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H.264 .mov file export – awful quality
I’m switching from FCP to Premiere and I can’t get a clean export out of premiere pro CS5.
My client wants a H.264 .mov file and it looks awful when I export it.Apple Compressor gave me a clean result every time, it’s 10 times better.
I must be making a mistake.
I researched it in the forums but couldn’t find a solution
Jan
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4 Replies
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Source format and H.264 target settings would be a start to help us diagnose the issue with you.
In Compressor were you using a preset or did you customize the settings?
We use AME to export h.264 (in an mp4 wrapper not mov – though it should make no difference) and are very pleased with the results; not to mention how much faster AME is than Compressor.
One issue with AME is that sometimes it tries to use a difference framerate than the source material (for example the Vimeo HD preset attempts to compress pictures at 29.97fps when our sources are most often 23.976.) Otherwise, it’s been pretty reliable.
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Are you sending it to AME?
Purhaps a screenshot of your specs/settings will help.
We have no prob. getting good looking h.264 files outta APP using AME.Chris Tompkins
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With AME CS3 I made H.264 .movs all the time. When I switched to CS5, suddenly the same (as far as I can tell) settings looked awful. I switched to H.264 .mp4s and everything was back like it should be.
I have no idea if this is true, but theoretically, because quicktime is 32bit, making an .mov H.264 should take much longer then a raw Mp4 file which is would be rendered by a 64bit engine. (assuming the Main Concept encoder is 64bit… which is I think was AME uses when it makes Mp4 files)
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I could never find the solution.
I guess I forget about the Quicktime wrapper and create straight MP4 files.
They are great quality and my client didn’t complain.
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