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Q: Why is MP4 progressive only and not interlaced? I want to use it for news gathering

I need to send MP4 interlaced with top field first.

Compressor, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 19, 2015 4:10 AM

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Q: Why is MP4 progressive only and not interlaced? I want to use it for news gathering

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  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H May 19, 2015 4:20 AM in response to digowa
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    May 19, 2015 4:20 AM in response to digowa

    There are a lot of things that Compressor (and FCP X) can do and can't do to reformat video. Unfortunately, what you want falls into the second category, Just guessing that the team decided the vast majority would use MP4 for the Web. If it's a deal breaker. you have to use another compression app.

     

    BTW, I thought that MPEG Streamclip could do this, but I was wrong.

     

    Russ

  • by PavelLU,

    PavelLU PavelLU May 20, 2015 7:09 AM in response to Russ H
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    May 20, 2015 7:09 AM in response to Russ H

    I have the same question. An interlaced video is a broadcast standard. I need to export my original INTERLACED video to an INTERLACED file with h.264. I don't need to reformat video, I want to save the interlaced form. But Compressor 4 don't allow to do it. This is a reason, for me, to refuse Compressor 4 and Finale Cut X. I am disappointed!

  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H May 20, 2015 7:17 AM in response to PavelLU
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    May 20, 2015 7:17 AM in response to PavelLU

    There is a Provide Compressor Feedback link where you can let Apple know what your requirements are.

     

    BTW, I also tried EditReady, which a lot of FCP users are fans of. But it offers substantially fewer encoding and reformatting options than Compressor.

     

    Russ

  • by Trash-TV,

    Trash-TV Trash-TV Jul 21, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jul 21, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Russ H

    Hey,

     

    did everyone send a feedback?

     

    https://www.apple.com/feedback/compressor.html

     

    If not, now is the time.

     

    Violet