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Stuart Nicholls December 4th, 2009 11:33 AM

SD - Long Gop or I-Frame
 
Evening all,

Just a real quick one.....

For FCP should I be recording SD material in Long GOP or I-Frame with my Flash XDR.

not having FCP myself I am unable to experiment.

Many thanks,

Stuart

Aaron Newsome December 4th, 2009 11:36 AM

I recommend Long GOP, but FCP can edit either without issues. Long GOP will give you higher quality at any given bitrate. Highest quality is my first priority. If edit ease is YOUR first priority, I recommend I-Frame.

Aaron Newsome December 4th, 2009 11:45 AM

Once you actually get FCP, request some sample files and try it out for yourself.

Mike Schell December 4th, 2009 12:01 PM

SD Format
 
Hi Stuart, Aaron-
The IMX format used for Quicktime and MXF SD recording in the nanoFlash is always 4:2:2 I-Frame only. You can use Long-GOP in the MPG format, but MPG is not a good choice for editing (it's intended for DVD and Blu-Ray).

Best-

Stuart Nicholls December 4th, 2009 12:12 PM

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that information. Does that mean that no matter what the CODEC setting is in my Flash XDR it will ONLY record SD in I-Frame?

Thanks,

Mike Schell December 4th, 2009 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuart Nicholls (Post 1456117)
Hi Mike,

Thanks for that information. Does that mean that no matter what the CODEC setting is in my Flash XDR it will ONLY record SD in I-Frame?

Thanks,

Hi Stuart-
Yes. We follow the IMX standard which only allows I-Frame. So we force the I-Frame CODEC if you use MXF or QT and we detect an SD source.

Best-

Aaron Newsome December 4th, 2009 12:29 PM

I'm sorry. I missed the whole "SD" part. So yeah,... what Mike said.


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