Ben Waggoner
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Seems slow to me, but working with HDV is slow.
What’s your system you’re processing on?
What MPEG-2 encoding settings?
Lots of effects in FCP?
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Your best bet might be MPEG-2 playing out via FLC 0.8.4. However the G4 processor in PowerBooks today are pretty anemic for HD playback. Could you use a Wintel box, or maybe DVI out of a iMac G5 17″?
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What are you encoding with? I’ve made my best Flash using Squeeze 4.2 with the On2 plugin. Not much HD work so far, but you definitely want to tell it to go slower and higher quality, and up your bitrate.
Flash really isn’t meant for HD delivery as far as I can tell. WMV is a much better format for that.
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PIDs mainly matter if you’re making a transport stream for distribution, like with ATSC or CableLabs VOD spec.
Carbon will let you specify your PID while encoding.
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WMV is much more efficient than MPEG-1. A good starting point is 320×240 @ 400 Kbps, 2-pass VBR (assuming you’re coming off a web server). WMA Standard audio @ 96 Kbps 44.1 stereo.
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DVD is HD, and you’re specing a HD file format.
I’ve been using Rhozet Carbon (Pro ProCoder) for my HD MPEG-2. However, it only does .ts files with MPEG-2 Layer II audio. If that’s not a problem, it’s probably perfect for you.
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Well, you sure don’t want to be using the “Video” codec. It’s from 1991, and code named “Road Pizza.” It was superseded by Cinepak over a decade ago.
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If you want to control your own DRM, the only other viable solution is Windows Media, which will be compatible with pretty much everything OTHER than Mac and iPod. Lots of cool portable devices that support it, and Windows itself of course.
My Book: https://www.benwaggoner.com/books.htm
Squeeze and ProCoder tutorials: https://www.classondemand.net/benwaggoner/
Compression Class at Stanford: https://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/compression.html -
iPod only uses FairPlay DRM, and only Apple can create FairPlay encrypted content. For that to work, you’d need to distribute your content via iTunes.
Which might be a fine idea, depending on your content and business model.
My Book: https://www.benwaggoner.com/books.htm
Squeeze and ProCoder tutorials: https://www.classondemand.net/benwaggoner/
Compression Class at Stanford: https://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/compression.html -
I’ve tested the Inlet product extensively, and can verify that every WMV I’ve made with it had perfect compatibility in every player I tested that should have worked.
My Book: https://www.benwaggoner.com/books.htm
Squeeze and ProCoder tutorials: https://www.classondemand.net/benwaggoner/
Compression Class at Stanford: https://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/compression.html