


In my experience, QT7 looks terrible playing back AIC files - it doesn't reinterlace them (unless you specify) so they look pretty bad. Thanks in advance.Īre you using QT7 or QT X to play them back on the Mac? Any ideas as to why the quality is just so-so when compared to the originals would be greatly appreciated. Also, all my comparisons are being done side by side on two 24" Apple cinema displays that are calibrated. I even took a SD card with the original files down to the local Apple store to see how they look on a Macbook Pro and they still don't look like the originals on my PC. Even the original RAW Mov files produced from the 7D don't look as good on my Mac as they do on my PC. My original RAW files are all 1920x1080 60i and are MTS files from the HF S10 and Mov files from the 7D. so no matter what codec I use, my Mac produces video that is not even close to what I get out of my PC.

Where as my Mac has to import/convert the file to AIC or Apple Pro Res HQ. Part of the problem (or benefit of a PC) is that the PC actually plays the original RAW MTS/M2TS/MOV files without any trouble and and they look unbelievable. I've tried all three programs using AIC and yes I've even tried Apple Pro Res HQ and still end up with very poor quality mov files when compared to the originals. but looks very so-so once imported into a iMovie or FCE or FCP. Problem: I have HD video from a Canon HF S10 camcorder and Canon EOS 7D that looks fantastic on a PC. First, I'm a long time PC user who has recently switched to Mac's and I'm rather picky about the quality of my videos.
