OT: What medium do you deliver in?

[Steve Rhoden]

Very interesting question Nigel. I on the other hand works in the Broadcast
industry, creating Television Commercials, Corporate Videos, Broadcast content
for cable and other range of Advertising mediums, & always deliver at 720p or
1080p. Therefore most of my delivery is done online, where i upload the
finished content in mostly the AVC MP4 or Quicktime PhotoJpeg format to my
clients, but on rare occasions i do put some as Data on DVD Discs for some
clients, its not really a dying format here in Jamaica or the Caribbean, they
are still very accessible here and the population on occasions still use them.

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
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[John Rofrano]

[Nigel O'Neill] “I would love to deliver in 720p or 1080p on a USB memory stick, but have not figured out how to create a menuing system.”

I don’t think anyone expects a menu on a memory stick. I’ve purchased several from my daughter’s dance competitions and all they give you are MP4 files on a stick and that’s all I really expected. Some shops buy memory sticks with their name and logo on it so the stick becomes an advertisement for your business.

DVD’s are still big sellers for private performances here in the US. I buy mine from Mertiline.com and they have no problem supplying them. I assume over time this may change but IMHO, no one has invented a technology to replace the DVD for it’s ease of use and menu capabilities.

~jr

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[Wayne Waag]

TMPGEnc has come out with something called PGMX. Here is the link. https://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tpxc.html It claims to include video, menus, slideshows, subtitles and audio all in one file. I’ve never tried it.

wwaag

[Nigel O’neill]

Thanks John. I mainly deliver in DVD here as well, but I have noticed that the duplicators are starting to thin out. I have to go to another state 1000 km away sometimes to get a big job done.

For smaller jobs I do myself, I used to be able to go to the local audio-visual store and be spoilt for choice in DVD blanks, but now it’s usually just down to one or two brands.

I think delivering on MP4 in 720p or 1080p is far superior quality-wise and much easier for me to deliver, but a lot of the times people want to be able to find just their performance, hence the query about a menuing system. A lot of people watch it on TV’s or media centres nowadays, so don’t have the ability to quickly navigate like you do on a PC.

[John Rofrano]

Yea, I would imagine that duplication facilities are feeling the pinch. My latest project is for a restaurant promo and they simply want 1080p on a USB stick so that they can upload it to their Facebook page, web site, etc. As Steve said, broadcast projects are entirely delivered on-line now but before that it was HDCAM tape so it’s good to finally say good-bye to tape delivery.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

Duplication establishments are thinning out year by year indeed!
Yeah John, Tape delivery is gone out the door! (Im glad), lol

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia