mainconcepts h.264 codec and vegas 7.0

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mainconcepts h.264 codec and vegas 7.0

Posted by Sebastian Hasting on February 19, 2009 at 4:27 pm

Hi i’m using Sony Vegas 7.0d

and I would like to render my video in h.264, now I know that the mainconcept AAC codec does just that.

But there’s only one problem, it can’t render 1280*720, the highest available resolution is : 720 X 480 (“MP4 for iPod” template)

(Mainconcept codec version: 1.0)

I’ve read all over the internet that the mainconcept is capable of rendering higher resolutions. Should I update the codec (if so, how should I do this?)

Or am I just not looking in the right place for the 1280*720 rendering resolution?

Any help would be very much appreciated!!

Odd Magne nilsen replied 17 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Mike Kujbida
February 19, 2009 at 5:03 pm

After selecting the 640×480 iPod template, click the “Custom” button (beside the “Template” box) and then the “Video” tab.
Choose “Custom frame size” in the “Frame size”” box and set it to 1280×720.
Modify any other templates as desired.

Here’s some settings )courtesy of Jonathan Neal on the Sony Vegas forum) that I’ve tried and found to work quite well.
It was designed for Facebook/YouTube but the higher settings should work quite well for your application as well.
Ignore his frame sizes and use yours.

** Be sure to save this as a new template for future use.

Project

Template: Internet Fullscreen (or Internet Widescreen)
Description:
2 Mbps VBR 640 x 480 (870 x 480 on Internet Widescreen)
192 Kbps CBR 44.1 Mhz

Use this setting to create an MP4 file best fashioned for Fullscreen Youtube/Facebook upload and playback.

Video Rendering Quality: Best

Video

Frame Size: (Custom frame size)
Width: 640 (870 on Internet Widescreen)
Height: 480
Allow source to adjust frame size: false
Allow source to adjust frame rate: true
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0000
Number of reference frames: 1
Use deblocking filter: true
Constant Bit Rate: false
Variable Bit Rate: true
Two-pass: true
Max: 10 Mbps (10,000,000)
Avg: 2 Mbps (2,000,000)

Audio

Sample rate: 44,100 Hz
Bit rate: 192,000 bps
Sebastian Hasting
February 19, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Aaaah so it is possible,
Thank you for your quick response, I’ll try it mmediately!!

Thanks again 😀 😀
Odd Magne nilsen
February 20, 2009 at 9:48 am

I should use CBR 10mbps if upload to youtube.

VBR max 8 mbps, avg 5mbps if upload to Vimeo. Vimeo also needs framrate max 25.

odd magne nilsen

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