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MPEGs
Hello,
I’ve been trying to make MPEGs with FCP4.
So far I’ve only come across with MP4 which look very pixelly and not very good. Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Nicolas
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5 Replies
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What’s the intended final delivery format?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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They want mpegs – is mp4 as good as it gets?
i tried quick times, they look much better BUT they take up a lot of space, specially considering it’s a 34 minute presentation…
Nic
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The larger you make the mpegs the better they look… MPEG-4 files might result in smaller files than MPEG-1 files would… What is the delivery? PC playback or?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Yes,
They want short segments out of the 34 min presentation for PC Playback, to include in Power Poing presentations and to email them? The better the quality the better though?
So, you think MPEG1 is the best choice?
Many thanks,
Nicolas
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MPEG-1 is the best choice for you in this case, unless you wanted to encode to WMV-9 with either Flip4Mac ($99 or $179) or Popwire ($29) plugins. WMV-9 encoding would give you the highest quality output at the lowest bitrates, but you need to purchase an encoder to generate directly from the mac. You can encode MPEG-1 with Compressor, which I believe is the only way to do so (don’t have a system with FCP in front of me to check if you can encode directly to MPEG-1 from FCP). If you encode with Compressor, make sure that you select the Web output option in order to multiplex the audio and video streams into a system (program) stream.
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