Conforming in HDV:can I save on hd the m2t file instead to send to camera ?

Hello!
I use a Sony HVR V1 and FCP 6 to edit HDV footage.
My Sony PlayStation 3 handles mpeg 2 files very well.
I acquire with FCP by firewire, I edit and after conforming I use print to video to export to camera.
After I use Apple DVHSCap to get from camera the m2t file , I rename it to m2v and I put it on the PS3.
Can I avoid to export to camera and to re-acquire from camera ?? Can I save the file m2t that creates FCP after conforming on Hard Disk instead to send it to the camcorder ?
For me is important to get native m2t file to obtain higher quality.

A question: why a m2v file on Mac with VLC is not very smooth like on PS3 ?? On PS3 is true smooth, on Mac is choppy and I see the artifacts of interlacing.
Excuse me if my english is not too good
Thank you in advance
Ciao
Cino
Italy


iMac Intel core duo , 1gb ram
Apple FCP 6
Sony HVR V1
Play Station 3

You can create an m2v file on your Mac and bypass all the rest. Just export the file as a self contained quicktime file and convert to DVD in Compressor. That will give you an m2v file and ac3 (for the audio).

Andy

Andy Neil Wrote:
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> You can create an m2v file on your Mac and bypass
> all the rest. Just export the file as a self
> contained quicktime file and convert to DVD in
> Compressor. That will give you an m2v file and
> ac3 (for the audio).
>
> Andy

thank you for your fast answer
if i use compressor it re-encode movie using a variable bit rate, instead when I use in fcp print to video the mac send to camera a m2t file with constant bit rate at 25 mbit!
So I want a native m2t file with stable 25 mbit bit rate (the file that fcp creates after conforming hdv). How can I get that?

You can compress the video with a constant bit rate in Compressor. You just need to duplicate a setting and adjust it in the inspector.

Maybe I don't understand what you want your end result to be? It sounded as if you wanted a DVD to play on your PS3 and that you needed an .m2v file to do so. I don't work with HDV often, and I don't have any experience with m2t files, but if you're trying to eventually get an .m2v file then you can do it easily with Compressor, setting the bit rate to contant and adjusting the rate itself. Be careful though when adjusting the bit rate because you can make the file unreadable with some DVD players.

Andy

Andy Neil Wrote:
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> You can compress the video with a constant bit
> rate in Compressor. You just need to duplicate a
> setting and adjust it in the inspector.
>
> Maybe I don't understand what you want your end
> result to be? It sounded as if you wanted a DVD
> to play on your PS3 and that you needed an .m2v
> file to do so. I don't work with HDV often, and I
> don't have any experience with m2t files, but if
> you're trying to eventually get an .m2v file then
> you can do it easily with Compressor, setting the
> bit rate to contant and adjusting the rate itself.
> Be careful though when adjusting the bit rate
> because you can make the file unreadable with some
> DVD players.
>
> Andy


Hi
I'll try...but...when I export a movie from FCP to Compressor (directly) , in this way Compressor remake encode in mpeg2 because the first time FCP has encoded ? I'd not want to make two times the encode to don't degrade quality (I hope to have explained my idea..)

I want m2t file beacuse PS3 read it well and the movie is perfect as when i connect hdmi output of camera to my projector directly..instead any video I create from FCP to view on Mac, it is choppy. How can I obtain a movie smooth on mac too ?