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Q: Please assist I am using Compressor 4. I have an interlaced Pro Res .mov  I want to keep interlaced as MP4 with H264 compression. Field order: upper field first. I have tried using frame controls but they default to progressive. Pls help . Thanks.

Please assist I am using Compressor 4. I have an interlaced Pro Res .mov  I want to keep interlaced as MP4 with H264 compression. Field order: upper field first. I have tried using frame controls but they default to progressive. Pls help . Thanks.

Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 18, 2012 8:59 AM

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Oct 18, 2012 5:44 PM in response to Wallsend
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    Oct 18, 2012 5:44 PM in response to Wallsend

    You may be able to so it in two steps: first, transcode, then re-interlace.I don't think you can do this directly – either in Compressor, FCPX, MPEG STreamclip, or QT Pro. But not to say that it can't be done in third party apps; do a Web search and you should see some possible solutions.

     

    Russ

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Oct 18, 2012 5:51 PM in response to Wallsend
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    Oct 18, 2012 5:51 PM in response to Wallsend

    And – just out of curiosity– why do you need to do this? It is a bit unusual.

  • by Wallsend,

    Wallsend Wallsend Oct 19, 2012 11:56 PM in response to Russ H
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    Oct 19, 2012 11:56 PM in response to Russ H

    Hi Russ,

     

    It's for TV braodcast,  I need to maintain interlaced video.

     

    I have attached my settings below.

    Compressor encoder settings.pngCompressor Frame controls settings.png

     

    Original file specs

    original video settings.png

    And the reults...show progressive.

     

    Results after encode show progressive.png

    any suggestions ?

     

    Thanks.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Oct 20, 2012 10:12 AM in response to Wallsend
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    Oct 20, 2012 10:12 AM in response to Wallsend

    The only suggestion I have is to go back to the station and see whether there are alternative specs they can accept. (For example, an MPEG-2 Program Stream.) Because I don't know any way Compressor will do what you want. (Also tried AE and couldn't.) Maybe I'm over-looking something and someone else will point out a solution. Sorry.

     

    Russ

  • by Brett Ramsey,

    Brett Ramsey Brett Ramsey Mar 3, 2015 9:13 PM in response to Wallsend
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    Mar 3, 2015 9:13 PM in response to Wallsend

    The only way I have found is via Adobe Media Encoder. Apple FCPX and Compressor don't seem to handle interlaced files at all well.That's why we've been forced to switch to Adobe.