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About File Sizes and Playability. 1080i High-Definition video files are very large. Further, we opted to use the minimum compression configuration available for the Photo-JPEG codec. Based on our tests, this results in the very best in quality and compatibility. File size is not an issue because we ship on portable hard drive. QuickTime v7 or greater is required.
Please be sure to copy the clips to your local system drive before attempting to preview them with the QuickTime player. This will go far toward eliminating any jerky or other playback issues that might occur. Another common cause of jerky playback is simply an underpowered system.
Regarding playability, every clip is tested and we experienced no difficulty on our system. However, there’s no getting around the fact the High-Definition editing and playback requires a robust system! Here is our basic system specifications:
- Safe Harbor Tsunami Windows XP NLE System (www.sharbor.com)
- 2 GB RAM / Multiple Drives, as required
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
- Matrox RT.X2 (optimizes Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 workflow)
- 2 Displays: 1 display for NLE applications & Windows system and 1 display for full-screen reference of pixel-to-pixel 1920x1080 HDV images
Conversion and Encoding Tools: We get good results with QuickTime Pro v7; you can use it to easily re-create source clips with bitrates and file sizes that suite many additional purposes. Another helpful application for conversion or encoding work is Pegasys TMPGEnc Xpress 4.0 (for Windows). Apple provides a conversion program named 'Cinema Tools' with Final Cut Studio, and a third-party utility (for Apple) named 'MPEG StreamClip' is known to be an effective tool for file prep before importing clips into Final Cut Pro.
While we can't guarantee how well these tools will work for you, we can report tha many are using them with success.
Click Here for a Guideline on using 1080i clips in 720p and 24f/p Projects
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