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Flip4MAC question
Is this the only/best one for converting to wmv? Are the presets in the $49 version ample enough for broadcast? Inquiring minds want to know…
Thanks,Make money (and love, of course) not war…
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WMV is not a codec used for broadcast, so can you perhaps rephrase that one?
There are many alternatives to Flip4mac including Sorenson Squeeze and Episode, but nothing devoted solely to WMV and at the $49 price tag. Try the demos before buying to see if they work well enough for your needs and see which version is right for you.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Thanks David,
Have used the demo in the past and all I really need it for is emailing proofs. Think it’s good enough for that?Make money (and love, of course) not war…
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Thanks,
I have to sell lots more video before jumping into that one…
Make money (and love, of course) not war…
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Emailing for proof is a disaster. You must set the controls for Flip very low to obtain a small file. The quality is so bad your clients cannot make intelligent decisions. I fight this all the time with people in my own building who too freakin’ busy to come down to my shop and view their projects on a decent display.
If you can educate them or they’re already hip enough to understand the differences between real and stupidly compressed video, Flip might work for you. It’s cheap and it can be really fast if you set up Qmaster to use all of your Intel’s cores.
bogiesan
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[John Nelson] “ave used the demo in the past and all I really need it for is emailing proofs. Think it’s good enough for that?”
I’m no longer a fan of WMV at all. I have done it all and used every web delivery format under the sun at one point or another, but now I’m using Vimeo to stream my work to clients. Vimeo even allows you to stream beautiful HD at 1280 x 720 to the client that can be password protected. You should check it out.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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David, the question from the clients thatn comes back as “how come then that I cans ee such great broadcast quality product from other people on youtube, or via WMV, but you can’t seem to make it as good as them?”
Now you and I know that the answer is along the lines of “Give me a week to tweak an encode, and yes, it will look as good, without their budget”, but clients erally are impatient with such explanations, which they consider excuses or fibs. They just want it perfect adn they don’t want to know how or if it is possible. They see TV at home so *anything* is possible.
Managing client expectations certainly is hard, especially when they are not tech savvy and uncooperative.
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Couldn’t agree with you more on the email. Unfortunately I’ve been burning too many ‘revision’ DVD’s lately and am trying to save some hours and pesos.
But you’ve brought up another interesting question:
I’ve never used Qmaster. Just skimmed the help docs and still not quite sure how to use it. Most of my uses for the email would be for sending 30 second ads to clients that have a tendency to change their mind frequently.Make money (and love, of course) not war…
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John,
Try using Compressor to make a large H.264 Quicktime movie and send that to your client using YouSendIt.com. It’s a free service that allows you to send files up to 100mb. Should be plenty for a great looking 30 sec. file. If your client doesn’t have a recent version of Quicktime, it’s a free download.
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Thanks David,
I’ve been to the site before. I’ll check them out.
John
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