Charles Simonson
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I wonder if the encoder you’re using is dropping frames on encode? Is there any way you can post a small sample file that exhibits the playback issues?
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I would check out the MainConcept encoder.
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Don’t know about Squeeze, but I am pretty sure Rhozet Carbon encoder supports XDCAM on the PC. I also believe ffmpeg and VirtualDub can support XDCAM files with the proper support libs.
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On2 bought and now distributes and manages the Flix products. Flix Pro is quite feature-laden when it comes to encoding FLV. Per other options, personally I really like the On2 encoding capabilities of Episode.
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For this type of video and encoding to MPEG-2, I would recommend either BitVice or Episode.
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Based on what you stated above, I am led to believe that it is the DVD player causing the problem. MPEG-2 for DVD is YUV 4:2:0, and it sounds like the DVD player is doing a poor job converting the YUV color space to RGB on output. If you stick with Component over SCART, then this would be a better representation of your encodes.
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AJA 8bit will be fine. The “None” codec is a RGB24 codec and I wouldn’t recommend using it. Especially since AE has such a good color converter, even if your AE project is in RGB, letting AE convert to YUV rather than an encoder is a good choice.
Per ProCoder, personally I believe it to be the best SD MPEG-2 encoder in its price range, and I would start by just leaving all of the filtering off and encoding a 2min clip. Work from there to see if you need to apply any correction filters, but more often than not, you will not need to.
Other encoders that you may want to also try if you still aren’t pleased are Episode (generally considered to have the best color conversion of any app in the sub $1K range, but I have seen some issues on MPEG-2 color in the past with Episode), and BitVice for the mac.
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Stick with ProCoder and make sure you are QC’ing your encodes on either a BVM or a display typical of your target audience. You do not under any circumstances ever want to trust video color reproduction to a desktop monitor, especially an LCD. Also, what format QT are you exporting from AE? I would suggest YUV 8bit as you will minimize possible conversion issues.
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Right, and MSC should do this. If you import a .m2v into MSC and there is a .m1a or .ac3 with the exact same file name in the exact same directory, then it should automatically recognize the audio and mux it internally within the app. And then if you choose the export to mpeg option, you will have a fully muxed mpeg file.
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I think MPEGStreamClip will work for this. As long as the .m2v and .ac3 tracks all have the exact same name besides the extension, then you should be able to use MSC to batch open all of the files and export to mpeg program stream (.mpg). Only downside is that on a PC, this could take forever (I recently had to do a similar conversion). On a mac, I don’t know how long it would take.