[Alex Jones]

cool. thanks again for the help, much appreciated. Gonna go have a good read of that manual while i’m rendering my test movie. thanks again. A.

[Alex Jones]

Awesome, so simple!

Thanks again for all your help! I’ll render the file out tonight and see what i get.
I was using the anamorphic setting as I been told to use it in one of the Adobe classes I took? completely wrong?

[Alex Jones]

Sorry Dan, pretty new to all this.

Okay, 2 options for playback:

– IBM Thinkpad T60’s (using the DVD player) connected to 42″ HD plasma’s
or
– DVD players connected to 42″ HD Plasma’s

So either way, they should be playing via a DVD player?
I managed to get the project onto a DVD and play it on a 42″ plasma this morning, played fine but letterboxed? I need it to stay full screen?

[Alex Jones]

yes, I’m using standard 4:3 and also some 16:9 video footage in the motion project.
The final output needs to be viewed on a generic 42″ plasma at a tradeshow. So I’m looking to get the cleanest text and smoothest video I can without getting a crazy size. I re-compressor’ed the motion file yesterday in MPEG-2 and it came out at around 480MBs, a lot better!

What settings would you suggest for the best output on this kind of project (motion + compressor)?
Thanks again for your time, really helping me out and having me actually enjoy this experience!

[Alex Jones]

I’m planning on delivering via DVD, then they will probably play them off of laptops connected to Plasma screens.
The motion file is so simple and basic, just a couple of fly through transitions to each stage which contain the actual video.

Should i place the .motn into FCP and compress from there?

[Alex Jones]

I’ll give it a try. Oh, and using Compressor 3.
thanks for all your help!
A.

[Alex Jones]

the actual frame has a res of 800×600. here’s how I compressed. And now, the frame isn’t even playing the mp4?! Totally duff frame I think!

Name: MPEG-4
Description: MPEG-4 video with AAC audio at 48 kHz. Settings based off the source resolution and frame-rate.
File Extension: mp4
Estimated file size: 4.76 MB
Audio Encoder
Format: MPEG4
Sample Rate: 44.100kHz
Channels: 2
Bits Per Sample: 16
AAC encoder quality: high
Data rate: 64 Kbps
Video Encoder
Format: MPEG4
Width: (100% of source)
Height: (100% of source)
Selected: 800 x 600
Pixel aspect ratio: Square
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: 29.97
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
ISMA Profile: 0
Variable bit rate, medium quality
Hinted for streaming server with
packet size: 1450 bytes
and packet duration: 100 milliseconds
Allow Podcasting information: Off

[Alex Jones]

okay, so compressed to mp4 and it works on the LCD! I checked it in the split preview on my machine and it looks great, but again on the frame it looks terrible. I think the LCD just can’t handle the graphics?

A.

[Alex Jones]

Hi Danny,

yeah, I’m going to try mpeg4 again, it’s one of these cheap $150 no name LCD Frames, the specs are really helpful saying multi-media formats supported are MP3/JPEG/JPG/DIGITAL VIDEO!
I can get mpeg1 to work so I’ll give the others a try and get back in here.
thanks,
A.