Daniel Low
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LMAO
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[Peter Morris] “In regard to the x264 Apple plugin, I’ve heard using it risks increasing compatibility issues with people who don’t have it installed in Quicktime. “
Only if you use levels and profiles out of the capability of Quicktime.
[Peter Morris] “I guess my primary concern still is, is it safe to assume, at least as reasonably possible, that selling video generated by something like Quicktime Pro, will run reasonably well for most people with the proper players and computer hardware? “
Unless you go for full HD at crazy bitrates you should be pretty safe.
[Peter Morris] “Again, the nightmare scenario is some situation where I discover that thousands of purchasers can’t play the video properly (but should be able to) due to some unforeseen issue, and I’m stuck playing tech support or losing money on refunds. “
Best thing to do would be to create a free test clip and make that available to as many people as you know to test, obviously ask for feedback!
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[Peter Morris] “I’m also concerned, would it be ‘safe’ to actually sell a video encoded from Quicktime Pro?”
It’s worth pointing out that default Quicktime will deliver possibly the lowest quality H.264 out there. Download the x264 plugin from Apple.com and you’ll get much better results.
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[Peter Morris] “I’ve mastered the video download using Quicktime Pro (again MP4, h.264). My concern is, although I’ve tested the film on various players and PC’s, am I taking a big risk here? “
It’s a risk. You could take the view that if those on Windows want to watch your movie enough then they’ll make sure they have the right stuff installed to view it. You might also be polite and offer it up in a PC friendly format like WMV or VC-1
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Great tip!
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[Tyler Tully] “I’m trying to compress as avi in Virtualdub I guess? Nothing particular in Vegas or anything but its still like they arnt even on my computer. Its every codec…only the default ones I have seen in any software on my computer.”
Ah, so you’re using Windows. May your confusion continue.
Sorry, but unravelling codec issues on that platform is harder than explaining the meaning of life, unless you are a Windows system guru, but even then….
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[Eric Bowman] “The black lines ARE there though. Even when importing into After Effects you do see them. And I know you don’t believe me, but restarting allowed Compressor to work exporting at 640×480 as h264. Have no idea why, but it’s working now. “
I stand corrected. A strange event indeed.
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[Eric Bowman] “Would the codec really matter though?”
Yes, some codecs are square pixels and others are non-square. DV is non-square. Uncompressed can be either as can ProRes.
Your frame size is not a bug, so restarting will not help, it’s just an anomaly with the your workflow but as that’s NTSC and I’m from PAL land I’m not going to be of much help with the odd frame size. I think you’ll just have to live with the black line, in my opinion it’s not actually there but QT is just showing it to be there.
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[Peter Morris] “So then, playback on Mac would be okay then?”
Impossible to say, but almost certainly.
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