Which is better for web videos-HD, SD 16:9 or SD 4:3 for Web?

I'm shooting video on a Canon XL H1 with the intent of posting the video on the client's website. What signal standard do you recommend shooting in: HD, SD 16:9 or SD 4:3? If I shoot in HD what is the best way to export from FCP for web?
Thanks.

Don't have any experience with this camera, but I would assume starting with the highest resolution would be best. The added advantage would be that you can "zoom in" without losing quality if you export video size is smaller (as almost all web output would be).
The most important thing would be to shoot progressive so you don't have to deal with any interlacing issues.

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I am tired of constantly being required to install a new update for Adobe Flash player which ALWAYS includes a marketing program embedded in the download, for Google Chrome, or McAfee or Malware or some other junk I do not want.
Instead I would like to migrate away from Adobe Flash and instead utilize VLC as my default media player, but when I go to my Control Panel set defaults VLC is not included. I have found "instructions" on line to add VLC to the Control Panel list, but you would HAVE to be a programming specialist to wade through the basic machine code and effectively achieve upload to the Control Panel Default Option list.
I figure I cannot be the only customer afflicted by this marketing ploy by Adobe Flash....over the last few months....and I prefer Firefox....so I figure you must have other customers writing to you. I simply want to dump Adobe Flash. If enough people dump them, then maybe they will abandon this marketing crap.

It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/fix-problems-connecting-websites-after-updating

Connecting MAC Air to Projector - which is better, hdmi, vga or usb?

Connecting MAC Air to Projector - which is better, hdmi, vga or usb?

HDMI is thje preferred digital replacemnt for older analog video standards, which your other choices use. It offers far higher signal and definition quality.
Apple has an adapter that is used with your Thunderbolt port/ Mini DisplayPort, if yours is equipped as such.
I've not had a problem with this. It is a Belkin.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA824ZM/A/belkin-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-adap ter?fnode=51

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Adobe stop developement of Adobe Flash Player for all mobile devices almost two years, ago.
Mobile Flash player doesn't exist for either Apple iDevices on iOS or Android device and their apps.
So, Apple is NOT going to be able to help you.
Puffin, SkyFire and Photon all charge a little for their web browsers because they are THE ONLY ONES, that provide any type of limited support for Adobe Flash Player.
There are no other apps or web browsers that will allow viewing of Adobe Flash Player based content.
So, good luck to you.

How much ram do i need for serious video editing?

early 2008 2X2.8 Quad Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro, with 8 GB RAM (8X1GB sticks), 2 @ 1.5 TB hard drives +. Use Final Cut Express for video editing. CS4 for typical daily workflow. How much RAM do i really need to make this a powerhouse video editor?

To make any 'good' recommendations it would be helpful to know what you are editing - DV, SD, HD? That is a big factor in determining specifications.
If you do more than one stream of HD, you will eventually want an external video drive solution from CalDigit, Dulce, Promax, G-RAID, or any of the others you see on the side. And it also depends on what 'flavor' of HD - I doubt your running 1920x1080 uncompressed 10-bit HD off of one drive. an external RAID array might seem like overkill. Generally, the advantages are increased speed (necessary for dealing with uncompressed, high-res footage) and redundancy so you don't lose everything if a single drive dies.
Get AJA System Test to test the speed of your logical drives so you can get an estimate of what you are looking at.
You really DON'T want your OS and programs on the same drive as your media files. It'll cause performance bottlenecks and all kinds of grief.
Those WD 10K 300-600GB drive is perfect for your OS, applications, and swap files. That's ALL that you want to have on it, and add one or even two faster drives as a RAID 0 pair for more speed and space. Get at least one 7200RPM drive for video/graphics/etc.
For your video storage:
The hard drives you mentioned are fine for standard definition video. However, if you want to edit high definition or otherwise have complex / advanced ideas for your projects, you'll need something with higher read rates than just those single drives. This gets pricey, so depending on what you're intending to do, may not be appropriate for you.
During video CAPTURE your hard disks need to be able to write at a speed meeting or exceeding that video data stream. If other programs use the same disk you are saving too, then you have and increased change of missed writes to the drive. That is why they suggest having a seperate set of disks for capture. Not a bad idea.
*Strip size*
should be => 128K, I would use 256K. More importaint is cluster size. The default is 8 K which is good for the operating system plus programs as over 50% of the files are =< than 8K. For large files (is dot VOB can be 1 gig) it is not the best. When you write a large file each clustter contains a pointer to the next cluster that is to be read. I used 32K, or 64 K (at work so not sure) cluster size for my disk containing Pitures and video. The size of the file allocation table is also reduced by using the larger cluster size.
Back in 2007, this is what was recommended:
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://www.manifest-tech.com/mediapc/pc_syshd.htm
Compressor can do virtual clusters (you need at lest 2GB/core of RAM.
Apple Final Cut Pro
http://forums.creativecow.net/applefinalcutpro?view=s
Basics
http://forums.creativecow.net/applefinalcutbasics?view=s
Compressor - doesn't hold up well.
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/20/865329
If you need to convert HD to SD, then you want hardware like the AJA Kona LHi or Kona 3 and those require a Mac Pro. If you go that route, get the fastest Mac Pro you can afford, minimum 8GB RAM, ATI 4870 card.
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/200/888050
Final Cut Studio
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=123

Searching Mac for analogue video capturing

I want to purchase a mac (not necessarily a minimac) and connect an analogue video tool with it. This video tool has a RGB output and a S-VHS output. Unfortunately there is no basic mac setup, I can connect it with. All the current macs only support digital video input. Is there a solution to my problem? The mac I'm looking for should be able to:
* display the analogue video signal in realtime on the mainscreen and! on a second connected screen
* take a high quality screenshot from the current video stream and safe it on the harddisk
Professional video editing and cutting is not necessary, only the overlay and the screenshots are important for this mac.
Thank you for your help.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
...display the analogue video signal in realtime on the mainscreen and! on a second connected screen
There are no current Mac models which include the hardware to import/display analog video built-in. You will have to purchase some kind of third party analog-to-DV converter. (You may be able to simply use a DV camcorder to do this.) There are several available and each may include different kinds of features (for example a TV tuner). The ability to display a video image on two different screens will depend on the type of Mac you get and the hardware & software you're using to display the video. iMovie (which comes free on a new Mac) will not allow you to do this directly. Higher-end DV editing programs like Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro will allow you to use an external monitor (TV) to display the video you're editing. However, they may not be the best for displaying video in real-time as it's being imported (for example, Final Cut Express does not produce audio while capturing video).
You might consider using a device like El Gato's EyeTV. You could have a G5 tower with a regular monitor/display and a DVI to video adapter plugged into the second DVI connector and then connected to a TV.
...take a high quality screenshot from the current video stream and safe it on the harddisk...
Of course, there isn't really any such thing as "high quality screenshot" of an analog video screen on a computer. If you use an analog to DV converter, NTSC DV is 720 x 480. I suppose you could consider a full resolution capture "high quality". This can be done with several different video editing applications including the software which may come with an analog to DV converter with a TV tuner. But, it's not like you're going to get a higher resolution screen capture than the technology uses. I guess we'd have to know a little bit more about what, exactly, it is you're trying to capture before we could make some more recommendations.
-Doug

ITunes 12.1 has static-y music, the 64 bit iTunes for old video drivers did NOT fix

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Why can't the APPLE TV use AIRPLAY SPEAKER-OUT for movies/videos?

I can't find one good explanation on why the Apple TV can't use the Airplay Speaker-Out for Movies/Video content; only for audio/music. Does anyone have any insight into this?
For example, I have a video on my Macbook Pro (or my iPad or my iPhone) and I can stream the video via the Airport Express to my 2nd gen Apple TV, but I can't stream the audio of this video from my Apple TV back to the Airport Express and the speakers attached to it. If I had digital speakers connected to the Apple TV I assume it wouldn't be an issue, but at the moment, I only have analog speakers connected to the Airport Express... and I CAN do this with music only content, but then it becomes silly because in that case, I can just as easily stream music directly to the Airport Express from my chosen device (iPhone, et al.) without going through the Apple TV, but for video/movies, you need the Apple TV for the video; yet you can't use the Speaker-Out for the audio of that video and it just doesn't make sense, unless I am missing something...
Any help is greatly appreciated (a google search came up with nothing useful at all.)

It's not a flippant answer, no-one here will know for sure why Apple have chosen to do this. So in light of the fact that you won't get a definitive answer here, I suspect it doesn't matter because you aren't going to change anything, you just need to accept it.
FWIW, I don't think licensing issues have anything to do with it. I think Apple expect you to have a sound system connected by either HDMI or optical and on that basis any connection via an airport express would be in another room and why would someone in another room want to listen to a movie without being able to see it.
Apple differentiate themselves from others by providing features that everyone wants, they don't cripple their creativity by catering for the few like other companies. I'm sorry but I suspect you are one of the few here.

What is the best value iMac config for hd video editing. I was going to go for i5 3.1 ghz with 4mb ram, but should I go further? Thanks!

What is the best value iMac config for hd video editing.? I was going to go for i5 3.1 ghz with 4mb ram, but should I go further? Thanks!

You have it currently installed? Can you go to the System Profiler and click on Applications (will take a while to populate) - take a look at your FCP and check what it says on the right - Universal, Intel, or PPC? It'll look like this:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38198?viewlocale=en_US
(It was published for an uninstall, but worked like a charm).

If i do a lot of writing, web surfing and email, which is better for me, macbook pro or air?

looking for the right portable as a gift for someone who does a LOT of writing and also email and websurfing and research. which is better, the macbook pro or the air?

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Which is the best way for creating video placeholders in AE?

I should create some video placeholder for AE animation, but I am not sure which is the best approach to do that.
I found some tutorials on the web where is explained how to create basic placeholders in AE, but I want to do something better.
Could I create some placeholder even in Photoshop? And after that to import this psd files into AE.
I saw some intersting placeholders on Videohive but I don't know how to create something similar?
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1) What does the 128MB v. 256 MB video memory directly affect?
Is this important mostly for gamers? Video editors? Downloading graphics intense web sites?
I work on Photoshop, Capture One (for on-set digital photo catpure), Flash, and Final Cut Pro. How much will I notice the difference between the 128MB and 256MB memory in these applications?
Is it worth the extra money between the 2GHz and the 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro?
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Real-Time 120fps web video now possible! (for 120Hz monitor users)

Hello,
With the emergence of "120fps" cameras (Galaxy S4, GoPro Hero 3, Casio EX-FC200S, and the upcoming iPhone 5S), Blur Busters did some research on a distribution medium for playing back 120fps videos in real-time. We have discovered some good news.
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Adobe employees:
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Do I recommend continuing using Adobe, or do I refer them to a competitor's product if it's the only way to output 120fps????
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