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Delivery of HD content?
OK…another HD question from me:
For those of you who are acquiring on HDV and editing on Vegas, what is your delivery format? I understand that you can just print back to HDV tape and deliver that way. I’m more interested in delivering content that a client can play on their computer.
I just downloaded one of the sample HD presentations in WMV9 from this Microsoft site:
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx
I have a 2.8GHZ processor with no other programs running and I still couldn’t get the demo to play properly. I got about one frame change every 5 seconds. That makes me worry about suggesting to clients that they move into HD.
Where is my thinking off-track on this?
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I just downloaded the Kayak on the Nile file; played fine without a hitch on my off-the-shelf home office Gateway system – XP Pro/SP2, Athlon 3800, 1 Gig Ram, Win Media 10.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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How fast is that processor? I’d be interested in that but I’m mainly interested in advice on delivery medium for HDV-sourced material. I have clients who would want to project material on a large screen during major shows so I want to be able to give them something that will look great and that they can play.
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Well if you are looking for playback on a computer, most clients won’t have a display capable of showing 1080p anyway, so 720p is what you’ll want to record at which isn’t as CPU intensive. But CPU isn’t the only factor either, certain Nvidia and ATI graphics cards have WMHD hardware exceleration which really helps on those 1080p pieces.
You could burn WMHD DVD’s but there are only a handfull of DVD players capable of playing it.
Next step is HD DVD and Blu-ray recordable media but all of that is still in its infancy for actual workflow and it’s pricey.
For just projecting, I would encode in 720p, since that is almost guaranteed what the native res of the projector will be at, and get a powerful laptop to do it.
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Thanks Lynn. That’s pretty much the conclusion that my tests here have led me to. I appreciate the words of experience.
cheers,
Lee
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One trick that I have learned is that you can run pretty clean Windows Media 720p Files at 3 Megabits per second.
You have to set up the encoder in the right order. Set the bit rate at 3MPS, then choose the Constant bit rate 2 pass. Then set your size to 1280 x 720. This will run on most PC’s. Many Macs will have trouble running it. If you don’t doi these from the top of the menu to the bottom, it changes back to the defaults for the bit rate.
Here is a file that was done this way. https://www.albatrossmedia.com/susantest.wmv This file will run on my laptop and was the prototype for a 20 Minute windows media presentation that was delivered on CD. Yes in most cases it would run directly off the CD.
The Video is from a couple of Sony HVR-A1U’s.
Good Luck!
Dan
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