OT Tom Wolsky Compressor Failures

[Warren Eig]

Some more info. It only crashes when making an h.264 for the web. Apparently Apple’s product is not compatible with this codec. I can compress to MP4, DVD MPEG2 for Blu-Ray all day and night. It only crashes making h.264 for web. I can make an h.264 for Blu-Ray no problem.

Anyone have idea?

Warren

Warren Eig
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[Tom Wolsky]

What’s the image size?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Warren Eig]

I think it is the h.264 800Kbps preset. It fails when I change the geometry of the clip from 4×3 to 16×9.

The Clip is about 17 minutes.

It will work when left at 4×3 but then I end up having to send the client an anamorphic squeezed 4×3.

I’m working with HD footage in ProRes 422 (HQ). I did the same compression with the mp4 setting, changed it to 16×9 and it flew through the compression job.

Either the h.264 800Kbps preset is corrupt, (I can use the Blu-Ray h.264 preset and it works fine), or we need an update to Compressor from Apple. In other words, it’s not my computer, operating system or install of FCS2, but something Apple needs to fix on their end.

Warren

Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905

email: warren@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.babyboompictures.com

https://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/knitwits
https://www.atomfilms.com/film/family_xmas.jsp

[Tom Wolsky]

One more time: what frame size are you using? I don’t care about the aspect. EXACTLY what frame size are you using?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Warren Eig]

The default of that preset. Are you asking about the original media file I’m compression: 1440×1080 as it was HDV transcoded to ProRes 422 (HQ) at ingest.

The h.264 preset frame size is: 480×270

Is this what you are asking?

Warren

[Tom Wolsky] “One more time: what frame size are you using? I don’t care about the aspect. EXACTLY what frame size are you using?
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Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905

email: warren@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.babyboompictures.com

https://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/knitwits
https://www.atomfilms.com/film/family_xmas.jsp

[Tom Wolsky]

Doesn’t work. You might try 484×272, but you may have to use 640×360. The vertical height is the problem. 270 is not divisible by eight.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Warren Eig]

[Tom Wolsky] “Doesn’t work. You might try 484×272, but you may have to use 640×360. The vertical height is the problem. 270 is not divisible by eight. “

Interesting. When you change the geometry to 16×9 in the preset, Apple selects the 270 size as it auto fills by itself.

Thanks for the help. I’ll try your settings.

Warren

Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905

email: warren@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.babyboompictures.com

https://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/knitwits
https://www.atomfilms.com/film/family_xmas.jsp

[Tom Wolsky]

If you change it to 480 the application will change to 270 to keep the aspect ratio correct.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Warren Eig]

I understand why, but you would think if 270 is not going to work, Apple wouldn’t auto change it to 270 when you change the pop up from 4×3 to 16×9. If it won’t work they should auto change it to a number that will be divisible by 8.

I am not entering any numbers, just changing the pop up.

Maybe I wasn’t clear in my previous posts.

Warren

[Tom Wolsky] “If you change it to 480 the application will change to 270 to keep the aspect ratio correct.”

Warren Eig
O 310-470-0905

email: warren@babyboompictures.com
website: https://www.babyboompictures.com

https://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/knitwits
https://www.atomfilms.com/film/family_xmas.jsp

[Tom Wolsky]

There is no 480 in the popup in my version of Compressor.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”