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Any advice for compressing SD footage in Squeeze mode?

I am working on a few dance video projects right now that were shot on Mini-DV SD Squeeze mode.

When I encode it through Compressor 4 it looks very grainy, almost like it was shot on film.

When I make a self-contained QT movie and encode it through DVD Studio Pro it's clearer but looks out of focus. The faces are not clear at all.

I also tried encoding through Compressor and bumping up the Quality (resize filter and retiming quality).

I do not know if these should be messed with but the results I got back seem like colors are more distorted and over exposed compared to what I am seeing in Final Cut Pro playback.


Does anyone have any advice for how or what settings I should use to encode SD Squeeze mode footage so I can get better results?

Posted on Jul 16, 2015 3:39 PM

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Jul 18, 2015 5:42 AM in response to Scott Winterle1

As a general matter, edit as you shot.


if you're going to display your movie on a computer it's certainly desirable to de-interlace, particularly if the content has significant motion.


The majority of DVD players and TVs handle interlacing perfectly well and if I am working with interlaced that is being encoded for DVD, I do not de-interlace. Even the best of the de-interlacing software throws away huge amount of information.


Again, please confirm the Compressor settings you have applied to your input file…whether they are based on the default ("buit-in") t Create DVD preset.



Russ

Jul 18, 2015 2:56 PM in response to Russ H

Here is a screen shot of the Compressor Video settings. I always customize the VBR according to a chart I found on the internet.

Up to this point I had been changing the Field Order to Progressive but according to your advice I should leave it as it was shot.

And I always choose Two Pass VBR. I am just not sure about the Quality settings at the bottom.


Another question in reference to FCP, should I change the Field Dominance in the Sequence Settings to None? Or leave it as it was shot?

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Any advice for compressing SD footage in Squeeze mode?

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