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Best Encode for 1280×720 Plasma
I have a 1280 by 720 comp for a client running a 16×9 Plasma. (client spec)
Exported as an Best Quality AVI, as requested, creating a 8 GB file – which, testing now shows that the client cant run on their Scala system. Lower res .mov file is appearing pixalated.
Can anyone suggest a better work aorund?
Best,
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7 Replies
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What codec are you compressing with?
The MOV or AVI is just a container file. Please check your render settings. Sounds like you’re creating lossless movie files for the client. They will be large. If it’s for approvals or quick one-offs, use Photo-JPEG or Sorenson at Medium quality. -
Thanks for the response.
It’s actually final delivery. They’ve been near-lossless. I’ll try Photo Jpeg.
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HDV or DVCproHD (same as DVCPro100) are common codecs that handle hd data rate demands at firewire date rate restrictions. so those should play back on most systems.
H 264 is a great looking codec, but has a very high pocessing overhead to encode and decode, so your client will need a fast processor to view in real time.
which ever you choose, your client will also need to have that codec to view your work, so that’s your main restriction. if they don’t have any of these codecs then you may need to render to mpegs at a compression level that can fit their data rate limit for real time viewing, and that may take some experimenting.
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Don’t use Photo JPG for final delivery. It’s pretty highly compressed.
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The plasma size or software (Scala, if it’s the old Scala I recall) is irrelevant. If the video is playing off a hard drive, you need something that will play off that hard drive. H.264, Motion-JPEG, DVCPROHD (sorry, mac only) or Photo-JPEG at 89 or so should do it.
Uncompressed or Animation codecs are not for playback, unless you have a hot RAID system. Now, I’m being surprised by the ability to play back Animfiles nowadays, but I wouldn’t chance it.
I correct myself: the plasma size is somewhat relevant: if you want to fill it with a 1280×720 video, and play that video back on a hard drive, then the video needs to be more compressed than a 640×480 video would be in order to play off a given hard drive.
Basically, you need a codec that will give you a video that will play off that hard drive. Try the ones I mentioned.
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Excellent suggestions. Thanks to all.
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Personally I have found Xvid to be an excellent PC playback codec. The quality is great with no real degradation. The problem with xvid is that a lot of NLEs will then choke on that file if you try to import it so its only good for playback. I was saving rendering out uncompressed then bringing that back into AE or PPro as footage and rendered out an Xvid Version for playback
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