your content:
from your pdf - you convert most things to AIC - and most files are normal SD resolutions 720x480 etc
dont convert using catalyst - it doesnt work with h264/mpeg type codecs - and doesnt do frame rate conversions
use one of the batch convertors out there like apples compressor - or episode - or others
use apple prores codecs - not AIC
there are 5 different ones
proxy - faster than AIC
LT - about same as AIC
422 - slower than AIC
422HQ - high quality - much slower than AIC
4444 - super high quality - much much slower than AIC
prores codecs dont use any interframe compression like h264 - and work very well -
https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/...hite_Paper.pdf