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Widescreen Rendering Issues
Hello everybody!
I do a weekly webshow (http://www.handfulofminutes.com) and I’ve been fortunate enough to get a non-exclusive distribution deal. One of the requirements is that I provide all the episodes of my show thus far, rendered to the following specifications:
Render Specs
Quicktime h.264 (.mp4 or .mov)
640×480 (4:3) or 640×360 (16:9) (800×450 preferred for widescreen-16:9)
1800kbs
keyframe every 24 frames
frame rate same as project (29.97 or 23.98)I’d like to do it in an mp4 at the 800×450 size. But when I try custom sizes the rendered file won’t play on anything! Is there a way around this?
Also how would I go about the “keyframe every 24 frames” thing in mp4? I didn’t seem to see an option.
Thank you all in advance for any help! I’m always grateful with this sort of thing as I am a writer first and a technical lad a distant second.
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3 Replies
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You’ll need to buy Quicktime Pro and use that. These specs will make perfect sense once you see the Quicktime render options. Vegas unfortunately doesn’t allow this kind of control with Quicktime output and doesn’t support Quicktime h.264 at all.
~jr
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I’ve thought about that but it regularly gets absolutely slated in reviews – even the consumer reviews on the site.
https://store.apple.com/us/product/D3381Z/A
Is there no other way?
Oliver Brackenbury
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> I’ve thought about that but it regularly gets absolutely slated in reviews – even the consumer reviews on the site.
In fairness to the consumers who review it on the site, Apple makes a lot of bogus claims about Quicktime Pro. They say it can capture and edit videos and people get the impression it’s going to be an NLE like Vegas. In reality, it can barely trim a video file and save it… but that’s not why you want it.
What it does do, is render Quicktime files in h.264 really well which is exactly what you want to do.
> Is there no other way?
Yea, you can waste days and days rendering to various mp4 formats and ask your client if they think it’s acceptable, (all the time they’ll be wondering why you can’t get it right) or you can spend $29 and give your client exactly the format they want. I don’t know what your time is worth so it’s up to you to decide which way to go.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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