Charles Simonson
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Yes, using a VBR encoding method with mac wmv encoders is not liked by Server 2003. CBR should be fine however.
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If its RGB 24, then QT should be able to process it. Otherwise, I would try Compression Master from Popwire. It handles by far the most number of formats on the mac. Or if you have a PC available, I would use VirtualDub to convert the color space.
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Flip4mac get bought out? I highly doubt it. They are a division of Telestream, who just purchased Popwire so that they could strengthen their mac portfolio. I highly expect when they release an update that combines the efforts of Popwire and F4M, issue like this will have been addressed.
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First, I would try adjusting your deinterlacing settings. That is most likely the cause of the motion problems you are noting, especially if the source is 29.97 and you are encoding to 29.97 (ie. no change). Second, about Squeeze… it is a good and intuitive app for beginners, and that’s about all I can say for it. For more power and better control, ProCoder (even ProCoder Express) on the PC and Compression Master on the mac are better choices, although each are probably more daunting to tweak than Squeeze.
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Most likely, it is an 8bit YUV uncompressed movie in either YUY2 or UYVY format. The only mac application that I know of to support this is Compression Master (as of 4.0.1 due to my requests). You could use CM to convert it to another format that you can work with, or you can get the client to provide you with an RGB or v210 (10bit) AVI.
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Yes. This can be done if your encoding app supports it. MainConcept, ProCoder, and Compression Master support this. Cleaner, Compressor, BitVice, and Squeeze do not.
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Nope, size shouldn’t matter that much. Increasing framesize will increase encoding times of course, but for 480×360 compared to 320×240, the difference shouldn’t be that extreme.
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If FLV encoding is a major focus of your encoding, I would suggest checking out Popwire’s encoder in Compression Master. There is a builtin encoder and a secondary encoder that they licensed and optimized for the G5 and Intel ($99 + the cost of CM). The Popwire encoder is incredibly fast; it is by far the fastest FLV8 encoder (based off of On2’s encoder at least) I have ever used, on any platform.
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Compensate for the square pixel issue and encode to 320×240.
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My guess is that the main issue is that you are encoding these files using VBR, and the streaming server probably only wants CBR encodes.