horizontal lines during movement of video

When playing back my project after i have exported it i see horizontal lines wheneverthere is motion on my picture. it looks really bad to me. some may not notice it. but it makes the quality of the video look terrible.

does anyone know the best format to export a project in FCP to put into DVDSP for making a dvd?

either of these questions would be awesome if i got them answered.

Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 10, 2007 4:31 PM

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Feb 10, 2007 5:29 PM in response to jsummitt

The horizontal lines you're seeing during motion is most likely the effect of watching interlaced video on a progressive scan monitor. If when viewed on a normal CRT TV you do not see the lines, that verifies interlacing as the cause. If your intended audience is going to be viewing your DVD on TV, you can leave it interlaced. But if it's intended for viewing on computer or other progressive scan monitors, you can deinterlace the Sequence prior to exporting.

If you're end goal is making a DVD-Video, export your fully rendered Sequence from FCP "Using Compressor" and choose the appropriate preset for your program's duration. You can adjust the encoding parameters of any preset and save it for future use.

You can also export a reference or self-contained movie (do NOT re-compress all frames!) of your FCP Sequence and use that in Compressor or import it into DVD-SP and let it do the encoding.

-DH

Feb 10, 2007 6:21 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

watched it on a regular tv and i'm still seeing some horiztonal lines. what else can i do?

our goal is to put this on dvd. it will be 35-45 min dvd and i want it in the best quality i can get it. is using compressor the best way to go?

i know how to use dvd studio pretty well now, just didn't know the best video to import for there for good quality.

any suggestions?

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