[Craig Seeman]

I believe YouTube allows 1GB if you use their desktop uploader. They’re still going to mash it severely though.

You might consider Vimeo for best presentation of your efforts
https://www.vimeo.com/
500MB per week. They accept and present up to 720p30 HD and they use On2VP6 Flash to compress which is much better than YouTube which seems to be the old Spark Flash codec.

Exposure Room seems to be another high quality upload site
https://exposureroom.com/

The ONLY thing YouTube has going for it is high placement in the Google search engine for viral purposes.

[Craig Seeman]

I hear a lot more will be revealed tomorrow (Sunday) at Sony NAB announcement. I heard the EX1 firmware update has been delayed and that EX3 will have that firmware.

[Craig Seeman]

According to DVUSER (see PMW-EX3 further up) 32GB will be available in September and 60GB HD recorder in July.

No mention of firmware update to allow other cards. Sandisk has been quiet too.

[Craig Seeman]

SxS deck, 60 GB HD recorder from SxS slot, Clip Browser 2 down covernt to DV. PDW-U1 as data archive. Note clear if the Adobe Encore workflow means Blu-ray without compression.

[Craig Seeman]

Export Quicktime Reference Movie. Set iDVD pref to “Best Performance.”
If you go the Compressor to DVD Studio Pro route set Compressor to use One Pass CBR (or VBR for a more potential quality).

Use 8 Core Mac with healthy amount of RAM. Alas if time is money the cost of CPU vs time needed is a factor when making such compression/business decisions.

If they’re going to be using a computer to view, consider making a one pass encode to WMV or MPEG4 (H.264 MOV will be slower) if that’s an option. MPEG1 might even work fine in this type of situation.

[Craig Seeman]

If you need quality try
https://www.vimeo.com/
It’s YouTube the way it should have been done (more or less) they can accept and play 720p30 HD (as well as SD). They use On2VP6 codec. They give you the option to allow the viewer to download the original source file you uploaded (Hence, it’s good for both viewing and delivery).

YouTube’s one advantage is its viral value since it shows up high in the Google search engine (for obvious reasons).

If you’re showing files for business reasons, Vimeo is much better.

[Craig Seeman]

[Tim French] “I have a client wanting movies as mpeg 2 so that he can use the powerpoint on both pc’s and macs. but I would of thought that at least on a mac you would need the mpeg 2 quicktime component? “

I’d just thought I’d mention, never assume clients know what they’re talking about. I always clients what they want to do and then present the technical options.

I work with clients who think of themselves as very experienced (and they are) but have progressed beyond BetaSP so they know little about new codecs and delivery methods even though they have new computers quite capable of handling them.

[Craig Seeman]

ALL THE TIME and it they seem almost exactly the same as what you got. More often than not it’s a cooking show but I’ve gotten other “reality show” types.

My first question is do they have a budget target they’d like to hit for a complete shot (shoot and edit). Even if it’s just a number that pops into their heads you’ll at least know what their “fantasy’ is. The alternative is to give them an amount maybe based on a one day three camera shoot plus five days of post (or whatever you think it’ll take you on a low budget show).

Odds are if they can’t even fantasize amount they’re just poking around.

[Craig Seeman]

[Mark Suszko] “One other thing: IMO, If you can, you should probably be sending out an experienced production person to sit-in with the sales person at these meetings, unless the sales person is well-versed in production methods.”

This is should be part of whomever next writes a business article for the COW. This may be the single most important thing in making sure the client’s needs are met and the production company makes money. So much money is lost and so many clients are unhappy because there was no tech person able to interpret at the point of sale.

In my big facility days, although I wasn’t attending the meeting in person, it was not uncommon for a sales person to get me on the phone to cover these bases during a sales discussion. With other clients it often meant setting up a pre production meeting to map out the end to end workflow before anything was shot.

[Craig Seeman]

Have you tried adjusting the mic sensitivity?