Export file not working with Quicktime Pro

[Steve Rhoden]

Did you update to the latest Quicktime version?

Steve Rhoden
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Filmex Creative Media.
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[John Rofrano]

[Kelly Ziolkoski] “I just upgraded to Vegas 12 and I try to do the same thing. But the mp4 I create in Vegas 12 will not “save as” in QT Pro! It won’t do anything when I choose save or save as. What on earth could be different in Vegas 12?”

Confirmed here. Apparently they changed the profile, reframes, and GOP settings among other things. Here is the MediaInfo from the same project rendered in Vegas Pro 11.0 and 12.0 using the Apple iPad/iPhone 4 720p30 Video template:

If you render using Sony AVC in Vegas Pro 12.0 the file will save correctly in QuickTime Pro (I just tried it and it worked).

~jr

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[Kelly Ziolkoski]

Thanks so much guys. Yes…my QT is up to date.
What you suggested seems to work, but I cannot for the life of me find a way to use the Sony, or any other one, to make an MP4 file to a custom frame size. They are all templates…unless I am missing something. Also…the Sony encoders that you suggest seem to make a file that is squashed looking, making the actor look fatter. (if only you could do it the other direction LOL). This happens even though the original file, the project properties and the rendered result all say 720 x 480.
Any ideas?

Thanks again,

Kelly

[Kelly Ziolkoski]

I forgot to add that I need it to me MP4 too…

[John Rofrano]

[Kelly Ziolkoski] “What you suggested seems to work, but I cannot for the life of me find a way to use the Sony, or any other one, to make an MP4 file to a custom frame size. They are all templates…unless I am missing something”

You mean when you edit the templates and save them as a custom template it doesn’t work for you? What custom frame size do you need?

[Kelly Ziolkoski] ” Also…the Sony encoders that you suggest seem to make a file that is squashed looking, making the actor look fatter. (if only you could do it the other direction LOL). This happens even though the original file, the project properties and the rendered result all say 720 x 480.”

It sounds like you are rendering using a template that has non-square pixels but your media player can’t handle it. If you are trying to render to NTSC Widescreen for internet viewing you must use square pixels. That means you will need to make a custom template and change the resolution 873×480 with a Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) of 1.0 instead of 720×480 PAR 1.2121.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[John Rofrano]

[Kelly Ziolkoski] “I forgot to add that I need it to me MP4 too…”

So… I feel the need to point out that if you simply make a copy of the file and change the .mp4 extensions to .mov the QuickTime player (and Mac users) will be none the wiser. It all works fine. I appreciate you trying to do it the “right way” by re-wrapping the file but it really isn’t necessary. 😉

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Mike Kujbida]

[John Rofrano] “So… I feel the need to point out that if you simply make a copy of the file and change the .mp4 extensions to .mov the QuickTime player (and Mac users) will be none the wiser. It all works fine. I appreciate you trying to do it the “right way” by re-wrapping the file but it really isn’t necessary. ;-)”

John is right. I did this for a few clients last fall that insisted on having .mov files and no one questioned the submitted files 🙂

[Kelly Ziolkoski]

jr…how do I change that extension exactly. When I right click and try to “rename”, I end up with a file that is “.mov.mp4”
Like it has 2 extensions

Thanks

[Mike Kujbida]

You need to move the cursor back manually and delete .mp4 first, then rename it.

[Kelly Ziolkoski]

So sorry…
But when I right click the file there on my desktop and choose “rename”, there is no extension showing…only the file name.
So I can’t delete “.mp4” and rename. It’s just not there