Hello,
After digitizing hundreds of VHS tapes, now I am trying to store and save them in various formats. I am trying to save in MP4 but they are very pixillated. A two hour clip is coming in at only 211 MB. That seems really small. Can anyone walk me through the settings in FCP 7 for best quality or is there another app in the suite that would do a better job and or even batch convert?
Many thanks
Enio Cordoba
You'll want to use Apple's Compressor or Adobe Media Encoder to do your conversions. FCP is an editing program.
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Compressor will as does Adobe Media Encoder.
Compressor is a stand alone app - one time purchase. Media Encoder is usually included as part of a suite of apps available through a subscription. I have a subscription to the Adobe CC suite as well as a copy of Compressor.
Advantage of Compressor - one time purchase and does a very good job.
Disadvantage of Compressor - very buggy. More than a few times it crashes, stalls or otherwise fails.
Advantage of Adobe Media Encoder - part of a whole suite of video, audio, image editing tools. Seems robust - rarely fails. Does a good job but I think Compressor's images are of better quality.
Disadvantage of AME - you rent the software (subscription model). Stop paying the rent and you are evicted.
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Thanks, does Compressor (or Adobe) do batch conversions?
many thanks
settings for converting to mp4 from MOV in FCP7
