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H.264 best standard bitrate setting for render
hi, i know this has been post many times, and i’m aware that exporting h.264 from AE isn’t recommended…i’ve been searching the internet, and haven’t really found an answer yet…
but, currently i am working regularly with client, and he’s asking for mp4 format with h.264 codec…and he doesn’t like a large size file like .mov file…
i am using AE Cs6..
so, what is the standard bitrate setting for this?
there are 2 setting right, target bitrate and maximum bitrate…
what i’m using now is 20 for target and 25 for maximum bitrate…
any better option / recommendation?
and, what is exactly the standard setting for this? what is the standard bitrate setting for 1080p and 720p?
i don’t know whats the video will be used for, he didn’t say…
thank you… 🙂
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4 Replies
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Asking for the best bit rate without knowing what the video will be used for will get you nowhere. Find out what the renders will be used for- playback (and if so, on what), editing, some other post processing (grading, fx..) – then you will be able to get a specific answer.
Tudor \”Ted\” Jelescu
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on my previous project, he was using it for youtube though, so i’m guessing all this next project was also for youtube…since this is the same kind of project…
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Media Encoder actually has YouTube presets under the H.264 settings. I would check those out. Just make your exports 2-Pass instead of 1-Pass, which is selected by default. I think it improves the quality, particularly if there is motion in your video. Pretty much every online video host like Youtube will recompress your video anyway, so I tend to keep the bitrate a little on the higher end (Minimum 16, Maximum 20).
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i see, i’ll look into it, so 16 target and 20 maximum is good enough…thank you.. 🙂
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