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Creating MPEG’s from FINAL CUT PRO
Hi there,
I have just finished an edit for a client. The edit is 4x 1 minute 16:9 videos on which I edited in Final Cut Pro HD. He would like the 4 video’s as MPEG’S so he can play them as part of a powerpoint presentation.
How do I do this?
I’ve tried exporting the sequence as an MPEG2 (shape is right, resolution is good, but of course it saves the audio as a seperate file). I’ve tried exporting as an avi (shape seems wrong, resolution is crap but audio is apart of that single file).
How do I make an MPEG that will play in a powerpoint setup that is the right shape, good enough resolution and the auido is contained in the one file?
Any help/advice at all is very, very welcome !!!!!
Thanks guys !
Carly.
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12 Replies
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Use the MPEG-1 setting in Compressor. Export a reference quicktime from FCP and then bring that into Compressor. MPEG-1’s don’t look all that great, but if that’s what he wants that’s how you do it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Walter,
I’ve done this for clients in the past. The quality isn’t really all that bad for what they use it for. My problem has been making it bigger then 240×360. That’s the only size I can make it come out. Is there a way around this? Thanks,
Richard
I’m using Compressor 1.2.1 on a G4 dual 1 gig, 10.3.8, FCP 4.5, 1 gig ram.
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You can make MPEG-1 videos at a larger size using cleaner.
Compressor is great, but not for MPEG-1 creation as your final output size is limited.
With Cleaner, I sometimes create MPEG-1 videos for PowerPoint set at 640 x 480.
Hope this helps!
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Is Mpeg-1 universal? In other words, will it play on a Mac or PC? Is it neither Quicktime nor AVI?
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Oh you young kids today! 🙂
MPEG1 *is* universal, and until Flash came out it was the only real cross-platform solution (don’t get me started on Real Media!).
It is neither QT nor AVI, it is MPEG. It will play in Windows Media Player and QuickTime.
As for using Cleaner for MPEG1, I wouldn’t go around suggesting that, Cleaner (unless it was fixed in 6.5- hah, I made a joke!)
sucked at MPEG1.
Ed[Chris Babbitt] “Is Mpeg-1 universal? In other words, will it play on a Mac or PC? Is it neither Quicktime nor AVI?”
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True what you say about Cleaner. But at least you can determine your output size (quality of video itself is another matter).
I appreciate that there are better compression applications in the marketplace, just haven’t had to opportunity to use others yet!
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I would not suggest Cleaner for the Mac as it’s not a well supported App. I stopped using it about three years ago. Sorenson Squeeze is a very good app on the Mac and I’m pretty sure it does MPEG-1.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Sorenson Squeeze 4.3 does support mpeg 1/2 with settings for for PowerPoint_Hi and PowerPoint_Lo. Have not used these settings, but am pleased with Squeeze.
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That’s the way the MPEG-1 specification works. That’s the way it’s designed to correctly compress the media. It creates media at 320×240 and the display device is supposed to frame double it to the standard square pixel 640×480.
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Thanks all. What a ton of information. You’re the best.
Have a good Labor Day.Richard
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