Broadcast requirement

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Broadcast requirement

Posted by Dan Newton on April 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm

Hey Guys

Need some urgent help — I have been given the new format — from a television station — they will not use digi or sp for broadcast but mpeg 2

now please fund below the exact requirements:-

Dear All,

Please be informed that henceforth all TV commercials to be aired on …. Television is not required in Digi Beta or Beta SP format: Kindly note new material specs:

File Format : Mpeg 2 or Mpeg 4
Duration in seconds : Multiples of 5 for eg: 10, 15, 20, 25 etc…
Deadline for airing : 4 -5 working days after receipt of material

There is no change in Material requirement for sponsorship tags. However, please note the same for your reference:
5 sec mute mpeg ( in case of animation) or jpeg ( for static image). Mpeg size not to exceed 4 MB. Material to be sent by email
Voiceover format:

Dan Newton replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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Ron Gerber
April 21, 2009 at 5:59 pm

Here are the steps my company has been telling everyone to use for MPEG2 Delivery using Sorenson. Most likely they will be similar to what your station wants – It would probably be best to send them a test file well in advance to trouble shoot the problems – usually the problems will be audio related.

1. Drag QuickTime reference movie (or a Regular QT movie) into Sorenson.
2. Select MPEG-1/2 drop down, Select “DVD_NTSC_LG” by dragging that to the QT reference movie
3. Double click on the DVD_NTSC_LG to open up it preferences.
Video:
Set as follows: format constraints: DVD (MPEG2); stream type: Program; Codec: MPEG-2 Video; Method: 1-pass CBR; data rate: 9570 (or you might have to do 2 pass VBR and set all avg, max * Min to 9570); format: NTSC; frame size: 720 x 480; frame rate: 29.97; aspect ratio: 4:3; field encoding: bottom field first; I frame rate: 15

Audio:
Set Audio to MPEG PCM Audio (or you might have to try the Layer 2 setting if the station tells you there’s no audio)
Sample 16
Sample Rate 48000
Channel Stereo

5. press ok & then squeeze it

Good Luck and if you have stock in FedEx, it might be a good time to sell.
Joey Burnham
April 21, 2009 at 6:22 pm

It’s surprising that they would ask for an Mpeg 2 and not give you any other specs besides that.
Anyways, just bring your file into compressor. There is an Mpeg 2 program stream preset which would probably work.
Joey
Dan Newton
April 24, 2009 at 6:59 pm

Hey

Thanks for the step by step —

So I have done the exact specifications you have said — so hopefully the TVC won’t be rejected.

thanks so much
Dan Newton
May 2, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Hey

One question —-

what about the data rate — will it stay as 1536

please advise

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