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  • FastChannel Telestream Help Needed ASAP!!!!

    Posted by Johnnie Travis on October 17, 2007 at 9:04 pm

    I need to upload a TV spot to FastChannel as soon as possible and have never encoded this format before. The specs are as follows:
    Video: 18Mbs, MPEG 2 Program Stream, 4:2:2, 9 frame GOP, 29.97 FPS, 4 by 3 Aspect Ratio, 720 x 512 (recommended)
    Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, 2 Channels, 48 KHz, 20 bit, 384 Kbps (recommended)

    I own Final Cut Studio 5.1 and I also own Cleaner 6.5 (All Mac).
    Any help I could get asap would be GREATLY appreciated. THANKS!!!

    G5 DUAL 2.3,
    8GB RAM
    CALDIGIT S2VRHD
    AJA IO
    FCP 5.1.4
    10.4.10

    Craig Seeman replied 18 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Craig Seeman

    October 17, 2007 at 9:34 pm

    Looks like you have a mix of DGFastchannel and Pathfire specs.
    DG (for spots) has been 720×480
    Pathfire (for VNR) is 720×512

    I’m a DG user. I use Episode Pro to encode. If you had Episode Pro I can email you a preset.
    I have Cleaner 6.5.1 too but I’ve never used it for DGFastchannel so I can have a look at that but I can’t guarentee anything. My Episode Pro settings have passed DG certification though.

  • Johnnie Travis

    October 17, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Craig, thanks for getting back to me. Bill Mitchell (sp?) just called me from FastChannel with settings for Cleaner 6.5. Thanks Craig – you’re right – 720 x 480 is the ticket out of FCP to Cleaner.

  • Craig Seeman

    October 19, 2007 at 1:55 am

    Can you post the settings? It might help other folks here using Cleaner and DGFastchannel

  • Johnnie Travis

    October 23, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    Well, I wish I had better news, but it’s not all bad. After speaking with the pro on this subject, Bill Mitchell, I found out the following information. Cleaner 6.5 for Mac has always had an internal bug when it comes to encoding MPEG-2 Program Streams. The bug causes ANY Mpeg-2 Program Stream to export the video at 640×480 – no matter what the user instructs Cleaner to do. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there’s a cheaper alternative than Episode or Sorenson for compressing MPEG-2 Program Streams. Bill informed me that I could buy MPEG Encoder 1.5 for Mac for $279. The software is developed by MAIN CONCEPT. See this link for more information:
    https://www.mainconcept.com/site/consumer-products-4/mpeg-encoder-mac-757/information-769.html

  • Craig Seeman

    October 23, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    I was kinda surprised when you originally said you could do it with Cleaner. I would strongly recommend anyone to switch from Cleaner to something else as soon as the need arises.

    BTW if you’re doing Program Streams, the basic version of Episode at $395 will work. There was a time they were running a cross grade sale which had a significant discount for Cleaner owners too. I think that sale has ended though.

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