• Adobe Media Encoder

  XDcam codecs, h.264 HD deliverables

  Posted by Jon Doughtie on August 2, 2013 at 2:53 pm

  Our AE editor is running After Effects CS6 on a WIN7 64-bit rig. Producing for broadcast. I did do searches prior to this posting, but looks like I missed info that I bet is already on here somewhere!

  Until our new Adobe HD-capable systems come in, we’re running a few HD promos through him for finishing to air.

  I asked one of our engineers for recommended Media Encoder setting for deliverables to our hub. Here’s his response:

  “We will just have to experiment. Now, for h.264, we try to target around 20mbps, and a 30 frame GOP (or the setting may say I frame, or anchor frame, I am not sure).
  Audio should always still be stereo, 48khz sampling 16 or 24 bit PCM.
  Can your version make a self-contained .mov, with XDCAM codec? That, at 25mbps or 35mbps, will encode the fastest and transcode at the hub to the best quality.”

  So it looks like I will need the XDcam codec to meet his suggested workflow. Any tips on acquiring those codecs, and setting up a preset, would be helpful.

  Our workflow will be to render an uncompressed intermediate from AE CS6, then hand those to AME for final h.264 renders as delverables.

  Jon Doughtie replied 12 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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