Ed Dooley
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Are you sure anything is possible with Compressor 2? I think the highest data rate you can get from SD PAL is 9Mbps. You can get up to 29Mbps with HD, but I don’t know how to do that with SD.
I’d love to be proven wrong though. 🙂
Ed[David Roth Weiss] “Yes, that is a very inefficient workflow. Almost anything is possible using Compressor, but what is the objective you’re trying to accomplish with the 15mbps MPEG2? Are you trying to make MPEG2 transport stream for delivery? “
[Anton Shu] “Hello everyone,
Is it possible to export mpeg2 file via compressor 2 with video bitrate of 15 mbps?
My video files are DVPAL res. (720×576 4:3 25 fps)
The way I do such a conversion is : I`m exporting AVI without compression and via PC tmpeg encoder exporting the mpeg2 with 15mbps, I`m sure this is wrong way and very time consuming.
Please share your experience
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That’s because you have a weird sense of humor Bouke. And you prove it at least once a year with your dronken Kerstman video. 🙂
Ed[bouke vahl] “There are quite some funny subtitled versions of Der Untergang, where Hitler is having funny monologues. Just cause they are sync, you acutally believe it. (Even I think it’s funny, although i can understand German perfectly)
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If your video is going to play mostly on a PC you can change the gamma setting on your Mac to PC gamma (2.2). Go to System Preferences/Display/Color/Calibrate and either go throught the whole calibration or if you’re happy with the color, keep hitting continue until you get to the gamma setting, where you have a choice of Mac or PC gamma (1,8 or 2.2) or any custom setting you want.
You can always go back and change it to Mac later. I do 2 calibrations, one for Mac, one for PC, so I can toggle between them.
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I often see films in Spanish and French with English subtitles where the subtitles change the context of what they’re actually saying. In fiction, that’s a no-no (the screenwriter would agree). In a documentary, making what someone is saying clear to the audience is very helpful (as long as you’re sure that they meant what you think they meant!).
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Actually Tom, in the interest of accuracy, Walter said *he* was done with this thread, before he went on to post twice more afterwards. 🙂 He never said this has gone beyond the scope of this forum (he’s the one who brought it up! And he posted it as an OT). Why would you remove it? Don’t read or respond if you don’t want to. It may be OT to a point, but it affects many of us who travel overseas for video work with our laptops.
Ed (my humble opinion)[walter biscardi] “Quite honestly, I’m done with this thread as I’ve said just about all I need to say about the subject.”
[Tom Wolsky] “But as Walter has said this has gone beyond the scope of the forum. The thread should really be shut down, or better still removed.
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I would go to the Compression Techniques forum. That’s where the Compression geeks hang out.
Also, give some details about who your audience is, what kind of video you’re talking about, etc.
And check out whether you really mean streaming, it’s a very different thing than progressive downloading, requiring a streaming server.
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I’m aware of the “mine is bigger than yours” school of credibility David. 🙂
I never argued that reality TV isn’t a fact, sadly it is (just my opinion), I see it everywhere. I produced a horrible indy film 10 years ago that starred some b-list people, I had a great time while doing it, I would never do it again, but I got paid for it, so I’m not coming from a high-horse position by any means. As you can see from other posts, not everyone agrees that Real World created a new genre, and that’s a fact. 🙂
Once again, sorry to Mark. Maybe someday I can tell him all the embarassing things I’ve done in my life that I’m mortified about (and should apologize for). 🙂
Ed (not holier than thou Ed)[David Roth Weiss] “Whether you like Reality TV or not, it’s a major factor in the media business and it drives a huge part the way the television business is conducted by the six companies that own TV. That’s a fact.
Also a fact is all that Mark said about the company he works for. Out here on the left coast they a indeed quite well-known for “pioneering” many of the techniques and workflows that are known nowadays as Reality TV.
They figured out the method of producing and post-producing a running unscripted storyline, shot with multiple cameras, and using whatever primitive tools they could scrounge up to get the work out the door at the time. Many of the tools, such as multi-cam probably wouldn’t exist without them.
His company has nearly 200 FCP systems, has numerous series on television, and employs about zillion “preditors,” as producer-editors are often referred to nowadays, who make it all come together in post. And, Mark runs that end of things. Suffice it to say, he knows a little about this subject.
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Ok, I went a bit too far (unintentionally), for that I apologize Mark (and the COW). What I really was attacking was reality TV, not you personally, but my usual tendency to put a smiley face (as I did in this case) when I’m joking, didn’t temper my comments I guess. I do think that reality TV is a vast wasteland, but I recognize that all of us do things to earn a living that we don’t necessarily like, I know I do.
I don’t think that credits in any way should be required to be able to criticize TV, but I’m not ashamed of mine, so:
Produced, Directed, & Edited kids’ films for years, including “Let’s Go To The Farm”, which won the American Libray Association’s award for best film of the year, numerous other national and international awards (and sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide). Produced & directed numerous documentaries such as: Sacrificial Lambs, Beyond the Broken Windows, and Tune In Tomorrow (airing next week on regional PBS). I’ve produced a bunch of special interest documentaries for broadcast on regional and international TV (mostly Ford Foundation and state & federal grants projects). Mostly these days though I travel around the world doing documetaries for institutional, corporate, and educational clients. I’ve worked camera on Why We Fight, the documentary that won at Sundance a few years back, various National Geographics HD, HGTV, Hallmark, BBC, Sundance Channel shows, etc.
Just a struggling rural videographer/producer/director/writer. 🙂
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Unfortunately, my credits don’t change the fact that reality TV is for the most part, the dregs of culture. But it was a nice try, turning the question of whether reality TV is the worst thing that ever happened to TV into “who gives you the right to criticize lowest common denominator TV?”. 🙂
BTW, I’m a fan of World’s Deadliest Catch (otherwise known as a documentary).
Ed[Mark Raudonis] “[Ed Dooley] “If I had helped “invent reality TV” I definitely wouldn’t brag about it, I’d be mortified and apologetic. 🙂
Ed ”So, what are your credits? Care to share with the group?
Mark”
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Almost spilled my coffee! A new genre! Put 3 elements (any elements) into a bowl, mix thoroughly,
add some bad taste and a pinch of “it’s all about me!”, and let sit until people just can’t stand it anymore and voila!, you have a “new” genre! Oh wait, are we doing Walter’s cooking show?
If I had helped “invent reality TV” I definitely wouldn’t brag about it, I’d be mortified and apologetic. 🙂
Ed[Mark Raudonis] “It was MTV’s “The Real World” that was the first to combine documentary production technique with the storytelling style of episodic soap operas, edited in a music video style. Prior to that, no other show had all three of those elements. The flood of imitations that followed only confirmed that a new genre had been created.
………………Yes, we did invent “reality TV”.
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