Exporting for Broadcast

[Marcus Bird]

Its a music video, the footage is taken from camera’s that were rolling whilst an album was being made and has been edited along to the mastered single.

[Dino]

Since this is not actually a program, there probably aren’t any specific specs. They probably just take whatever they get and have low expectations for video from music people.

Definitely go to Digibeta. SMPTE bars and -20 tone for at least 30 seconds. Detailed slate and a countdown from 10 to 2. First frame of material at 1 hour. Proper audio levels is probably the most important thing.

[Drew Hudgins]

So another question that might seem amateur? If I am sending off to a PBS affiliate and drop in the Bars and Tone at -20, does this mean that nothing in my audio mix should exceed -20?

Currently, I’ve edited my timeline to have peaks at around -6 and worked to place dialog between -12 and -6. (some lower dialog goes to -18). Would I need to remix this entire thing? Or would it be a matter of backing off the master fader?

The project is an educational video where dialog is over music for 10 different segments.

Thank you for any help. My first time submitting to a network…

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