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  Video format for broadcast

  Posted by Christofer Wetterholm on December 16, 2009 at 3:37 pm

  Up till now i have done three tv commercials but i am a bit unshure if i am getting the best videoformat from the client and if my workflow is ok.
  I would really need your help.

  I am getting interlaced Blackmagic uncompressed 10 bit 4.2.2 quicktime files with framerate 25 FPS and a size of 1024*576
  I think that they are stretching the file from 4:3 but i am not shure.

  I then do all my work in a 1050 * 576 composition (i need to stretch the footage a little to fit the dimensions)

  When i am done with the promo i render out a QT animation with fields and compresses it to a mpeg master with telestream episode

  The finished file is a mpeg 2 with the dimensions 720*576 with 16:9 par

  Does all this seem right to you video pros??

  Is this a good workflow or should i do it in another way? and should i request some other footage from the client or is this ok?

  I am a beginner in broadcastdesign therefore all the questions and i would be greatfull for all your input
  /Christofer

  Christofer Wetterholm replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chad Brewer

  December 17, 2009 at 1:24 am

  Where are they being delivered for broadcast and what are the specs that they require? I wouldn’t finish anything in MPEG2 format unless I had to or it was destined to be a DVD. Let us know what the end result of the commercials are and what the delivery specs you have been given are and we can help you.

  Chad Brewer
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  Christofer Wetterholm

  December 17, 2009 at 5:55 am

  Hello!!
  The file is beeing deliverd to tvstatios in sweden, Norway and Denmark.
  In Sweden thru a company called Adtoox they want a Anamorpic mpeg 2 file

  SD 720*576 interlaced video in full frame 16:9(FHA) compressed with MPEG2 4:2:2 I frame only, compression at 30 Mbps CBR.
  They have a preset for episode wich i aply to the rendered 1050*576 QT Master.

  In Norway and Denmark i send it thru a company called Adstream and they want

  Interlaced QT Blacmagic 8 bit/uncompressed 8bit 4:2:2 with the size of 720*576 16:9 (rectangular pixels)

  Or a 720*576 16:9 Interlaced SD MPEG 2 file with ITU-R BT.601-4 videolevels (RGB levels will not be accepted)
  And compression set to 50Mbps CBR.

  Thanks
  /Christofer

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