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DVD compression issue fixed yet?
Does anyone know if Apple fixed the bug for Compressor where the “best” setting has worse compression artifacts on transitions that the “better” setting? have to make a DVD and need optimal quality, in software encoding.
Is there another compressor for MPEG 2 that works really well on the MAC on a low budget? I came from PC land and Tsunami was a great one.
Thanks for the help,
Anthony Miles -
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Try a two pass encode… or a very high single pass setting like above 6.5 mbps… Or if this still isn’t satisfying, put compression markers in the middle of the transitions that don’t look up to par. Don’t think there’s software out there that does much better than this other than Compressor. BitVice was a popular encoder before Compressor was updated a while ago, might take a look at that.
Jerry
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Hey Anthony,
I am using Compression Master 3.2 and/or Squeeze Suite 4.1, just did a show with 80 or so stills with one second cross dissolves, used Squeeze, no artifacts at all, smooth as butter.
Nice talking with you today, your friend is gonna help me, thanks.
Have a wonderful day.
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Jerry, Chris,
Thanks I had heard there was a bug in compressor that made encoding look worse on “Best” than on “Better” ont eh the motion estimation. I am encoding 2 pass 6.5 mbs. So the data rate should be fine. Video is mostly a talking head but the dissolves go to pieces. I did recently ran software update and was wondering if anyone had heard if there was a fix for this. As far as encoding markers go, I can definitely try it but there is probably 500-1000 dissolves in a 50 minute program, as I dissolved in and out of grafix and B-roll consistantly. I will try a short test & see.It should just work, it is a Mac after all, right. 🙂
Thanks,
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In my case, the 2-pass setting is definitely bad, not only the quality, but the file sizes come out larger than if I use single pass with the same settings. I tested Bit Vice and it is much better. Download their demo and see for yourself.
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Spit out a QT reference file, then try running it through Discreet Cleaner….always worked great for me. Very possible thought that by first putting the video out in a lossless format, then running it through compressor may do the trick for you, provided the reference file is flawless
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