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4.7GB HD Quicktime Export
I have a 15 minute movie that I want to export as a Quicktime at the highest quality possible while keeping it under 4.7GB (has to fit on a DVD).
Project settings are DVCPRO HD 720p24.
If I export it at Current Settings I get a Quicktime with DVCPRO HD compression and a 5.7GB file. It looks beautiful but it’s too big AND it won’t play on Windows machines.
Every other compression I try is either WAY too big a file or just looks really bad (or both).
Any suggestions on what I should try?
Also, I have the option of using Compressor.
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[Dustin Parsons] “It looks beautiful but it’s too big AND it won’t play on Windows machines.”
It won’t play on a windows machine unless that machine has the DVCPro HD codec. Not many apps provide that codec on Windows.
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YOu can try H.264 compression…look in Compressor for the many options you have. But QUicktime on Windows machines is always a crap shoot (sorry, just came from Vegas). They gotta get with the program…
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Well, what’s the goal here? For someone else to edit it? Re-use it by compressing it for the web? Or just view it on different computers?
I’d give different answers to each of these situations.
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Dustin,
You should really check out the new app dvcCast. Its $40, but its truly an elegant app that enables users to very easliy target precisely the correct bitrate for h.264 exports. It creates excellent h.264 exports that progressively download from a webpage.
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My director said he needed an uncompressed Quicktime on a DVD to give to a festival director (or something along those lines). But, of course, and uncompressed version gives me a 32GB file so there’s no way that’s going to happen.
What I think I’m going to do is plug the DVCPRO HD file into Compressor and export it with an H.264 compression at around 40000kbits per second. That sound like my best option.
Thanks for all the speedy replies! I really appreciate it.
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I’ve had good results exporting H-264 files to clients running Windows machines.I’ve exported sevel projects originally edited in DVCPro HD to H264 and they have been able to play them on their machines once the got current versions of Quicktime on them.
I’ve also exported files as PhotoJpeg A with good results. Smaller file sizes as well.
Tom
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