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  mp4 vs mov – when they are all dressed up and ready to go, which is best looking

  Posted by Brent Holland on December 8, 2012 at 8:23 am

  I joined Video Blocks through an offer from Cow Fanastic bang for buck. Can’t say enough a hearty bravo!

  In most cases for download there are two options for the same clip:

  HD 1920×1080 @ 29.97fps
  MP4 H.264 (.mp4)
  16.27 MB
  High Quality

  or

  HD 4096×2304 @ 23.97 fps PhotoJPEG Quicktime (.mov)
  679.27 MB
  Highest Quality

  Now if you notice the vast difference in file size, with .mov far exceeding mp4, my question is are the images identical due to the two clips having the same resolution?

  I don’t mind taking the extra time to download and the extra storage space(honey I need to but another 3 terra bit hard disc…I am a dead man)

  Thx to all
  BTW fun show on the Mayan 2012 propehecy and Crystal Skulls this week nightfrightshow.com all the shows are free, enjoy.

  Dave Haynie replied 13 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Steve Rhoden

  December 8, 2012 at 3:51 pm

  Go with the HD 1920×1080 @ 29.97fps, MP4 H.264 (.mp4)
  The other is 4K Resolution, yes it has more pixel information
  and all that, But as an average in home editor thats overkill,
  thats for really high end broadcast quality stuff. So go with
  what i recommend.

  Steve Rhoden
  (Cow Leader)
  Film Editor & Compositor.
  Filmex Creative Media.
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  John Rofrano

  December 8, 2012 at 5:22 pm

  I agree with Steve. Unless you’re planning to work in 4K and deliver your videos at 4K, I see little needed for anything larger than HD at the moment.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Dave Haynie

  December 13, 2012 at 6:05 pm

  As the others suggested, you probably don’t need the 4K video. About the only reason I’d choose that, other than were I working on a 4K project, might be the match to a 24p project, rather than a 30p project. As long as the 1080p30 version has a camcorder-class bitrate, it ought to be fine for most purposes.

  It’s important to understand the real differences, which aren’t really Quicktime vs. MP4. Both of those are content wrappers, and in fact, very similar (MP4 was derived from the proprietary Quicktime format). The .mp4 version is offering an H.264/AVC encoded version, which ought to be a fair match to any camcorder or HDSLR video you’re shooting. They could have offered pretty much the same thing in a Quicktime wrapper.

  The Quicktime files are both 4K and encoded in JPEG.. that’s so much larger than the AVC, not just because it’s slightly over 4x the resolution, but because it’s intraframe compressed only — like AVCIntra, DV, Cineform, etc. Each frame is separately encoded, so it’s going to deliver maximum quality, but for a huge size price.

  -Dave

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