-
Exporting a High Quality MPG-1?
Hey there! I want to start by saying I absolutely love creativecow. I have found more poignant and straight-forward solutions here than anywhere else, and am glad to now be a member. However, I wouldn’t be here without a question, which I’m sure has a simple solution that I just can’t find:
I created a 10-second spot in FCP as requested by an outside company. Their specifications are as follows: 1) Video Only; 2) 1368×768 dimensions; 3) mpg format; 4) <10MB.
I'm assuming a 16x9 ratio will work for what is desired. However, my trouble comes when converting to mpg. Mpg-4 and mpg-2 are both incompatible with their system. This leads me to believe mpg-1 is the only format they are able to use. Unlike the others, I cannot export mpg-1 from FCP using compressor to obtain a file size of anything greater than 3 MB, even with maxed out settings (inasmuch as I know them); as you can imagine, I aim to get as close to 10MB as I can. The quality suffers immensely under current conditions, is there an alternate way to increase the size and quality of a regular mpg export?
The file exports ~160MBs as a mov file.
-
7 Replies
-
Try MPEG Stream clip
but those specs are wacked
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
-
I sent a CD containing the spots as MPEG program streams, but it was incompatible; “Unable to locate MPEG 2 Decoder” is the error they received. Is there another type of stream I should try? Is there a way to export out of FCP to mpeg-1 with a bitrate greater than 2 Mbps?
-
Standard MPG1 are 320×240 pixels. I guess you can make a non-standard with other dimensions, but you need to keep the 16×16 macro-blocks structure. 1368 pixels doesn’t match it. The same for MPG-2.
Anyway you will get something of very little quality because the higher data rate you can get is 2Mbps. For such a picture size is too low.
You better think about exporting H264, Flash or Window Media.
You say you already tried MP4, but you haven’t explained why haven’t worked.
Rafael -
I mentioned my export to mpg-4 is incompatible with their system, I don’t know why, but so is MPG-2. I believe the answer to my question is: “A Higher quality MPG-1 can NOT be exported under the current circumstances, find an alternate method.” If this is not true, let me know! If it is, I will convey the message to the company and hopefully find some other way.
Media Convergence Specialist
-
Did you try the free MPEG Streamclip application I suggested
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
-
[Mark Houser] “I mentioned my export to mpg-4 is incompatible with their system”
They need QT 6 to play MP4.[Mark Houser] “but so is MPG-2.”
They need the QT MPG-2 component.
Rafael -
As an update: The problem has been solved (not as high a quality as I would have liked, but sufficient for the task, it seems). Thanks for the inputs. Apologies concerning MPEG Streamclip. I was unaware that this was a program, but thought you were talking about MPEG Stream as a format. I now have Streamclip and will test it out in future projects if this is ever to arise again (and I’m crossing my fingers that it doesn’t). Thanks again.
Media Convergence Specialist
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up