movie file type

shproductions03 · Post by **shproductions03** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:31 pm

I no this is not really the place for this question but I cant find the answer around. Can someone tell me the diffrents between a DV., MOV., & Quicktime file and which one is the best to work with in DP

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:16 am

DV is a compression scheme

.mov is a movie file type

Quicktime is an AV wrapper for computers.

A DV Quicktime movie will work with DP.

shproductions03 · Post by **shproductions03** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:52 am

What is the right QT frame rate for audio at 24-bit-48K

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:08 am

Are you PAL or NTSC?

I would then set the frame rate in DP accordingly, although it never seems to make much difference unless you are actually syncing externally.

Stephen

shproductions03 · Post by **shproductions03** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:15 am

I would be NTSC. I'm asking so I now what to ask the video editor for.
29.97 NTSC DV. Quicktime file? Should it be what ever frame rate the video is being used at, Does Quicktime support diffrent frame rates
and do you ask for the video in smaller lengths. like 20min. clips or something. So you don't have 2 hours of stright Quicktime file. Sorry so many question. Trying to get this all right for my first video job. If I have a two hour live concert with 48 track audio that was recorded lock to SMPTE TC. with the live video, will my Quicktime movie I get from the editor stay lock to my multitrack audio.

Morpheo · Post by **Morpheo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:07 am

shproductions03 wrote:29.97 NTSC DV. Quicktime file? Should it be what ever frame rate the video is being used at, Does Quicktime support diffrent frame rates
and do you ask for the video in smaller lengths. like 20min. clips or something. So you don't have 2 hours of stright Quicktime file. Sorry so many question. Trying to get this all right for my first video job. If I have a two hour live concert with 48 track audio that was recorded lock to SMPTE TC. with the live video, will my Quicktime movie I get from the editor stay lock to my multitrack audio.

Ask him what frame rate HE's using for that particular project, and then make sure he gives you a video with the same fps. Quicktime supports all kinds of frame rates, DP only supports the following: 24, 25, 29 ndf, 29 df, 30. So make sure he doesn't give you something at 23.98 for example. Your concern is not quicktime itself, but DP: you have to use one of the frame rates I mentioned above. Be aware that DV is 200 MB/min, which means 2 hours would be +/- 24 GB... If you have 20 mn reels, then it's more 4 to 5 GB/reel.

Make sure he understands which *CODEC* you want, because it always end up in a quicktime file anyway, what's important is the codec and the frame rate.

I often hear editors "assuring" me they'd make 'quicktime files'.... Duh ! ......Be very specific about your needs....