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1. Re: Codec and Ingest question(s)
Wes Plate Jun 24, 2013 7:46 PM (in response to Shane P)The advantage to AVCHD is that the file sizes are quite small. Codecs are full of tradeoffs. Camera native formats like AVCHD may not be efficient for editing but they are small in size. Codecs like ProRes and DNxHD are much better for editing but the files are larger in size.
DNxHD is a good choice for encoding on Windows, it keeps good quality with relatively low bitrates.
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2. Re: Codec and Ingest question(s)
Shane P Jun 25, 2013 6:55 AM (in response to Wes Plate)Thank you, I guess I will keep experimenting.
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3. Re: Codec and Ingest question(s)
Shane P Jun 25, 2013 12:03 PM (in response to Wes Plate)Wes,
I have found that DNxHD is a nice option. I used the 720p 145 preset and it was about a 1min=1GB...is this normal?
I brought it into PPCC and I was able to shuttle the video beautifully without the stuttering of the navite camera AVCHD.
I would however like to keep the original frame size of 1080, I was looking through all of the DNxHD presets and there are no 1080p/59.94 presets. I tried to make a custom preset however all of the adjust parameters for the DNxHD presets are ghosted out. Are they not customizable?
I apologize if these sound like "newb" questions as I have nevered used DNxHD prior to today.
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4. Re: Codec and Ingest question(s)
Wes Plate Jun 26, 2013 12:36 AM (in response to Shane P)Shane P wrote:
Wes,
I have found that DNxHD is a nice option. I used the 720p 145 preset and it was about a 1min=1GB...is this normal?
I brought it into PPCC and I was able to shuttle the video beautifully without the stuttering of the navite camera AVCHD.
I would however like to keep the original frame size of 1080, I was looking through all of the DNxHD presets and there are no 1080p/59.94 presets. I tried to make a custom preset however all of the adjust parameters for the DNxHD presets are ghosted out. Are they not customizable?
I apologize if these sound like "newb" questions as I have nevered used DNxHD prior to today.
Create a new preset and choose "DNxHD MXF OP1a" from the Format popup
Then from the Resolution popup in the Video Codec section you can choose from one of the 59.94p presets. It will set the frame rate to 59.94.
If you have deeper questions about AME I recommend you ask on the AME forum. :-)


