect" people used to put on there 60i footage years ago to make it look 24p--even though the footage she gave me is 24p to begin with:). And strangely I have to render the audio every time. But the real problem is the footage was a little dark and once I tried to do 3-way color correction and/or a tiny amount of glow, the footage falls apart, looks like it's a sub-480 file, highly compressed, low res, etc. Is there any way I can convert to footage to a more robust version before I take it in to Final Cut?

May 23rd, 2013, 12:47 PM	#2
Jase Tanner Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 346	Re: H.264 AAC Codec on Final Cut I would 1st try converting in MPEGStreamclip to the settings of your timeline. Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac OS X Free download. It should help but I wouldn't expect miracles. You could also try the same thing in Compressor.

May 23rd, 2013, 04:04 PM	#3
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	Re: H.264 AAC Codec on Final Cut SOP for FCP 7 is to convert the file to Prores using compressor. The file will be much larger but editing will be a breeze.

May 25th, 2013, 02:35 PM	#4
Betsy Moore Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 444	Re: H.264 AAC Codec on Final Cut That was really helpful Les and Jase:) The only other thing in my ignorance I never realized I needed to do (because I had always edited with material from the same format) was edit them in their own timelines first.