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‘dnxhd’ options for creating QuickTime Reference MOV files
For creating QuickTime Reference MOV files of DNxHD MXF files, it is recommended that you use Calibrated{Q} Import
Assist
(the ‘helper’ application that comes with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import). Please see the Calibrated{Q} Import Assist
User Guide for more information on how to create QT Ref MOV files.
Please note that
(1) When creating a QT Ref MOV file, Calibrated{Q} Import Assist will NOT join together any separate DNxHD MXF
files and Audio MXF files into a single QT Ref MOV file, and it will not auto-join any spanned MXF files into a
single QT Ref MOV file.
(2)
Changing the ‘dnxhd’ options in Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application will only apply to new QT Ref MOV
files that you create. Any previously created QT Ref MOV files will retain the Color Level setting that they were
created with.
(3) If you change th e ‘dnxhd’ options in Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application, then you will need to close
and re-open Calibrated{Q} Import Assist for the new options to take affect for any QT Ref MOV files you create.
‘dnxhd’ options for other applications
Please use the information in this chapter to help you determine the
best ‘dnxhd’ options to set for any application that we
haven’t listed above that you work with.
Just remember that:
1. If an application does not allow Calibrated{Q} MXF Import to natively import the DNxHD MXF file, you can always
create QT Ref MOV files of the DNxHD MXF files and import the QT Ref MOV files into your application.
2. More applications work in Full Range RGB than SMPTE RGB, so if the DNxHD video looks ‘washed out’ in your
application then that usually means that the application is expecting Full Range RGB. YUV support for QuickTime
codecs is seen more on the Mac than on Windows.
3. Anytime you change the ‘dnxhd’ options you need to close and re-open an application for them to take affect and
in rare circumstances you may need to restart your computer (that’s if the application runs in System Memory all
the time). Also,
‘dnxhd’ options you set are Global, so they would apply to any DNxHD MXF file being opened by
Calibrated{Q} MXF Import.