Codecs for Vidding NTSC DVD Source in Final Cut

[frayadjacent]

Hi all,

I vid with Final Cut Pro, and most of my vidding thus far has been with NTSC DVDs, which I rip to my computer and then use MPEG Streamclip to convert clips to mov.  I use the Apple DV/DVCPRO NTSC codec for my clips, but I'm starting to wonder if there's something else that would work better.  In particular, I've had some issues with non-square pixels in my final export, especially when the source's frame aspect ratio is 16:9 (it doesn't seem to happen in 4:3).  My understanding is that the DV codec doesn't use square pixels, and I'm wondering if there's a good, high quality editing codec that works well for NTSC DVDs that does use square pixels, so I can just nip the issue in the bud.

Thanks!
Fray

Comments

[laurashapiro]

I think I only have ProRes 422 HQ.

For online release, my final export is ProRes or H.264 for uploading to YouTube and Blip.tv, and DivX for downloads. DivX has been giving me some trouble lately, so I am going to try .mp4 for download with my next vid.

[frayadjacent]

Great -- thanks so much for your help!

[laurashapiro]

Glad it was useful!