Crappy video

[Michael Sacci]

Try using H.264 codec, compressor is an okay encoder but there are add on plugins that give better quality at any given bitrate. And you bitrate is really low. If you want higher quality you should at least double the bitrate. That starts the balancing act bitrate/quality vs file size. For something like this higher quality is more important even if the file ends up being 30 MB.

[Robb Harriss]

been using the h.264 turbo for rendering some web files from FCP7 on the MacPro 8 core. It’s working rather well.

Non-linear: all the time and nothing but.

[Kai Cheong]

Try using one of the Quicktime 7/H.264 presets from Compressor – and for web, always turn on Frame Controls, change ‘Output Fields’ to ‘Progressive’ and Deinterlace to ‘Better’.

Slightly longer export time but great for videos destined for PC/online playback.

Kai
FCP Editor / Producer with Intuitive Films
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