what is the preferred encoding for broadcast for europe?

Adobe After Effects

what is the preferred encoding for broadcast for europe?

Posted by Nitai Lev-oren on March 10, 2019 at 1:31 pm

what needs to be the preferred bitrate and codec?

Nitai Lev-oren replied 7 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Bouke Vahl
March 10, 2019 at 2:44 pm

MXF Op1a 50 Mbits, aka Sony XDcam with 8 discrete channels, where channel 1 and 2 are left and right.
UK is different, they want AS-11

Are you talking commercial or regular content? For commercials you also need some more stuff, see here:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/spotxml/

This will help you getting it right the first time.

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com
Bouke Vahl
March 10, 2019 at 2:46 pm

too fast…
It has to be 25 interlaced, even if the content is progressive.

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com
Nitai Lev-oren
March 10, 2019 at 3:45 pm

thanks Bouke
I don’t understand most of the info there maybe you have videos explaining what the tool is for and what is
the benefits the different tools of video tool shed?
David Baud
March 10, 2019 at 4:34 pm

As you may already know, Europe is a big country!????

Which country are you talking about? Also are you delivering to a particular network? Each of them have some specifics they want you to follow (file format, codec, etc…)

If you don’t have the information yet, I would recommend to create a master in the most common format of the countries your targeting so that you can later create deliverable without sacrificing quality… full 4K, 25fps, progressive, ProRes, DNxHD for example…

Hope this help… a little
Nitai Lev-oren
March 10, 2019 at 4:43 pm

ok and if the footage is not in 4K? upscale it?

second what is the preferred bitrate?
VBR 1 or 2?
30Kbps and up?
Bouke Vahl
March 10, 2019 at 4:58 pm

Hi David,
Please enighten me, what broadcaster in Europe accepts 4K in what format to be transmitted without transcode?

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com
David Baud
March 10, 2019 at 6:31 pm

Nope… I am just saying keeping your master as pristine as you can… I just mentioned 4K in the case your post-production workflow was all 4K… if you are working in HD, keep everything in HD… with the least compression and transcoding as possible so that you can create deliverables as needed when you know the requirements of your final medium… for my 25+ years in the business, I have delivered shows to the USA, western European countries (including France, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium…), Russia, Asia (including South Korea and China) for those I can remember ????

David Baud
Colorist & Finishing Editor
KOSMOS PRODUCTIONS
Denver – Paris
http://www.kosmos-productions.com
Nitai Lev-oren
March 11, 2019 at 7:36 am

I know that but I wanted to know if there is a preffered bitrate for broadcast that’s all

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up

Creative Communities of the World Forums