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Mark’s Bitrate Calculator – Where to download?
I recently did a fresh install on a new machine and now I need Mark’s Bitrate Calculator but I can’t find it! Google’d and searched high and low (this forum and others) and can’t find a place to download the software!! I used it DAILY! Any recommendations?
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Grab the calculator from https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip
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Thank you!!
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Hi I downloaded the Mark bitrate. My question is
how do you use it. I have a 2hr 10 min video and
can’t fit it on a 4.7 DVD. I don’t know how to
use this. I use to ask someone that I worked with
(not avaliable now). I need to learn this for myself.
Thanks
Patti -
Disk Type: select DVD-5
Audio Encoding: 192
Total video time: 2hours, 10 minutes (or whatever your project is, to the second)
Safety Margin: 5%
On the multiple choice choose VBR, and you will get your values.2 hours on a single layer DVD is going to be horrible quality FYI. Might want to consider a dual layer DVD if you have the ability.
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[Drake Hatfield] “2 hours on a single layer DVD is going to be horrible quality FYI.”
I beg to differ.
I’ve done DVDs that are 2 hr. 30 min. long and the quality was very good.
It all comes down to how good your source video is.
I shoot with a 3 chip camera with 1/2″ CCDs, make sure my scenes are lit properly and the quality is great.
Make sure to do anything that long as a two-pass render from Vegas. -
I respect your opinion but I am honestly shocked.
I always do a 2pass render out of Vegas. I shoot on great high def cameras (HMC150 and GH2 with fast lenses), solid lighting so forth and my original footage is top notch even before grading. Working with HD I am spoiled when it comes to quality so I will freely admit that I am always sad to see my great footage dumbed down to DVD.
That being said, I still respectfully, yet whole-heartedly, disagree with you. There is a reason that the quality meter drops to 44% compared to a video around an hour. The average bitrate drops by half and the quality and bitrate correlate directly.
There is a reason why Lord of the Rings (and every other major movie) is pressed onto DUAL-LAYER DVDs and not single layer 4.7gb discs.
This is not to say you can’t get viewable footage. I’m sure if its someone speaking at a podium for 2 hours, it will look alright, but it just wont look nearly as good as the video split onto two DVDs or the entire thing burned on a dual-layer DVD at a proper bitrate…
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Drake, I shoot a lot of stage plays (professionally lit) that usually run 90 to 120 min. with the odd one going over as I indicated and have never been disappointed with the quality of my DVDs.
Since you’re shooting HD, I have to ask why you’re not distributing on Blu Ray. -
I am not joking when I say this… I have yet to meet a client who has a blu-ray player. I generally give my clients a copy on DVD (dual or single layer depending on the length) as well as a high definition data dvd (NOT an HD-DVD) with an MP4 file on it. I am a fan of AVC/mp4/h264, so I am thrilled to distribute in that format.
Most of my clients want a high-end data file on a disc so that they can upload it to youtube/vimeo so forth. The DVD is usually a backup, and a failsafe.
If anyone ever asks for a copy on blu-ray, I will go out and buy a burner and some discs. I have offered it for 3 years now, and no one has asked for it!
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[Drake Hatfield] “I have yet to meet a client who has a blu-ray player”
I’m disappointed but not surprised by your statement.
I’ve got one but only because my almost 10 year old Pioneer finally gave up the ghost earlier this year.
I doubt that my new Samsung will last as long.“…as well as a high definition data dvd (NOT an HD-DVD) with an MP4 file on it”
Nice touch and a great way to build and maintain client happiness.
” I have offered it for 3 years now, and no one has asked for it!”
Proving once again that clients are just as clueless as the general public about the extra quality we’re capable of giving them 🙁
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Most of the people who hire me have the web as their end result. We all live on the internet, and its not like we’re moving away from it! I think if everyone watched Planet Earth in high def suddenly there would be explosive growth in the HD market.
The other thing to consider is that most Audio Visual & Production companies (atleast in the United States) do not use blu-ray. VGA, as old as it is, is the standard. Which means that a projector and switcher have the capability of EASILY displaying 1080p, but it must be played through a computer. Most computers don’t have blu ray, most companies don’t use blu ray players…
BUT, they can definitely play a high def file over a laptop. BAM! The only surefire way to play HD content at any event! Drives me nuts..
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