EXPORT FOR WEB…(NEED ADVICE)

[Chris Poisson]

Andrew,

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/qt_movies_from_fcp.html

Have a wonderful day.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Have you asked your web person what they want? We could spend all day telling you different ways to do this, but if they want something in particular then it doesn’t matter what we say.

If they have something in mind we can tell you how to do that. Or if they don’t have something in mind, can they at least tell you any specifications they’re looking for?

Also, what resolution are you starting with?

[Andrew Wise]

I talked with the web person once. They really don’t know what to ask me for. They have not done alot in terms of incorporating video into a website….so it’s a new area for both of us. I was hoping for an easy way to convert the project (from FCP) that would work well in most cases.
thanks, -Andrew

[Jeff Carpenter]

The article Chris posted is probably the best place to start.

Outside of that, something like the H.263 codec might be good. It would require the view to have Quick Time, but it could use older versions.

Who are the viewers of this audience? If it’s media-savy people, requiring QT is fine. Heck, if the target is media pros you can probably use H.264 which requires the viewer to have QT 7.

If it’s a web site aimed at kids, or something, then you’d want something more universal. Maybe even Flash. It depends on how much you expect of your visitors.

[Craig Seeman]

There’s question one would ask for a job like this.

Are you or the webmaster going to do the compression?

W Who is the webpage’s target audience (alluded to in another post)?
Will it be video/graphics pros?
Corporate
Selling a product or service (and what might be the base income bracket of the desired customer)?
News
Is the video simply “talking head” or is there significant visual detail?

I find Quicktime is good for media savvy or artist/musicians
Window media Video for Corporate or Product/Service marketing (since they may not allow or want Quicktime Player on their systems)
Broadband data rates for people with some money to spend
Dial up data rates if it’s very basic news to reach people who don’t spend for broadband connections.
Data rate may depend on target region(s). Higher broadband data rates for urban areas. Lower broadband for more rural areas where they may be on very slow DSL or Satellite broadband (and even dial up).

With Quicktime
H.264 is good for advanced artists or tech savvy (since they need QT 7 and must know to update) and will give you best quality
Sorenson Pro or MPEG4 for those with older versions of Quicktime.

Flash is an option but the webmaster needs to know how to integrate.

Sometimes one may offer two (or more) versions for broadest reach.

The above are not rules. Just guidelines and only my personal ones at that.

[Doug Bassett]

I agree with Jeff!
Either QT or Flash, 5 min of vid is going to take some time and/or be very small.
This might be a good place to start.
http://dougbassett.com/andrew.mov

[Ed Dooley]

As said above, it depends on your audience. If you’re unclear about that, it’s always safe to assume that the
majority of viewers will be on PCs (like, um, 97% of computer users), unless it’s a totally hip, arty, creative
crowd. We almost always create a Windows Media version and a QT version for the web, each one optimized
for the different gamma of each platform. We, on occasion, still do an MPEG-1 version for cross-platform
compatibility, but more often these days, we’re doing a WMV, QT, and Flash version. That will cover all bases.
Check out Flip4Mac WMV Studio https://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_upgrades.htm.
It’s a plug-in that allows you to export to Windows Media 9 files right out of QT apps like FCP,
QuickTime Pro, Cleaner, etc.
Ed

[Doug Bassett]

Craig,
This is right on the money and I whole heartedly agree with everything but what about our responsibility (for lack of a better term) “or above and beyond duty” to educate our clients no matter the media or medium?
This is probably way OT but interesting conversation to me non the less.
Doug

[David Roth weiss]

Andrew,

At the risk of making this even more complicated, in addition to what everyone else said, with a 5-minute peice you also need to decide if you will stream the video or simply make it available for download. Streaming starts very quickly and protects your video, downloading can take quite a while and it means giving your video away to all. All of the various video formats have different streaming techniques and considerations.

DRW

[Andrew Wise]

Thanks Ed,
I’m going to look into Flip4Mac. I’ll likely be running into this more & more…. sounds like it may be my best option if I don’t want to pull my hair out (which I don’t)