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CS2 Premier Pro Media Encoder settings
I have a small (5 minute) movie that needs to be encoded as a .mov file for a festival. I have a couple of versions of it already as a QT, but the playback is very quirky..the video is speeded up while the audio file plays at a constant rate. So, I am going to export it again. One of the codecs listed is Sorenson (probably left over from a free trial), but other than that, I am not familiar with any of the settings. It won’t be played back on the web, so streaming isn’t a problem. What “Preset” should I use..or does it matter?
And should I tweak my frame rate or height/widths?
One of the things that has me puzzled is that the current QT files I have are only about 75 MB’s in size, while the .avi is around 950 MB’s…does that much compression sound right?
TIA,
Cathleen -
8 Replies
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AVI’s can be very huge compared to QT’s. I had a movie that was all done in HQ AVI and it weighed in at over 150GB, after I converted all the video to QT it was only 5GB.
I have had great success with just using the basic output settings for NTSC. You can select form regular of widescreen. Just make sure to go in and adjust the basic settings to match the output you need. If you are going to be showing it on a large screen then make sure its outputting at an appropriate size, at least 720×480 or whatever it is for widescreen.
If that does not work you could always send the file to me or someone here and we could do it for you. I am running CS4 and the encoder is much better.
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Excellent..thank you very much. It is my first time being accepted into a festival and I want to get it right! I’ll re-encode it and send it off. Thanks again!
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Please note that .MOV and .AVI files are essentially wrapper formats, they both use codecs to encode the video and audio they contain.
If you use the same codec and the same settings in either format then they will be basically the same size.
Comparing an AVI using a lightly compressed codec to an MOV using a highly compressed codec is not comparing apples with apples (groan).
Cheers
Eddie -
Cathleen,
If this is going to a festival (congratulations!), they should be able to provide you with _very specific_ requirements. If the first person you speak with can’t, keep asking. A *.mov file can be pretty much anything: any size, any codec, any framerate. Try and find out how they are presenting the media. For example: Maybe they will play back from a DV tape? Then it’s easy: QTime DV.-jeff
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Thanks, Jeff.
Here is the request from the organizers:“We would very much like to obtain a .mov file of your movie as it is our preference to screen films at the fest off of hard drives. Please keep us posted as to when you may be able to get us such a file for our event programming. You may mail us a .mov file as data on a dvd.”
I’m not sure what the “.mov file as data on a dvd” means, unless it is a DVD as opposed to sending them a hard drive. I have my framerate sent as 29.97 (same as source) and the size as 700 X 480,which should playback on most devices.I have a long list of compresseion options, so should I ask them if they are playing back on a Mac..and them use an Apple option? -
.mov on DVD data means they just want you to burn the file itself onto a DVD. A simple process if you have a DVD burner. If your file is smaller then 650mb then you could also just put it on a regular cd-rom.
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Better and better. Thanks!
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Unfortunately, they have not given you enough information to be meaningful. Is this the first time this festival has happened? Because they sound inexperienced…
-Jeff
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