PC QT issues

[Mark Petereit]

Eliminate all the guesswork: use a broadcast video card and a broadcast monitor to view your work. If you only have your computer monitor to rely on, you’ll never really know what you’re going to get.

[Stephen Smith]

Is this for a presentation on a PC?

Stephen Smith
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[Mick Haensler]

No, final destination is the web, but the client wants to view it on her PC. I wanted to give her a H264 file but her IT guy wanted .mov, I guess he’s going to encode it for the web himself. She just needs to be able to review the clips on her laptop. Any suggestions as to an output codec that would look great on her PC and give the IT guy what he wants?? I’ve already done my own encoding for the Vimeo and it looks awesome but that’s not what she wanted.

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

[Mick Haensler]

[Mark Petereit] “Eliminate all the guesswork: use a broadcast video card and a broadcast monitor to view your work. If you only have your computer monitor to rely on, you’ll never really know what you’re going to get.
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Thanks for your response Mark but that’s really not the issue. All looks well on my monitor(broadcast), it’s when she plays it back on her laptop in QT that’s the problem.

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

[Stephen Smith]

What codec is she watching it as? Can you send her an H.264 or .WMV and then send the IT guy a different version?

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[Mick Haensler]

[Stephen Smith] “What codec is she watching it as? Can you send her an H.264 or .WMV and then send the IT guy a different version?
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I don’t know. She’s playing it back in QT on her PC, so whatever QT decides to unwrap it as is what she’s seeing. Obviously QT for PC isn’t the same program as QT for Mac seeing as the same rendered clips look great on my Mac on a 27″ monitor. I’m trying to avoid a lot of back and forth with her. All she wants to do is to be able to see the clips in the same quality as the Vimeo uploads I showed her for approval.

I can send her anything, question is, what looks good on QT for PC?? And can that same codec be used by the IT guy to encode for the web?? I’d rather do it myself but…..he’s an IT guy and of course knows much more than I do….no offense to any IT guys in the house…..OK yeah, I meant it, go ahead and take offense….

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

[Mark Spencer]

You should be rendering out with h.264, not as NTSC – that’s for standard definition and is an interlaced format. Use one of the Share presets or Compressor presets for the web to make it easier.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Petereit]

Well, then you have a great “client education” opportunity. You designed/edited on professional video editing workstation using a calibrated NTSC-spec broadcast monitor. She’s watching it on a cheap netbook she bought on sale at Best Buy, utilizing a TFT LCD spec’ed to the lowest bidder.

Which one do you think is going to look “right”?

[Stephen Smith]

I send clips to clients on PCs all the time. The H.264 codec looks fantastic and has always worked. I like to compress it in compressor. Then send the IT guy a different file, what ever he wants. That is what I would do.

Stephen Smith
Utah Video Productions

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[Andy Neil]

DV is an interlaced codec. It’s not going to play well on a computer. You should convert your project to progressive and use a codec like H264. Unless of course, this is going to tape or is being played out to a TV.

Andy