Best choices for optimizing video quality and playability

I'm shooting family videos with a Panasonic TM-900 camcorder. I absolutely love the look of video shot in 1080p 60fps, but I'm not sure of the best way to process this video in FCPX for output. I prefer playing back edited videos on a HTPC connected to a NTSC HDTV, but I also distribute videos to family members on DVD. So my questions are: what are the best settings for FCPX to achieve a good balance of video quality and playability. Best frame rate for output files? Best codec? Will H.264 compression compromise video quality? My experiments so far have yielded wildly different results. Depending on the codec used and output frame rate selected, file sizes can be huge or reasonable; playability (via home theater programs like Plex and XBMC) can be superb, jerky, or non-existent. And of course, quality seems to suffer when outputting these files to DVD. Please share your thoughts and experiences on the best way to approach this challenge.

Working with H.264 is probably not going to give the best results if outputting to DVD. If you optimize media and let FCP determine your clips project settings, that will set the stage for several successful workflows.
If you're OK with a basic menu, you could simply use Share DVD and let FCP do all the work. It will change the frame rate to 29.97, and the quality should be pretty decent.(If you want more control over the quality settings, Compressor can do a similar job; output a master file and bring that into Compressor.)
If you want a more complex DVD and menu, what Al said about Master File>iDVD.
Also as he indicated, you could also consider using either FCP or Compressor to create AVCHD disks if your movies are under about 40 minutes in length. Your family will need Blu Ray players of some sort to be able to view them.
You could make a true Blu Ray disk from FCP or Compressor if you have a Blu Ray burner. (There are also some third party solutions for BD.)
Russ

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Which of these 2 laptops would be my best choice for editing video?

I am going to get a new laptop mainly to use for LR and PS but I also want to be able to edit video. Which of these 2 laptops is my best option...
ASUS ROG G751JT-CH71
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.5 GHz
16 GB DDR3
1000 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
17.3-Inch Screen, Nvidia GTX970M 3GB GDDR5
Windows 8.1
Or
Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition VN7-791G-730V
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Processor (2.6 GHz)
16 GB DDR3 RAM
1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 256 GB Solid-State Drive
17.3-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Windows 8.1, 4-hour battery life
Additionally, if you feel there is a better choice for $1500 or less, I would love to hear that advice as well. I would really appreciate your help in making this decision. Thanks!

Of the 2 the Asus everyday. You won't notice the difference in the CPU's but you will more so with the GPU's as the 970 is a decent step up from the 860m. Add in extra SSD/HDD and RAM (I believe it goes up to 32GB but check), and see if they have allocated the 16GB as 2x8GB sticks or 4x4GB sticks.
Other option I would suggest looking at a custom PC builder such as Cyberpower, Xotic or other (no affiliations, heck I don't even live in the same country). You will be able to get a much more tailored system with a better upgrade path within your budget. You will get better CPU, better GPU, RAM options up to 32GB and more flexible drive and msata combinations and most importantly some flexibility with the way the system is configured. Some are re-brands of popular gaming laptops, some are from the more custom line of chassis and some are just tweaked versions of your off the shelf names. Plus you don't have to crack the thing open to replace drives etc. that you are paying for but won't use due to slow speeds and the warranty implications that can come from doing this
Not saying buy this as you need to shop around and find what suits you best but as an example this is from Xotic.
Sager NP8670 (Clevo P670SA)
- SAGER Spring Savings
- FREE!!! – U.S. UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code "FREESHIP" in Checkout) [U.S. Lower 48 ONLY / Restrictions Apply]
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Anti-Glare Ultra Bright Screen (1920x1080)
- Standard No Dead Pixel Policy
- 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4720HQ (2.6GHz - 3.6GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
- - Stock OEM Thermal Compound
- NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 965M (2.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX12 (Maxwell) w/ Optimus™ Technology
- 16GB DDR3 1600MHz [2x8GB] Dual Channel Memory (SKU - RAM04S)
- Sager Branding
- Standard Laptop Finish
- No M.2 mSATA Drive
- No M.2 mSATA Drive
- 1TB 7200RPM [SATA II - 3GB/s] (SKU - HDDYY1)
- 120GB Crucial BX100 Series SSD [SSD2 - SATA III] (SKU - SSD092)
- Bluetooth Included *With select wireless cards only* (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Sager - Intel® Dual Band AC 7265 [M.2 Chip] 802.11 A/AC/B/G/N 2.4/5.0GHz + Bluetooth™ 4.0 (SKU - WIFIX1)
- Internal 6-in-1 Card Reader
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Smart Li-ion Battery (4-Cell)
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- ~Windows 8.1 - 64-Bit (64-Bit CD Included) + MS Office 2013 Trial
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Technical Support (Labor through XPC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Parts Warranty Repairs (SKU - WTY099)
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 24-72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability
- Standard Production Time
$1,429.00
Sub-Total: $1,429.00
Drops to $1386.13 with 3% cash pricing.

Digital Video Interfaces?? Is AJA the best choice for the money??

I am using FCP HD, and have always worked with Mini DV. But we just purchased a Sony PVW-2600 Beta deck, and I believe that I'm needing to purchase some kind of interface.
Is AJA the only or best choice for me? Can you give me some suggestions?
Thanks so much!
Bryce

It's not the only choice, as Blackmagic/Decklink make good cards too, as do Aurora. But whether it's the best choice is another matter. There's lots of different decisions to make - HD compatibility? Effects acceleration? Monitoring outputs? Rack mountability?
Others will respond.

The best choice for the 2nd exam

Hi friends,
I'm going to obtain a certification as Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate and I need to know, for the second exam, what is the best choice for a newbie:
Program with PL/SQL 1Z0-147
OR
Oracle Database 11g: Program with PL/SQL 1Z0-144
Thank you,
Ion

user5310220 wrote:
Hello All,
Next week am going for 1z0-144. Is anybody out there who has already cleared this exams and can help me about the kind of questions asked in it (like more practical or conceptual). Also about any special kind of book he studied apart from steven 4th edition.
Thanks for your help.
DG.... Well after seeing other replies .... I think you need a bit of encourgement ... so good luck.
I have not actually taken this even.
You MAY glean a little from the JG videos .... (but be aware many will ay it tells them nothing) .... [http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/2009/08/0096.html]
What follows is a little of what you may expect ...
The questions are obviously multiple choice .... at OCA level most will probably indicate the number of correct answers required (as opposed to select all correct answers ... expect to see more of those at OCP/OCE). A few may be drag and drop or something similarly fancy. Some will offer exhibits to be viewed. However there should be enough time for the reasonably able candidate to complete the exam hilst reading questions carefully if they do not daydream.
Most production exams have a set of 10 sample questions (IMHO often not of the highest quality and I am inclined to refer to them as the beta (program) rejects .... questions that didnt make it from the beta exam to the production exam .... and I don't really a justification for that). No such luck with 1z0-144 as far as I can se though.
This is a modern exam; and the questions will probably tend to reflect that. The questions will be most like 1z0-051 questions than 1z0-007 questions.
Therefore the sample questions from 1z0-051 may give a simple insight into the variation of question types o expect [http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=303&p_certName=SQ1Z0_051]. (Be aware this is a very small ... and possilby skewed ... sample).
This is probably not what you are looking for .... but is about as far as I can go.
Anyone who has taken the exam is bound by non-disclosure agreements and there is very little anyone can sensibly say without possilby getting themselves into trouble.
Rgds - bigdelboy.

Best format for ripping video

I have 3 home movies that are only on dvd, master tapes got misplaced somewhere,I do however still have twenty something 8mm tapes of other home movies but that is a whole other post, anyhow I downloaded handbrake for these 3 dvd movies and to be honest I am over whelmed with all the options.
What is the best format with no or little quality loss for saving these for raw backups stored on external hard drive, maybe on data dvds as a precaution?
Also I will make copies of these edit and save to a format which will be good for viewing on hdtv via applae tv or ps3, I was thinking mp.4 and doing at 16:9.. would this be my best choice for the viewing versions?
The actual quality of the dvds are well not to good so I am trying to keep the little bit that I have.
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Message was edited by: rwltrz4

thanks, what I have been doing is using handbrake and encoding as mp4, averages about 1.5 gig per hour and quality is same as dvd, then I open quicktime pro and trim edit stuff out and resave, still encoded as mp4 but gets saved as .mov.
this seems doable for storage now I hoping that I can copy paste these movies to a folder for viewing on apple tv or ps3, should work, however bring me to another question, should I convert these to 16:9 since they will be watched on a hdtv?
right now it seems all the footage is being imported 4:3 and at a resolution of 640x480, how will these look on a 1080p sony?

Best Mac for fast video encoding?

Wondering which Mac may be the best choice for fast (at at least faster) encoding of video files and creation of disc image and then burning a dvd disc. I'm doing home videos with my digital camera, about 50 minutes long.
On my Dual 1ghz G4 PM, it seems to take forever, maybe 6-8 hours. Anyone know or can quess how long it takes for the new iMac Core 2 duo versus a low end Mac Pro?

on my antiqué hard/software (450Mega!Hz, 1GB RAM, 10.3.) combo, iDVD encoding needs 8 - 10x of the length of project... (1h project= 8h encoding)
sooo, to improve speed:
* make sure, you're within specs of iApps - avoid compressed material, stay with .DV encoded video, .aiff encoded audio, .pic encoded stills...
* make sure, you have at last 10 - 15GB free on internal drive (ext. doesn't matter for this issue)
* make sure, all project data are located on internal drive
* … if not, make sure ext. drive is firewire connected and formatted to "MacOsExtended/hfs"...
* avoid other CPU/harddrive consuming tasks, as ripping CDs, rendering 4D animations, Spotlight indexing...
I've seen überMacs, Intel quads/4GBRam, encoding in less then realtime...
if you don't need fancy iDVD menus, playout movie (=realtime...) to some DVD/Harddrive standalone as from Pioneer (<<link to commercial website!), my 520 does the (hardware accelerated) encoding/burning of 1h video in about 5-10minutes...

Best choice for a date column in forms

Hello,
I want to know what is the best choice for a date field that the user have to enter manually. I read on a other post that a calender control is not directly implemented in forms 9i. So what is the best choice to be "user friendly" with a date field in a form?
thanks in advance.

Hi
Don't know if this would be much use to you, but I wrote this function 'Check_Date' a while back to check whether the user had typed something which could be interpreted as a date. You'd make your date field into a Text Item, and include a call to this function (which could be in your form, or in a library) in the WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM trigger on the item, ie:
IF NOT check_date(:ITEMS.date_item1, NULL, NULL) THEN
    RAISE FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE;
END IF;This would mean that the user could type 'T' or '*' for today, '+1' for tomorrow, '-7' for one week ago, or the date in a variety of formats. When they leave the field, the function tries to resolve what they've typed into a date, and sets the field to a date in the correct format.
('Display_Alert' is just a function to display a named alert with a message.) It can also be used to check that the date entered doesn't fall outside upper and lower bounds. Code follows:
FUNCTION Check_Date (text_in        IN OUT VARCHAR2,
                     lower_bound_in IN DATE,
                     upper_bound_in IN DATE)
RETURN BOOLEAN IS
first_letter      VARCHAR2(1) := SUBSTR(text_in, 1, 1);
date_ok           BOOLEAN;
this_date         DATE;
date_diff         NUMBER(8);
output_format     VARCHAR2(12) := Get_Application_Property(BUILTIN_DATE_FORMAT);
TYPE date_format_table_type IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(12)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
date_format_table    date_format_table_type;
BEGIN
    --Set up table of date formats in order they'll be tested for
    date_format_table(1) := 'DD-MON-RRRR';
    date_format_table(2) := 'DD-MM-RRRR';
    date_format_table(3) := 'DD-MM';
    date_format_table(4) := 'DD-MON';
    date_format_table(5) := 'YYYY-MM-DD';
    date_format_table(6) := 'YYYY-MON-DD';
    --Use of T, or * for today's date...
    IF UPPER(text_in) IN ('T', '*') THEN
           this_date := SYSDATE;
           date_ok := TRUE;
    --Look for use of +x/-x for number of days different from today
    ELSIF first_letter IN ('+', '-') THEN
           BEGIN
               date_diff := TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(text_in, 2));
               IF first_letter = '+' THEN
                   this_date := SYSDATE + date_diff;
               ELSE
                      this_date := SYSDATE - date_diff;
               END IF;
               date_ok := TRUE;
           EXCEPTION
                  WHEN VALUE_ERROR THEN
                      --User has entered something like '+X', so not valid
                      date_ok := FALSE;
           END;
    ELSE
        --Go through all the possible formats for date entry,
        --if any give a valid date, then return that.
        FOR ix IN date_format_table.FIRST..date_format_table.LAST LOOP
               EXIT WHEN date_ok;
            BEGIN
                   --Try creating a date using the format masks in the local
                   --table. If no good, this will throw an INVALID_DATE exception
                   this_date := TO_DATE(text_in, date_format_table(ix));
                   date_ok := TRUE;
               EXCEPTION
                   WHEN OTHERS THEN
                       date_ok := FALSE;
               END;
        END LOOP;
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           IF (lower_bound_in IS NOT NULL AND this_date < lower_bound_in) THEN
               Display_Alert('info_alert', 'Date cannot be before '||TO_CHAR(lower_bound_in, output_format));
               date_ok := FALSE;
           ELSIF (upper_bound_in IS NOT NULL AND this_date > upper_bound_in) THEN
               Display_Alert('info_alert', 'Date cannot be after '||TO_CHAR(upper_bound_in, output_format));
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                  text_in := TO_CHAR(this_date, output_format);
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END;Hope this is useful.
regards
Andrew
UK

Best choice for a proxy server on NT?

Hi, I'm wondering what the best choice for a proxy server is on NT?
          Currently I'm running a 2 WL server cluster, but this will grow rapidly. If
          all of the pages that I will be handling will be .jsp (with the exception of
          1 or 2 servlets), which is the best configuration (performance wise) to go
          with?
          Should I use a Weblogic Servlet, NSAPI, or ISAPI to do the proxiing. My
          guess was that IIS would perform the best on an NT machine and that it would
          not be as large as a memory hog as Weblogic would be to simply run as a
          proxy. Is there a significant amount of latency produced by the ISAPI
          bridge?
          Any suggestions?
          Thanks,
          Chris


Chris,
          Please do not cross post across the newsgroups. We would very much
          appreciate it.
          There is a response to this message posted on the performance newsgroup if
          you're interested.
          Thank you so much!
          Michael Girdley
          BEA Product Manager
          Chris <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:851ks4$auk$[email protected]..
          > Hi, I'm wondering what the best choice for a proxy server is on NT?
          >
          > Currently I'm running a 2 WL server cluster, but this will grow rapidly.
          If
          > all of the pages that I will be handling will be .jsp (with the exception
          of
          > 1 or 2 servlets), which is the best configuration (performance wise) to go
          > with?
          >
          > Should I use a Weblogic Servlet, NSAPI, or ISAPI to do the proxiing. My
          > guess was that IIS would perform the best on an NT machine and that it
          would
          > not be as large as a memory hog as Weblogic would be to simply run as a
          > proxy. Is there a significant amount of latency produced by the ISAPI
          > bridge?
          >
          > Any suggestions?
          >
          > Thanks,
          > Chris
          >
          >

Best format for converting video

What is the best format for converting videos for your iPod? I am using handbrake but there are alot of settings. What is the best one? mp4,avi,ogm? and what about codecs? aac audio, mp3 audio,h.264 video mpeg 4 video, .mp4 video? Need help?

See this Wikipedia article for some encoders:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora#Encoding

Best software for animated video

What would be the best software for animated video similar to this:
youtu.be/e9_vszxZGB4
Thanks...

Hi Mathew,
You can go with Adobe Edge Animate.
Its an premier HTML software with integrated tools for creating compliant cross-browser animation and other content.
For more info please refer http://html.adobe.com/edge/animate/faq.html
Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks!
Eshant

What's the Best App For Watching Videos on iPad Air?

Okay, so there's no Flash past, present or future for the iPad. I read some discussions here in the archives from a year and two ago about which workaround works around best (or least badly). Is there any update now as of December 2013 for what's the best app for viewing videos online on the iPad (Air)? Thanks.

I downloaded the new (2013) version of Photon and it's been playing, appropriately enough, episodes of Star Trek: TAS that otherwise require Flash. The one thing I have to remember is to click the goofy lighting bolt icon toward the top right-hand corner of the Photon screen when I return to warch an episode if I stopped in the middle. Basically it will turn off the "Flash" emulation when the screen goes dark with inactivity, and then when you reopen Photon it crashes and you have to re-reopen Photon, click on the link to return to the website, and then click the lightning bolt icon. I don't know why the producers made it that way, as it's pretty inconvenient, but maybe they wanted to make a browser more than a Flash emulator. I haven't tried other Flash videos yet, but so far, so good. :-)

How to transport Web Dynpro for Java to Quality and Production

Hi experts,
I am about to start my first Web Dynpro application, local on my PC. How can I make it available than in quality and production system?
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Danijela

Hi,
If ur quality and production system can be used through the DTR only.
If u have authrization then u can directly chek in the files or application.
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What are the best settings for exporting video in Premiere Pro Cs5.5 in HD MP4 format?

What are the best settings for exporting video in Premiere Pro Cs5.5 in HD MP4 format?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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bmiller0525 wrote:
What are the best settings for exporting video in Premiere Pro Cs5.5 in HD MP4 format?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
thats way too vague of a question... best what? quality? size? playback?
best quality then use high bitrate, small size use low bitrate.

What is the best Computer for HD video editing where can I get it under $3000-5000? Thank you!

What is the best Computer for HD video editing where can I get it under $3000- $5000.00?

The wording of your question suggests you may be new to video editing, in which case the types of projects you will be doing may not be the most complex.
Please accept my apology if that assumption is incorrect.
The cheapest computer available will edit 1080p video perfectly well but if you must have the "best" you will be looking at nothing less than a MacPro.
Too many people get hung up about the equipment they use and blame it for any inadequacies . . . when the most important component is the operator.

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has a concesis as to what should be bought yet? if not if the smart thing to do to wait a few months?

Chris,
          Please do not cross post across the newsgroups. We would very much
          appreciate it.
          There is a response to this message posted on the performance newsgroup if
          you're interested.
          Thank you so much!
          Michael Girdley
          BEA Product Manager
          Chris <[email protected]> wrote in message
          news:851ks4$auk$[email protected]..
          > Hi, I'm wondering what the best choice for a proxy server is on NT?
          >
          > Currently I'm running a 2 WL server cluster, but this will grow rapidly.
          If
          > all of the pages that I will be handling will be .jsp (with the exception
          of
          > 1 or 2 servlets), which is the best configuration (performance wise) to go
          > with?
          >
          > Should I use a Weblogic Servlet, NSAPI, or ISAPI to do the proxiing. My
          > guess was that IIS would perform the best on an NT machine and that it
          would
          > not be as large as a memory hog as Weblogic would be to simply run as a
          > proxy. Is there a significant amount of latency produced by the ISAPI
          > bridge?
          >
          > Any suggestions?
          >
          > Thanks,
          > Chris
          >
          >

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