Andrew Saliga
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Makes sense. Thanks Daniel.
I hate to resurrect this thread, so give me a yes or no answer, but do you have any idea why I wouldn’t be able to encode x264 with MP4 container in Squeeze? I can do x264 with QT…
-Andrew Saliga
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I won’t be using QT for the exports, but on a related note, in the Data Rate area on the QT export dialog what does the optimize for CD/DVD do?
-Andrew Saliga
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Not for this scenario, but it looks like I could use that in the future. Thanks.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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I’m not sure I understand your problem 100%, but if it’s merely an issue of getting the droplet to work, it’s basically just a mini app. Drag the master file into the droplet to open and run the encode. I like to work with them stashed in my dock for a quick drag-and-drop encode.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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Keyframe every 300. Still doesn’t like the fade at the end.
I may be hitting a brick wall with this now and stick to the Sorenson encoder until I find a solution.
I don’t want to use anymore of your time Daniel, but can you explain why VLC and QT show me totally different frames when playing back the same clip? I assume they have different decoders, but which is “correct”. QT displays what I think I should see, but VLC displays a mess. I tried uploading a portion of the clip (spot hasn’t aired yet) to the COW uploader, but the frames it displays are seconds off.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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I agree, the MC encode should look better, at least according to what I’ve read. I recall reading that article awhile I ago; I think I found it on one of your posts.
I ran some more tests with many variation on the Main Concept encoder. It really only seems to struggle at then end with the fade to black.
I’ll describe the settings (variations only) in these two screenshots in the order of top left, top middle, top right, bottom left, etc.
The top left is the Apple encoder, and the others are the MC encoder.
- Apple Encode (same as before, except enable multi-pass)
- MC Encode (same as before)
- MC Encode – Keyframe every 60 no auto scene change
- MC Encode – Keyframe every 100 auto to 85 frequency
- MC Encode – Keyframe every 100 auto to 50 frequency
- MC Encode – Keyframe every 100 no auto scene change
In retrospect, I may not have varied the keyframe and auto-kf rates enough to show much of a difference. All files weigh in at 4.9MB. (these are iPhone/Pod encodes)
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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Sorry, maybe I wasn’t clear. If you look at the last two posts, you’ll see the encode setting in the file name at the top of the player window.
MC has been on the top and Apple on the bottom.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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Here is a redo of the above screen shot without any scrubbing involved in playback. Main Concept on top, Apple on bottom.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
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Maybe I should wait until I’m done testing to post, haha.
So Sorenson encoded version will let me scrub and skip back and forth without any issues as will the x.264 encode.
The Apple and Main Concept encodes to not, and the extreme artifacting is introduced.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com (undergoing a much-needed redesign)
http://www.vimeo.com/steelehouse -
I’m not sure what it is, but when I scrub through a clip in VLC it gets that extreme artifacting. It’s not nearly as bad when it’s played back.
-Andrew Saliga
Steelehouse Productions
http://www.steelehouse.com (undergoing a much-needed redesign)
http://www.vimeo.com/steelehouse