[MacDV] Best compression for surgical video

[Granville Kennedy]

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A friend of a friend who is a surgeon called seeking advice.  He has  
DV of surgical procedures and he is trying to decide which method of  
compression would best suit his needs.  These procedures can be  
between one and two hours long, usually closer to one hour.  The  
software he is using is Final Cut Studio, so he has the Compressor  
software that comes with that package.  What he wants is a  
compression scheme that does not lose clarity and important visual  
information but still comes in under two terabytes (his words, not  
mine!) in size.  I told him that keeping the frame rate at the  
original 29.997 of the original DV, and that the Sorenson codecs are  
pretty much the best.  For small file sizes, the .mp4 codec is  
probably very good as well.  I told him I would check with the  
experts to see if anyone has more specific advice to help him with  
these projects.  BTW - he's working w a MDD Dual 1.25 G4, so the  
compressions get to run overnight.  This is probably a good reason to  
ask for advice, it's bound to be quicker than trial and error, not to  
mention the amount of disk space a project like this could chew up :-)

Regards,
			Granville Kennedy.

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