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Encoding from 1080 Apple ProRes for a local diffusion on computer?
Hi,
I need your advises..
I have a FinalCut Pro 7 exported file:
1920×1080 Apple Prores HQ + 16 bit Stéréo 48,000 KhzI have to send it to a foreign place where it will be displayed in loop during an exhibition. I will not be present.
It’s said that it will be played on 2 distinct places by 2 computers (not sure if all are Mac).
I supposed that they should be played by QuickTime or VLC on both platforms.
But I have to compress it as for 26 minutes it’s quite huge: 24Go1°
Could you please tell me if there would be a better solution:
I think to compress the original file in H264/AAC at high level quality and send the resulted file on a USB key or via a web server.
(I could rip a BluRay DVD but I have no BluRay recorder and I’m not sure it’s easy to do it on Mac even if I have Compressor 4 to encode)2°
I’ve heard here that Handbrake or Squeeze do better job with H264 than Compressor.
With Handbrake I am around these settings:
a 1920×1080 .mp4 file with x264 Constant Quality RF 13 and AAC (core audio) Stereo 320 @ 48
Is that OK ?Thanks for your help
Paul
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4 Replies
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No help…
🙁just to simplify my question:
what codec and compression settings would you use to reencode an Apple ProRes video file sent by internet that would be played on computers from different platforms? -
PC and Mac can play back H264 so you should be safe with your settings in Handbrake.
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H.264 .mp4
Even Windows Media Player 12 plays it natively (Windows 7)
Those on Vista or Windows XP would still need Quicktime. -
Thanks a lot for your answers.
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So I have used Handbrake to encode with x264 my original 20 minutes ApplePro Res file 1920×1080 25fps
I have used RF15 to get maximum quality and fulfill the 2Go free data transfer offered by WeTransfer
Do you think that the quality should be OK: the result is 14Mbits
(I could use my own server to share larger files)2°
If not the other solutions could be :– to increase the RF ?
But is it safe to read all day long on a computer a looping file with high bandwidth? It’s for an exhibit, and I am scare of choppy movie…– to encode up to 25Mbits and burn a BluRay?
What do you think ?
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