Mark Maness
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If you going to web, you can make a smaller H.264 QuickTime file and change the .mov extension to .flv and you’ve got a Flash video file. This really works well. If they have a old Adobe Flash file, it will upgrade for them automatically by ask them to upgrade.
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Wayne Carey
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[Mike Petty] “So I am back to square one it seems…Any ideas???”
Thus the problem we all face…
Do we make it outputted video gorgeous or do we make it compatible to all?
This is the question I ALWAYS ask my clients, do you want quality or compatibility? Almost all of the time, the client picks quality over compatibility. At this point, I show them how to download and install Quicktime and if they want a file on a CD, then I also give them a Quicktime install file.
Also, we have a private client preview site that I include a link for QuickTime at Apple’s website for them to install if their install is not up to snuff.
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Wayne Carey
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Wow! That’s a dream for me!
What is your system specs, Michael? I’m just trying to find a common denominator here.
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Let me ask you this, Mike. Do the movie trailers at Apple’s website look bad? I don’t think so at all. As a matter fact, the quality is stunning. This why I encode everything into H.264 only now. Somtimes the files are at full res but most are slightly smaller. H.264 is incredible.
Give it a serious look before spending lots of money on a computer specific format.
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I’m leaning towrds this conclusion myself th more I use this.
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Wayne Carey
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To be perfectly honest, we don’t render in XDCAM HD either. ProRes is the choice. But, it’s so freaking slow.
Here’s an example. Take a 10 sec clip, apply a filter or two and render in ProRes. Now take the same but in DVCProHD, apply the same filters and render in DVCProHD. Notice the times.
Naturally, ProRes should render longer but in our case, this test will take about 20 minutes for 10 sec. In DVCProHD, the render may only take about two minutes.
Before going to FCS3, the render times were much much closer.
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[Christopher McDonell] “Can someone verify for me though that this is a safe procedure and that I am not re-processing HDV files with more HDV nonsense? Before continuing, I would just like to know for sure that Batch Export produces exactly the same result with subclips then if I were to simply capture one clip at a time. “
From your post, I assume that you are using some flavor of FCP, like 5.1.2… In that case, I would agree that MM does have many issues. Its better in FCP 7, but I still don’t fully trust it.
If your outputting HDV files in a mater of minutes, then your answer would be that your workflow is safe. I say this because HDV is a seriously render intensive codec and if you were re-processing anything, you’d be waiting for hours to re-compress.
To be perfectly honest… There’s not many workflows that are bad, just some are more efficient than others. The only bad ones in my opinion would be those who take the codec down to a lower quality for offline editing – not necessary.
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[Mark Raudonis] “Unless your IT folks really understand FCP and Macs, I’d suggest you keep them as far away from your system as possible. Seriously! “
Just as an aside… PC IT folks tend to strongly dislike Apple and all forms of Apple. And Qmaster only understands Mac only, too.
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[Aaron Porteous] “Is there any chance I can edit the menu, or change the video too?”
That’s called editing. In that case, you’d have to re-output and burn just as you did the first time, after that, you do use this new process that has been brought to our attention.
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Wayne Carey
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Well… That’s a tip that worth lots of money!
Thanks, Andrea!
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Wayne Carey
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