Export problem mpg

[Steve Roberts]

MPEG-2 is for DVD, and it can only be one of two sizes: 720×480 or 720×576.

What type of machine will you use to play back your final movie? Computer? DVD player?

[Filippo Centenari]

thanks for the answer,
i Need to put this video on a Plasma using Scala Infochannel.
the video is really simple and it’s 15seconds but any time I try to export in the other codec supported by scala (windows media video)I always have a bad quality.
I don’t know how to set in order to have the best video setting for the quality.

thanks really
filippo

[Filippo Centenari]

I understand the other codec supported for my player (Scala Infochannel) is wmv.

But I can’t find a good export setting, I need to know the best way in order to export wmv at the best quality.
if you know i’m here!!
thanks
filippo

[Filippo Centenari]

ok so 2 last questions:

what kind of export I use in AE? tga sequence?

what program for the final render?

thanks a lot
filippo

[Filippo Centenari]

Ok will try this way, I’m on PC not Mac.
Any other software or only Sorenson?

I exported the video as you said but the quality is not so good, in my video there are some psd file and exported have some artifacts..

[Filippo Centenari]

sorry!
the video is ok!
it was my fault, now I will try to encode it using sorenson trial

thanks

[Brian Berneker]

MPEG2 is not just for DVD. It’s used for all HD standards as well. Sounds like our friend wants to output to a an HD television that has a 1366×768 format display.

[Brian Berneker]

Are you using Export from the FILE menu, or are you using the render queue/manager? You may be able to get more control over the compression and size settings.

Also, if you export to animation codec and still want to use MPEG2, I suggest using Episode Pro. It’s a high quality, FAST encoder. Why apple’s compressor takes SO LONG to compress video is beyond me…

[Filippo Centenari]

Thnaks for the answer
I found a solution using Animation (Quictime) export in AE and then using Sorenson.
But I will lokk for your direction too

I use render manager and not export in AE but the frame size of MPEG2 is fixed at 720×576 or NTSC

[Steve Roberts]

Ah – of course. My error.