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Exporting for Satellite TV
Hi everyone,
I recently submitted a one minute commercial to a Satellite TV station and when it aired it was VERY dark, you could not even make out the actor’s face..
So I’m hoping someone can correct a false step I made or forgot to make..
I edited some HD footage shot on the HVX 200 using FCP and used Color to warm the picture up a bit. The final picture was anything but dark.
I then used quicktime conversion with an H.264 codec, best quality, and 960 by 720.
I put it on a DVD and handed it over to them.
Where did I go wrong? Is there a codec specific for Satellite broadcast? I looked it up and read somewhere that MPEG 2 is used for Satellite, but MPEG 2 isn’t an option.
I’d appreciate any help.
Thank you!
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2 Replies
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Yvette,
How are you monitoring FCP? And, how did you calibrate your monitor?
Why deliver h.264? H.264 is primarily for web delivery, not broadcast, and it does affect color when output via QT Conversion. Since you delivered SD to the station you would do much, much better delivering a DV50 file, which at just i-min. should easlily fit on a DVD file.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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[Yvette Hej] “Where did I go wrong? Is there a codec specific for Satellite broadcast? I looked it up and read somewhere that MPEG 2 is used for Satellite, but MPEG 2 isn’t an option. “
It’s an option in Compressor. It’s hidden in there. MPEG-2 Program Stream. But that doesn’t mean it will solve your problem as they’ll probably just re-encode it anyways (even if it’s the same format they use). David’s advice to send DV50 is not a bad idea, except DV50 won’t work on PCs so they might not even be able to use it. You really need to ask the the place what their regular delivery format is.
Sean
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