DG System Back Level

[Anthony Miles]

Thank you Fred,
Intersting. Which software do you use to encode. I have squeeze, but have been lookking into episode, if I can get by with Squeeze that would be good.

If anyone has a preset for squeeze and DG that would be really helpful. as I am having trouble getting to 720×512.

Thanks so much for your help.
Anthony

[Fred Connors jr.]

A

We are using Episode. With help from Craig S. it works just fine, even better with variable bit rate.

I have Sorenson but I prefer Episode overall.

Fred

The Troupe – Modern Media Design & Production

[Craig Seeman]

And Squeeze wont do 720×512. I needed that spec for Pathfire. I told Sorenson about that and they didn’t seem to grasp what Sigma encoding was about.

Episode has no problem. It’s the most flexible encoding tool on the Mac and maybe even PC. I may give Rhozet a try (PC Program) but at $5K I don’t think I’ll buy.

BTW you shouldn’t need 720×512 for spots, only VNR. Spots should be 720×480. I’ll double check that but it’s one spec I don’t think they have any reason to change for spots.

[Craig Seeman]

Anthony,

I got the specs from DG and created a new template. I haven’t tested it since I don’t have spots going out at the moment. If you can get me your email address I can send you the Episode template and you can give it a try for me.

[Anthony Miles]

Thank you Craig.
email = anthony at 4thwalltvandfilm dot com

[Craig Seeman]

Sent it to you in a zipped file. Give it a test and let us know ASAP if it passes. If it fails let me know why and I’ll have another go at it.

[Anthony Miles]

Thanks, got it. I will ty it. I actually have Squeeze so I am going to have to purchase Episode to make this work. Not sure if I was clear about that. I very well may end up purchasing Eposide today or tommorow. Is this for the pro version or does it matter??

Thanks,
Anthony

[Craig Seeman]

Squeeze can’t do 720×512 Program streams. At least I didn’t see a way. I told them about it and asked for it as a feature request.

Episode has a free trial but the encode is limited to 30 seconds. You could always give that a try and tell DG it’s not to length. You’re just testing the encode spec. If it meets spec you’ll know you can buy Episode and it’ll solve the problem.

Of course the day after you do that Squeeze comes out with an update.

[Bryon Middleton]

It’s sad to see, but refreshing at the same time to see that I’m not the only one havign issues with DG. For a while i though i was just a novice idiot. Well, i guess the novice part is still true.
Is there settings within Episode that i can use to ensure proper black levels during my compression to mpeg2? Or should this be something I try to correct with After Effect Broadcast Filter? Or am I off on both?

[Blake Podhajsky]

I am also trying to submit spots to DG Fast Channel. I just downloaded Episode Pro with the intention of purchasing it once I figure out the settings. Is anybody nice enough to email me the presets for Episode or Compressor? blakepod@yahoo.com

And also, Fast Channel told me my spot did have to be 720×512. Is this hard to do in Episode?