export options

[Chuck Reti]

[cahaba] “client wants 18 2-hour tapes converted to quicktime files. Will take forever!”
You are charging hourly, right?
“Is H.264 fastest/best export option?”
What’s the end use of the QT’s – are they to be full size/full rez for broadcast or archive, or smaller size and lower frame rate for web use? Will the final QT file sizes be a storage or transport issue for you and/or the client? These factors will make a huge difference in choice of codec and how long “forever” will end up being.

[Tommy V. wier]

as I am working thru a third party, I am looking for clarification from them. I know they want to be able to edit, but I don’t think it is for broadcast or web. More than likely, it is for demonstration/presentation, but I don’t want to degrade quality too much.

yes I am charging by the hour- but I don’t want to scare them off

[Rj Miles]

How about digitizing with the p-jpeg codec, maybe even at a 320×240 size?

If there is no file size limit, run the p-jpeg at 90% quality.

[Tommy V. wier]

I tried photo jpeg digitize & exporting from same setting sequence, but keep getting “general error” right before finishing export.