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    Posted by Dan Newton on October 11, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Hey

    I have two urgent questions which I need help in:-

    1. I have been asked to convert a MOV to a mpeg 2
    now the program I normally use is Sorenson Squeeze and Final Cut Studio Compressor —
    but I normally use Squeeze to do mainly mpeg One CONVERSIONS

    I am not sure how to do a mpeg 2 conversion

    here are the requirements:-

    format: mpeg 2
    width : 720
    height: 480
    crop to center: – 1.333:1
    Padding: None
    frame rate: 30 FPS
    Aspect Ratio: 4:3
    field dominance: automatic
    average daTA RATE: 5 (MBPS)
    MAXIMUM DATA RATE: 7.5 (MBPS)

    Could you tell me the steps I would need to do — to do something like this

    2. I have a video (quicktime mov) which is a Pal format: 720 x 576
    they have asked me to give it in a ntsc format — both as 4:3 and 16:9
    in NTSC format .
    how would i do this if I was to export it as a quicktime movie as a 4:3 and 16:9 —
    please help
    what settings would I set to make it in a ntsc format

    Cheers

    Jon Zanone replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Jon Zanone

    October 12, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    Do your conversion in Sorenson – look at the presets on the left side of the screen and choose MPEG2. Or use your MPEG1 settings, and choose MPEG2 from the drop down in the settings menu. Then adjust your settings to match your requirements.

    Jon

    Be curious, not judgmental.
    Walt Whitman

  • Dan Newton

    October 13, 2009 at 6:47 am

    Hey

    Thanks for the feedback —

    when I use Squeeze — the format comes as mkv or something

    shouldn’t it come with an mpeg output?

    please help

  • Jon Zanone

    October 14, 2009 at 11:54 am

    I’m not familiar with that extension. Do you have program or elementary stream selected? It’s directly above the MPEG 1/2 pulldown menu.

    Keep in mind the file structure of a DVD calls for the audio and video to be seperate files.

    Elementary stream encodes 2 files – audio and video.

    Program stream keeps the video and together so it can be played without the file structure of a DVD.

    Jon

    Be curious, not judgmental.
    Walt Whitman

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