Daniel_l
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Yes.
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The MPEG-4 codec (Pt 2, not H.264) will probably compress the fastest, but the best quzlity for datarate is H.264
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Your MPEG files have audio and video muxed. You need to demux them, bring them into FCP as seperate files and then re-sync them.
You can use this to demux the files:
https://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.htmlVideo AllSorts
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The presets that come with Procoder are pretty good and your best bet is to experiment.
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I’m assuming you are on a PC…
I suggest either Procoder from Canopus or Sorenson Squeeze.
If you get Procoder you’ll benefit greatly from this:
https://yhst-58626189988044.stores.yahoo.net/benwacocofor.htmlAlthough it’s a bit out of date this is a great book (also by Ben)
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/diefenderfer_james/compression_rev/index.html(No, sadly I don’t get any commission from Ben)
Good luck!
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You’ve got everything going against you I am afraid.
You are starting with very low quality source (TV), making it look worse by transfering through those various stages and then not having the right software to compress.
Although you can’t polish a turd, it will help if you deinterlace the TV footage (I’m sure there’s an option for that in Premiere but it’s been a very long time since I used it). Other than that you are not going to make it look much better than you already have it except to tweek the brightness and contrast (get whites white and blacks black)
If you plan on making a business of this you really need to invest in some dedicated encoding software.
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iPod = iTunes = Quicktime.
Most iPod owners use Windows. All Macs have Quicktime. As such IMHO I’d lean more towards the 68% than 37%.BTW you don’t need Quicktime to view H.264 media, but it helps 😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264DL
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Mmmmm – where do you get your (suspect) information from?
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What application are you using to compress?
Are you doing this straight out of Quicktime Pro?
What is your source format i.e. DV, VHS?
Do you have the Pro version of Sorenson?
What is the content, i.e. is it fast moving or fairly static?For what it’s worth, 256kb/s is too little for a 30fps, 320×240 Sorenson CBR encoded movie (unless nothing moves within the frame, at all!). If you use the 2 pass VBR option available in the Pro version of Sorenson you will get slightly better results.
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Realtime…….To be announced, not yet available.
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