[Daniel Low]

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1055919

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[Jim Turner] “I am exporting a timeline using the Animation codec in FCP”

Why are you using the Animation codec?

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[Craig Seeman] ” If one can’t read the sticky at the top of this forum as a guide to asking for help then one may not be capable of digesting the free meal being offered. “

Love it.

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[Daniel Low]

Apologies. It was a bad day yesterday…

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[Megumi Nishikura] “Am I missing something? Is there another program that is better suited for converting video to MPEG2?”

You’re not missing anything. Telestream Episode is the application you need for this kind of job.

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[Greg Harriott] “I heard that keeping it divisible by 16 is a good idea”

That’s exactly what I said in my previous post to you!

[Greg Harriott] “Are you suggesting that I make the player dimensions divisible by 16 and then transcode the video to that size when compressing?”

Yes. But 16 can be very limiting. Go for div 8 if if not.

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[Daniel Low]

Chris, this is the fscking Compression techniques forum! FFS!

It’s like going to the Final Cut forum and asking about how to make chicken soup!!!

Russell Gorden is quite clearly from another planet if he really thinks this is the place to ask such a question (Before you pipe up, I’m being kind)!

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[Daniel Low]

It’s simple maths then! The datarate transfer speed of the DVD is not an issue. You could do your clip at something like 20Mb/s and there’d still be loads of space on the DVD and it would almost certainly play back locally

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[Daniel Low]

Wrong forum dude. But a handy hint: use a dedicated FTP client, not a fcsking browser!

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[Tom Laughlin] “Daniel, sorry for the name issue”

No problem Thomas.

[Tom Laughlin] “Width and Height: Up to 854 x 480 “

What sort of frame size is that? Did you even bother to read Craigs link that’s always at the top of this forums page?

Here it is for your connivence:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/20/862224

[Tom Laughlin] “Pixel aspect ratio: Default “
Do you know what your source PAR is? If you do, are you sure you want that as your output PAR?

[Tom Laughlin] “Frame rate: (100% of source) “
[Tom Laughlin] “Key frame interval: 150 “

These two settings are quite closely linked in most cases. Keyframe rate for SD sources tends to be 10x the frame rate.

I know you’ve gone right off me but can you see what I’m getting at?

There is no ‘ideal for H.264 encoding’, there is no magic bullet.

If you want the best H.264 encoder on the planet then you should be using x264, the open source encoder/codec, there is nothing better. The reality is that you wouldn’t have a clue as to how to use it.
If you want the next best ‘quality’ H.264 encoder then you’ll buy Ateme (it just got a terrible UI) but most people can’t afford it.
Next down from there is a battle between the like of Episode, Rhozet and Squeeze.

All I know is that the lead developer of x264, a genius by the name of Dark Shikari, reckons that Main Concept H.264 (found in Squeeze and Rhozet Carbon Coder) comes second to x264.

Take your pick.

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