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    Video format for broadcast

    Posted by Christofer Wetterholm on December 16, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Up till now i have done three tv commercials but i am a bit unshure if i am getting the best videoformat from the client and if my workflow is ok.
    I would really need your help.

    I am getting interlaced Blackmagic uncompressed 10 bit 4.2.2 quicktime files with framerate 25 FPS and a size of 1024*576
    I think that they are stretching the file from 4:3 but i am not shure.

    I then do all my work in a 1050 * 576 composition (i need to stretch the footage a little to fit the dimensions)

    When i am done with the promo i render out a QT animation with fields and compresses it to a mpeg master with telestream episode

    The finished file is a mpeg 2 with the dimensions 720*576 with 16:9 par

    Does all this seem right to you video pros??

    Is this a good workflow or should i do it in another way? and should i request some other footage from the client or is this ok?

    I am a beginner in broadcastdesign therefore all the questions and i would be greatfull for all your input
    /Christofer

    Christofer Wetterholm replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Chad Brewer

    December 17, 2009 at 1:24 am

    Where are they being delivered for broadcast and what are the specs that they require? I wouldn’t finish anything in MPEG2 format unless I had to or it was destined to be a DVD. Let us know what the end result of the commercials are and what the delivery specs you have been given are and we can help you.

    Chad Brewer

  • Christofer Wetterholm

    December 17, 2009 at 5:55 am

    Hello!!
    The file is beeing deliverd to tvstatios in sweden, Norway and Denmark.
    In Sweden thru a company called Adtoox they want a Anamorpic mpeg 2 file

    SD 720*576 interlaced video in full frame 16:9(FHA) compressed with MPEG2 4:2:2 I frame only, compression at 30 Mbps CBR.
    They have a preset for episode wich i aply to the rendered 1050*576 QT Master.

    In Norway and Denmark i send it thru a company called Adstream and they want

    Interlaced QT Blacmagic 8 bit/uncompressed 8bit 4:2:2 with the size of 720*576 16:9 (rectangular pixels)

    Or a 720*576 16:9 Interlaced SD MPEG 2 file with ITU-R BT.601-4 videolevels (RGB levels will not be accepted)
    And compression set to 50Mbps CBR.

    Thanks
    /Christofer

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