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compression for the web
I need to compress a 2 minute video for the web that is currently in FCP 4.5 720 24p HD. What programs can give me quality results?
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compressor
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You do realise that the size of this video is likely to be about 100-300MBytes?
It can be smaller, but you will get consequentially lower quality video.
Processing-Time. Quality. Size.
Each is a trade off against the other two.Compressor will do it these days, but sometimes the answer also depends on the nature of your material. Some software does better with particular types of video. Sometimes the difference is subtle. It may also depend on whether further processing needs to be done with the received video.
Bill Lee
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[billlee] “You do realise that the size of this video is likely to be about 100-300MBytes?”
His video is only 2 minutes long. I have compressed 3 minute videos for the web at high settings and the file size is only about 12mb.
Nobody is talking about keeping the 720 frame size on the web, thats just crazy. The 3 minute video I just mentioned I actually mad the web version 640×360 which is actually rather large frame size for web video.
All done in compressor.
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Some people think that they want 720p24 literally on the web, and since I didn’t know whether this was going to be for transfer to another computer for playback/editing at the original size, or whether it could be reduced in pixel dimensions I assumed that it might have had to be left at that 720p24. Usually I ask for what purpose they are putting it up on the web, which defines quality/dimensions and then we work from there.
You might say I would be crazy to make this assumption, but I get all sorts of unusual requests. Thus my saying that everything is a tradeoff without getting specific.
Rereading it, I probably should have also said, “Go into Compressor, and pick the most appropriate Web Download canned Setting, and adjust from there.” That would have made most people happy.
Bill Lee
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[bullpup] “What programs can give me quality results?”
Who’s your target for viewing the video? Corporate (Windows), home users (mostly PCs), entertainment types (more likely to have Quicktime), etc.QuicktimePro, Compressor, Squeeze, Episode for compression softare.
H.264, MPEG4, Sorenson 3 Pro, Windows Media 9, Flash 7, Flash 8, are codecs that have advantageous and disadvantageous depending on your target.What’s the “best” car, what’s the “best” food? What’s your need will heavily determine what’s “best.”
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