High quality WMV Export

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High quality WMV Export

Posted by Maria-luisa Meredith on May 18, 2012 at 9:38 pm

Hi

I have a project which I need to output as WMV for use in Powerpoint presentations (large screen playback etc).

I’ve tried various settings exporting from FCP with varying results. My original sequence settings are: Frame Size = 1024×576 / Pixel Ratio = Square / Field Dominance = None / Compressor = Apple Pro Res 422 / Quality = 100%

At an earlier stage (it’s been a very long day) I managed to export a WMV of a 5 minute sequence with subtitles. When I open this WMV in Quicktime player the properties are as follows:

Format: H264, 1024×576, Millions, Linear PCM, 16 Bit Little Endian signed integer, 2 channels, 48000 Hz
FPS: 25
Data Size: 283.2 MB
Data Rate: 6,764.61 kbit/s

But whatever settings I’ve tried since I can’t seem to replicate this file, which looks great!

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

M

Macbook Pro / OSX 10.6.4 / 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 / 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

FCP Studio 7.0.2

Maria-luisa Meredith replied 14 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
4 Replies

Ryan Holmes
May 18, 2012 at 9:53 pm

Do you want a WMV or a h.264 video? If you want a WMV you’ll need Flip4Mac on your computer so Compressor can have the codecs associated with a WMV:
https://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm

If you want a h.264 video it can come out as a mov, mp4, or m4v file (depending on what you specify). You can do these through FCP or Compressor.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
vimeo.com/ryanholmes
Maria-luisa Meredith
May 19, 2012 at 7:11 am

I should have mentioned in the original post that I already have Flip4Mac (HD Pro) and Compressor on my machine. WMV attemps with Compressor haven’t been great in the past. I also have Mpeg Streamclip.

My client wants to use the final WMV files in Powerpoint Presentations so I’m looking for an ideal setting to export files that aren’t too big to play off most laptops but that will look good when scaled up to a projector screen.

Thanks again.

M

Macbook Pro / OSX 10.6.4 / 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 / 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

FCP Studio 7.0.2
Rafael Amador
May 20, 2012 at 10:48 am

If you want to do it with Compressor (through the WM component installed by Flip4Mac), in the Inspector > “File Format” you must select WMV instead of QT Movie.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com
Maria-luisa Meredith
May 21, 2012 at 7:02 am

Hi and thanks for the replies.

I accidentally got ‘info’ for a QT clip I had not a WMV, hence the confusion, apologies.

At the moment the best WMV I’ve managed to create (using Mpeg Streamclip) is as follows:

Duration: 15 mins
File Size:469 MB
Codec: Windows Media 9 Standard
Size: 1024×576
FPS: 25
Data Size: 18.6MB
Data Rate: 163.47 Kbit/s

Macbook Pro / OSX 10.6.4 / 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 / 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3

FCP Studio 7.0.2

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