Edited AVI files in Premier, and need Mov output ... But getting poor quali

[lbitman]

Hi,
I edited some AVI files in an older version of premier. If I output them as AVI it looks and plays perfectly. I need a MOV file to play on a Mac and here's the problem.
The export from Premier to Quicktime outputs grainy and washed out on best rendering quality.

I tried to convert the edited AVI file using Mpeg Streamclip, but when testing on my PC the file plays with no Video...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lee
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[smrpix]

Are these DV files?

Sounds like a playback issue from full swing 0-255 to studio swing 16-235. Quicktime has handled it differently in different versions over the years.

[Cornucopia]

Export as straight 24bit uncompressed RGB AVI, the open that AVI in QTPro and export in MOV, codec you need (usually AVC/H264 these days). Note Apple's h264 encoder isn't anywhere near as good as x264 or Adobe's (mainconcept).

MpegStreamclip is way too buggy for serious use. *ESPECIALLY* DV.

Scott

[lbitman]

Thank you. I'll try that .