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  HD CODECS for Barco Folsom Encore

  Posted by Greg Fitzpatrick on July 25, 2013 at 11:06 am

  Greetings

  I am putting together a video for a conference in a large hall (1500 pers) to be shown on a 12 x 4 meter screen.

  The venue uses a Barco Folsom Encore for projection.

  I am doing the main video in 1080 – 1920. I will try to figure out some way of filling out the outer thirds of the screen, though at present I am not sure exactly how.

  I am shooting a lot of footage on a gopro hero3 using 2.7k protune mode. Very heavy files!

  Gopro’s CineForm Studio makes for a convenient way of trimming and tweaking hero3 footage and modifying the fisheye perspective – much easier than bringing it all in to Vegas and doing proxies. CineForm (the basic/free model which I have) does an mp4 export which brings about, even at the highest available quality setting, a 10:1 reduction in file size.

  These mp4s edit very smoothly in Vegas Pro 12, but I am worried how they might look through the Barco.

  I am shooting the rest of the footage on a GH2 in AVCHD Cinema mode. These are also fairly smooth in Vegas without the need to proxify them – but quite a bit larger than the cineform generated mp4s.

  My questions are:

  1. Can I use the CineForm generated MP4s without noticeable degradation on the large screen?
  2. What would those of you with experience in these matters suggest for wrapper/codec for the Barco?

  Thanks for any suggestions

  Greg Fitzpatrick replied 12 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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