Final Cut Pro 7 Render Codec Setting Problem

[Alex Delarge]

Please help me. My youtube videos, shot with a Canon T3i & 24-105mm lens, have really bad pixelation. I thought I needed a better lens and contacted a lens rental shop. The owner looked at my videos and told me the problem is the render codec, and to search for the answer on video forums like such as this one. Can someone please help me ?

 

Best regards,

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[Alex Delarge]

I'm shooting in 1280x720 60 fps.

 

My Final Cut Pro 7 sequence setting is ProRes 422 HQ 1280x720 60p

 

My export settings are: Quick Time file, Auto frame-rate, Best compressor, H.264 and 1280x720

[Axel]

For mpeg4, you can install the free Quicktime-component "x.264", which appears in QT's or preferably MpegStreamclip's 'H.264' or 'mp4" -Export. Of the five best-known software-encoders it proved to be the fastest and the second best in quality (beaten by AME), whereas Quicktimes own encoder (working with all apps, including MSC and Compressor) was slow and the worst in quality.

My recommendation: Export your final project from FCP as ProResHQ. Open this huge mov with MpegStreamclip, choose >export >as mpeg4 >x264.

Depending on the plugin you get a few pages of 'options' But they are, er, optional, it' s enough to determin the right data rate and hit 'Go!'

[Alex Delarge]

Thank you ! I will try that method on the current project I am working on.

[Alex Delarge]

I just tried that method. Unfortunatley that method yeilds a far lower quality and more pixelated video, to the point it is unwatchable. Thanks anyway though.