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Compress from original massive file or “already compressed file”
My goal is to make a bunch of mp4 videos.
If I have exported a bunch of large mov files from final cut and already compressed them to smaller mov files… should i recompress the smaller ones or compress the originals?
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Always compress from your master. Compressing and already compressed file can do serious damage to quality.
mov is a container,not a codec. There’s a big difference between ProRes mov and H.264 mov.
Filie size is primarily based on data rate although some codecs tend to be more efficient than others.
A 110Mbps ProRes .mov and a 110Mbps H.264 .mov are equally massive. -
Ok… so if I truly want to get this into an MP4 format, I have to recompress the master.
I don’t understand why it’s not streaming. I even checked to make sure the metadata is at the from of the file.
In case you’re interested, here is the email that I sent to s3flowshield support with all of the pertinent file details:
I have uploaded everything to your specifications and I am having major issues.
1. The video plays on my iPhone WITHOUT SOUND
2. The audio plays on my computer WITHOUT VIDEO!!!!!
My URL is https://howtofightnow.com/flash-test
Here is a link to one of the actual files.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wj1wl744lbggdov/equipment-ring-timers.mp4
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Your file itself plays fine from dropbox in their Flash player.
On your site though it’s using FlowPlayer and it seems to be missing something although I can’t quite tell what.
Here’s the Flowplayer code instructions.
https://flowplayer.org/docs/It might be a javascript issue.
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