[Dave Friend]

Make sure that your files are RGB. CYMK will not import.

Dave

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We run the Basic version quite a lot on a two CPU dual core system. Just a little older than the quad core CPUs. If you look at the Task Manager CCE is clearly using 3 of the cores. So it is definitely written as a multi-threaded app.

In general it processes at about real time. Sometimes a wee bit faster than real time depending on the codec of the input file. Even at that, task manager seldom shows a CPU utilization above 15%. It usually bounces around the 8% to 12% range.

I suspect that most of the time goes to disk reads and memory reading/writing and not the actual number crunching that does the encoding.

One advantage the quad core allows is for CCE to do it’s thing while I use Photoshop or Scenarist to do other work at the same time. Everything appears to run full speed ahead.

Get the quad core.

Dave

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[Dave Friend]

tmpeg editor 2.0 http://www.pegasys-inc.com
A handy swiss army knife for DVD production.

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[Dave Friend]

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What format did you use when you put the Digibeta on your computer? And, what kind of I/O do you have on your computer?

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[Rob Wolf] “1) Does one provide better sound quality than the other?”

Only those people with Golden Ear using a top dollar system in a pristine listening environment will probably think that PCM sounds better than Dolby. But your normal listener won’t hear a difference and might even think the Dolby sounds better.

[Rob Wolf] “IS one more broadly compatible than the other?”
No.

Dolby, as you probably know, will uses much less bandwidth. So, you can throw the extra bits at the video encode. I have seen many cases where DVD-R burns, using PCM and a high bitrate video encode, won’t play as well as the same video encode but with Dolby audio. Your milage may vary.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

Harm,

He is creating mpeg for a server and not for DVD so the high bitrate is not inappropriate. The 8 Mb/s that you suggest is way too low for his purposes. I do agree that CBR should be tried. A Target and Max bitrate that are the same value is pretty useless.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

Vince,

Did you try TMPEGEnc 4.0 Xpress? If so, how does it compare to your favorite?

Dave

[Dave Friend]

Ok, so I’m a day late but here is your answer.

PPro’s default level for tone is -12dBfs so if you adjust the tone clip’s level to -8db it will output at the -20dBfs that RP155 specifies.

Hope this helps.

Dave

[Dave Friend]

[filmapprentice] “Can someone please provide me with an explanation and a possible solution”

The most likely solution is to open the .mov with QT player and turn on the “High Quality” option. It is found on the Properties dialog (CTRL+J). For the latest version of QT Player open the dialog, select the video track and then the Visual Settings tab. On the lower right you will see a check box called High Quality. After turning this on I believe you will see much better results.

Save the file and this option will remain set for this file.

Hope this helps.

Dave