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Author:	Topic: Compressor from FCE best settings
Biggles1 Member
	Posted: Sat, 13 May 2006 01:33AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	I'm recently the proud owner of a Z1 and was hoping for really fantastic quality even though I've got to download from HDV to DV - at least until I can afford to upgrade the edit suite. But even though I've set Compressor to 2 Pass Best Quality, there's a distinct loss of quality from the original to the DVD. I'm using Final Cut Express 2 and DVD Studio Pro 3. in particular any kind of movement (pans are the worst, but also zooms and even scrolling titles) looks flickery and juddery. Quite disappointing ! Can anyone suggest what to do ? Pete
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Author:	Topic: Re: Compressor from FCE best settings
nickscale Member $nickscale$
	Posted: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:37AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Biggles1, It sounds like a datarate problem. Make sure you choose the highest possible Compressor preset for the DVD capacity and duration of project you are working on. (Of course, the higher the quality, the longer it will take to compress.) Nick
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