[MacDV] Editing MPEG2 files (clarification)

[Brian Olesky]

Yeah, the quality has to be there. But the price isn't bad. The MPEG2's only
cost about $75 to run off (total for about 32 clips), and if they charge me
at all for the DVs, it'll probably be about the same. Which is worth it in
terms of quality and time-saving. Thank you both.

Brian

On 9/24/04 12:27 PM, "Mark M. Florida" <markf at squareblue.com> wrote:

> I think he's looking for *QUALITY* here, which the solution proposed below
> will not yield since you'll be encoding to a lossy MPEG-2 format not once,
> but TWICE.  There was also no mention on whether or not the MPEG-2 files
> were muxed or not and what format the audio was in -- complicating things
> further...
> 
> I agree it's fun sometimes to experiment like this, but when you need to do
> something the RIGHT WAY, you need to step back and figure out what the best
> solution will be...  I think most of the people on this list will agree that
> the DV route will yield the best results, and be much easier as well.
> 
> 2 cents.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> On 9/24/04 12:10 PM, Alex at alex at fotomotion.net wrote:
> 
>> HOLD ON A MIN
>> 
>> As you have already had the Beta Tape transferred to mpeg2 format you
>> may as well use the files that you have.
>> QuickTime Pro player has an mpeg2 codec that will allow you to open the
>> .mv2 files in it.
>> Open the .m2v file in the QuickTime player, you will probably have a
>> separate .aiff or .AC3 file for the movies sound.
>> Once open Go to the File menu and Export the movie as a DV stream.
>> Once that is done them open the new movie in the QuickTime Player and
>> also open the .aiff sound file. [.AC3 is not supported in QuickTime :-(
>> ]
>> In the sound files Window select all and copy.
>> Then go into your newly created DV file, select all, then go to the
>> Edit Menu and select Add Scaled
>> The Sound will now be copied in place over the DV movie.
>> Go to the File Menu and select Save As and save the movie as Self
>> contained.
>> You will now have a DV stream that you can open in iMove edit and
>> export for iDVD
>> 
>> Alex
> 
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