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    format for pc viewing

    Posted by Adam Beasley on March 5, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Hi Guys,

    I have about 50gb of XDCAM HD rushes, ingested with FCP which the client wants to view on their PC. (I do not have the bpav folders)

    I have experimented with full res h264.movs on several PCs in both QT and VLC but am getting slightly choppy playback.

    I need/want to deliver it in as high quality as possible but primarily it needs to play well!

    Any suggestions as to the best codec/container to use to achieve this? Even on a fairly slow PC..

    Thanks.
    A

    Adam Beasley replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Alan Smith

    March 5, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    If it is for preview purposes only, mpeg4 at 50% resolution, should work on a PC. We shoot HD XDCAM, convert to ProRes for edit and output to any format needed. PC is going to want mpeg4, wmv, avi, etc, which means encoding via Compressor . . .

    Alan Smith
    Media317

    Check out my blog – https://media317.com

  • Adam Beasley

    March 7, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    Thanks guys, went with .movs in the end at 50%, did a few tests, all seems to be fine. Going to send the full res ones too so if they are needed for anything other than viewing they have both anyway..

    A.

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