How to export movies

[David Braswell]

It might help to know a bit more about what you’re doing with the movies. Are they for web playback? You watching them locally on a computer. Avid Xpress offers several export formats by default, and exporting to Quicktime Reference movie offers more possibilities.

[Misph1t]

These are videos that are watched over IPTV. Basically a dedicated web streaming appliance from Cisco.

[David Braswell]

I see. AVI is not generally considered a streaming format. I’m not real savvy about IPTV per se, but from a streaming perspective, you’re going to have to get your bit rates down to something your network can manage. I suspect this is one reason you may be losing A/V sync. Surely Cisco’s product has a manual with recommendations and a best practices section? At a guess, I’d think you’d be looking to export some kind of mpeg format, or possibly M-JPEG.

Regardless, your bigger problem is not knowing how to change export settings, or possibly having a corrupt Avid install. In the settings window of your Avid, click the “hamburger” menu (bar-shaped button left of your name) and make sure “All Settings” is checked. This should show you a variety of preset export settings. If you don’t see that, it’s time to contact your friendly Avid dealer. Know that you can change these settings. I suspect you’re only seeing the Base Settings or Selected Settings, which may explain why AVI seems to be the only available format. Double-clicking on the word “Export” by a setting will allow you to customise that setting. Give it a whirl!

[Misph1t]

Thanks, I’ll give it a shot later today. And you are correct, we need to use mpeg, wmv, or mov files. Mostly for space and bandwidth considerations. Just couldn’t find how to change the settings in Avid.

Thanks again!