Codec, FPS and other annoying things

[Francesco]

Converting has not been the problem.
It was/is more the case of several combinations.
Mainly in all my other stuff.
Going from one layer to the other with different Codecs
produces freezes, stutters, layers out of sync.

ie: looks shitty!!

Selection of some media crashes catalyst altogether.

I used compressor as I am used to it.

What did you convert them to??

Yes I have been using them on Idol.

[tharding]

I pretty much use Photo JPEG @ 75% (at 60% if I go higher than Standard Def) or DV Pal.

Also, beware of interlacing, especially with DV. I have deinterlaced a bunch of stuff I have picked up in my travels. Clips will play fine in Quicktime player but in Catalyst they will stutter and you can see the jagged edge of the separate fields. I once forgot to set this in Juicer and it was a disaster. All the Jumbacks had that sawtooth effect. Had to go back and re render them all again!

Cheers

Toby

[Francesco]

Have been messing with the reference layer and it has made a "huge difference" on playback.
The system is performing quite well.
It is obviously worth taking the time to sort all the bits out.


I may be slow but I get there in the end.