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video for tablet
Hello,
I am producing some video elements that are going to be used in an app that will play on a Cruz T408 Android tablet. I have never done this before, everything so far has been SD in/SD out or HD in/HD out for mostly typical video work. Everything for this project has been shot in NTSC AVC Intra 100, I’ve been making graphics for backgrounds, etc. in sequences that are all AVC 100. The client has requested that I purchase stock photos to use in the video. When I tried to figure out what resolution to purchase,(which I still haven’t figured out) I discovered that the Cruz display specs are 4:3 800×600. So my questions are:Do I need to recut my sequences using the 4:3 800×600 format?
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Should I leave everything HD and encode to those specs after?
Pete
What picture resolution should I purchase?
and of course …
What else am I probably missing that will rear it’s ugly head when I attempt delivery of this project?Thanks
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[Peter McCue] “Do I need to recut my sequences using the 4:3 800×600 format?
or
Should I leave everything HD and encode to those specs after?
Pete
What picture resolution should I purchase?
and of course …
What else am I probably missing that will rear it’s ugly head when I attempt delivery of this project?”1. edit in HD, the exported clip should be 854×480 SD or 1280×720 HD
2. I would encode it with:
Video: H.264 – bitrate 1500kbps, 2-pass vbr (make it 3000kbps if you do HD)
Audio: AAC – bitrate 128kbpsThese settings are basically the same for an iPad.
** NOTE make sure you don’t encode with any profile above 4 or it won’t play)
you might need to get your hands on the tablet to test or send them some test clips to ensure you get it right. I wouldn’t do it, then just send a file and expect it to play….it very well could, but you
never know. some android devices are rather picky about such things. -
Thanks,
One more thing … I have some SD footage that at first I wasn’t going to use, but it does have a much better background so I might need to incorporate it.
After editing, should I then down convert everything to SD to match or just let the tablet deal with everything on its own?Peter McCue
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