Easy Question: Which Codec?

I'm doing 24p 16x9. Which codec should I render my quicktime out to get the best picture?
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Simple, export to quicktime movie option (not conversion) and make sure that the recompress option is unchecked and the "make movies self contained" in checked. I've asked the same question and it seems that that one option is as good as you can get. Anything that you try and export with higher settings is trying to up-convert and recompressing frames.

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Workflow question - which codec to use?

Starting a project and want to get a quick check before I possibly do something really dumb:
• Shooting on Canon t2i, importing footage off cards via Image Capture
• Taking the resulting .mov (h264) and converting it in compressor to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)
• Edit AIC files in Final Cut Pro 6
• Once editing complete, make all clips Offline and reconnect original H264 files
• Render out Final project to self-contained file
• Final color correction in Color
I'm a bit rusty in the video production arena and this is my first project shooting on a t2i. I am a bit unsure about the codec situation and finishing editing with the smallest amount of transcoding. I tested a few codecs and I found AIC to be the fastest and easiest to edit with minimal file size, but I have never used it before. Should I just convert the footage to ProRes and be done with it? I'm expecting a high shooting ratio on this project, so I would like to utilize an offline workflow if possible without crating a bunch of headaches down the road, though with drive prices what they are now, it's not a big deal anymore. I'm really just want to edit as quick as possible (minial rendering utilizing RT) while maintianing good quality (I know the client will be worried if I presented them a 50% quality Jpeg version of the current edit).
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Thanks Mr. Ross and Mishmumken for the advice, will definetly do the ProRes route. A few final questions though:
1. I watched the tutorial link a few times which was helpful, but am still fuzzy as to why I need to ingest via FCP. Is there anything wrong with importing from Image Capture and using Compressor to get the footage into ProRes? I see the positives about it, logging the clips, trimming the fat, having it all in the program, avoiding compressor, but does my original method cause any degradation?
2. Can you elaborate a bit, not sure what you mean by Roundtrip and what do I need to prep?
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Just roundtrip your timeline but make sure you prep it before sending to Color: there are limitations ....
Thanks again guys, you have been extremely helpful and probibly saved me a lot of future problems!

Exporting question which codec?

I am having some trouble exporting.. previously I was on a PC and exporting SD projects
Now as of two days ago I have a MAC and exporting HD projects..
Soo on a MAC what is the best full quality codec to use for my finished projects???
my footage coming in is either 50i 1920 x 1080
and another project is or 30p 1920 x 1080
If you need any other info let me know..

For a master copy I believe you want QuickTime Uncompressed or Uncompressed AVI, use the same settings for the projects (50i 1920 x 1080 or 30p 1920 x 1080) when exporting. Exporting uncompressed will give you a massively large file, depending on how long the project is.
For web, like youtube, export using H.264 codec (will save as .mp4 or QuickTime .mov, there should be presets for YouTube) and again maintain the resolution and frame rate.
I've never used Premiere on a MAC, just Final Cut, but other people will probably have more detailed instructions.

How can I determine which codec to use?

I'm using PE7 on a PC. I have HD video shot with a Canon. Each video - there are six of them - is less than five minutes. After I finished editing, I uploaded them to youtube and emailed a link to my client, but my client complained that they were out of focus. I explained that it was the compression that youtube uses, and that I'd render them to disk for him to look at.
Trouble is, I can't figure out which codec to use. All I know is that I want clear, sharp video, suitable for posting on the net. These are scientific videos, showing some chemical processes involving gasoline with ethanol and water.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
TIA

I guess I need to explain better. The HD videos I'm editing will not end up on youtube, but will be posted on a government agency's website. I originally posted them on youtube just so the client could take a look without me having to attempt to email large video files or burn to disk, since the client is in a different location from me.
The area of video editing and production that I'm the least knowledgeable - and therefore the most insecure - is when I attempt to render and save a video. Every video project I go through the same frustration of having a project that I'm happy with, but having a final product that either 1) does not look at all sharp or 2) results in a file size which is too large. In this case, since the final video files will be posted online, they need to be small enough for viewing over the net while maintaining enough sharpeness and quality that the video does not look out of focus.
If you take a look at this video, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_X0IKPJrng you can see why my client thought it was out of focus. However, I know that the original footage is very sharp.This link is only temporary, as I've already been told that the agency I work for will not allow them to be posted on youtube.
So, my question is, when I'm rendering and saving a video project from PE7, how do I know what settings to use for the highest quality, yet smallest file size? The manual does not go into much detail about the pros and cons of various codecs, nor does it say much about what settings do what. It's like Adobe expects me to already know this information.
Is the problem with the video above simply that youtube compresses the videos I upload? Is Vimeo a better site to upload videos and maintain sharpness? In PE7, is there a way to set it up to upload to Vimeo, or should I render and save as an MP2 or MP4 file and then manually upload?
Surely there's a site which goes into much greater details about the various settings I can use in PE, and how those settings affect the final viewing product.
Thanks a lot for your help. I realize my questions show an extreme lack of experience, but that's why I'm here, right?

Easy question - how to increase number of recent files in menu?

This is for CS5 if it matters.
I'm an infrequent Illustrator user (at best) but I have what I hope is an easy question: I want to increase number of recent files showing in the menu.
I can't find a preferece to set such as in PS and almost every other application on the face of the earth. I've tried to reset the preferences file (start Illustrator with ctrl-alt-shift held down) but I'm stuck at 4 files, which I assume is the anemic default option.
Is there an easy way to do this that Adobe has hidded somewhere? As expected, it can't be found in the help, I can't find it on the forums, or even on the net, but I do know it can be done because I can see other installs showing lots of files in the list.
thanks for any help.

This might be because of a new feature that you can turn off for each object, and alltogether. When you create a new document at the bottom, make sure 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' is unchecked. After you have created a new file, you can still go into the 'TRANSFORM' palette (SHIFT+8), use the little right top menu, and make sure 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' is unchecked. And if you want to get fancy with each object; you can select an object, and look at the 'TRANSFORM' palette at the bottom is a place to uncheck the 'Align to Pixel Grid' at your disposall.
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Which codec do you use?

So I figured I asked the community and get a feel of which codec(for Quicktime) you use when rendering from Shake and why?
I'm trying to find a nice balance between quality and size for importing Quicktime movie into iMovie. It seems I can't get the right quality in iMovie but maybe it's because iMovie is messing with my original movie.
Thx.

Sorry I wasn't as specific. I am using sequence TIFF images which are 720x480 or less depending as input and want to ultimately build something with iDVD. I have been using the 8-bit uncompressed codec to keep as much quality as possible but I was just curious what other people use when doing their work with Shake.
As for using iMovie, I could do everything in Shake including the audio sequences but it's so much easier to line up audio clips in iMovie. I may resort to this as iMovie keeps murdering my resolution. I just didn't feel like dropping $170 on FCE or even more on FCS which is why I was using iMovie to build my movie. Based on a lot of investigation earlier this year, I could do all the work I wanted in Shake without needing FCE and just output to iMovie 09. I'm just a hobbyist.
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Easy question for the MODS

Unlike more difficult questions like CRC problems, ps problems, etc, this is rather an easy question.
The KT4V manual (page 3-8) lists the onboard NIC as a "boot device" option. This "feature" is available in Bios 1.1, 1.2 but not available in Bios 1.4 and later.
Any reason why this feature was mutilated and not available anymore in the later bioses?
Are there two different bioses for KT4V and KT4V-L? If yes where can one find the bios for KT4V-L?
I know this feature is not very popular with the majority of users, and I'm not trying to bust anyone's balls for removing un-popular features, but the "boot from NIC" was one of the features/reasons why I got this mb, and I would rather use a much newer bios than 1.2 (for known reasons).
Also, while on this topic, boot-from-usb (especially thumb drives) feature would also be greatly appreciated - I think it is also listed in the manual.
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Please suggest him to update the BIOS Ver1.9 which can support Boot from LAN and boot from USB devices.
AMI BIOS can boot from the devices which support BIOS Boot specifications (BBS, you can refer to the attached file for the information).
Email me, so I can send you the BIOS PDF.

Easy question array

Hello experts,
i have an easy question. I need to store data in a 1D array so that the first data is written in the place of index 1 the second in index 2 aso. I've tried it but somehow either i only had the last data in all indexes or only the last data in the last index. I am posting you a vi. I know where i should change it but i need a small idea oder change in the vi.
Thank u for your help.
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Please save your VI in ver 8.2 and then paste it on the forum so that i may help in making it into what you want. Without seeing the VI i am guessing that you have elements or 1-D arrays that you want to append into a single array.
Its simple whether its the elements that you want to build into 1-d array or arrays that you want to make into a single array. Just use the build array function. Connect the input wires to the element and you'll have your 1-D array, provided you havent unchecked Concatenate Inputs in which case you will have a higher order array instead.
Anyways kindly paste it in changed format so that i may help.
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Profit center field in Material MD - Easy question

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I have an easy question..
The material master data screen have a tab 'General Plan', and there is the field 'Profit Center'.
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b) is this value (profit center) used in other area or calculation?
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Hi,
The path told in above reply is correct but making profit centre mandatory for only two plants is not possible.
You can make it mandatory for specified Material Type or you can make it mandatory while doing selected Transaction Like MM01 or MM02 etc
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Hopefully easy question...

I am new to TestStand and have a couple of (hopefully) easy questions. I am using TestStand 3.5.
1) I have written a couple of sub-sequences in another file that we use for common tasks. Some of the parameters we pass will always be the same variable name. Is there a way I can get that default parameter name to show up when I write the program to call this sub-sequence so I wont have to enter it each time?
2) When I run a program that calls a sub-sequence in the above file, the first time I run it, I get an error saying the resource already exists... If I open the sub-sequence file in TestStand, and then close it, it is fine after that.
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With TestStand the answer is usually 'yes' it is just a matter of which way is best for you.
1)
TestStand has a full application interface so that you can pragmatically read parameter names and types, and populate calling programs with the right stuff. This takes some learning. There may be an easier way depending on what you are doing.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you write a program to call the subsequence. In TestStand 4.0 ( don't have 3.5 installed) you can create a Sequence Call template step that can be used in new sequences that you program. That is, I can open a new sequence, drop a generic Sequence Call step and rename it, configure it to call your subsequence by choosing the right path, sequence file, values/expressions to be passed to the subsequence, and then I can save this step as a template (drag to the Step section of the template window). Then, when I have a brand new sequence, I can drop an instance of this template step into my sequence, with the parameter values preconfigured. Assuming all the expressions are valid, you're ready to go.
2)
Without more information I can't help with this one. Perhaps the sequence file that contains the called subsequence is not in one of your search directories (see Configure>>Search Directories) and therefore it can't be found until you open, identify and save the calling sequence file. What error code are you getting?

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1. How can I start an IE from java (in another task for sure)? and with a specified url?
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3. How can I set a button's mnemonic (or 'shortcut') to CTRL-key? So not ALT, but CTRL!?
4. If I display an html URL (file) in an JEditorPane, and if this file is encoded with UTF-16, then how can I make it to show well, and not write rectangles after(almost) every character?
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This aint homework, and I know you wont write the HW(even if this isn't that) for me.
About starting IE: I have a button ('preview'), with I want to show the User an html file. But my problem is that when I write the html file out from a string, then the OS converts some characters to it's default codepage etc. So I tried to write out the html file in UTF-16 encoding, and then an IE showed well the html file, but a JEditorPane didn't (as I mentioned in the last point or so). I tried also latin2 etc encodings, but then question marks(?) came in places of characters which couldn't be converted into proper format by the OS. I know why is this, but I couldn't really find solution for my problem.
Keyevent CTRL and stuff. I've read the doc (maybe not fully), and I found that these shortcut-thingies are OS-dependant, and in win they're ALT. Couldnt find anyway how to change them or so.
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Don't know which codec i need exactly. Anyone?

I was using Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 with mac pro
exported a project 720p25 with "export>using Quicktime conversions",
and now i am getting a white screen with sound fine.
The info viewed in quicktime movie info:
Format :
16-bit Integer (little endian), Stereo (LR), 48000kHz
HDV 720p25, 1280 x 720(1248x702), Millions
so i was wondering which codec i need exactly. Anyone?
Many Thanks

Actually i am using the fcp with mac pro at my school's apple training centre
and they told me if i export it WIth using quicktime conversions
i can watch it with quicktime, and just quicktime, nothing more
i believe that's what he meant.
and the mac pro did work fine playing the mov with quicktime only, not also opening the fcp.
I mean, it happens a lot, right?
some videos just don't work on your mac but his is fine,
that's the computers' problem not the video, at least i think..
and i've been looking for other topics in the forum,
and most of them said look for codecs or even third party codecs,
turned out most of them mark the question solved.
that's why i thought the quicktime message was right,
some codecs are missing. it's just that i ended up failing finding the codec i need

How to tell which codec

I have an .avi movie that Premiere imports only as audio and not video. This video plays also bad on Windows Media Player or Winamp (same problem, only audio), but plays well on e.g. All Player. So it is probably a problem with codec, which only All Player read..
So I have a question: how to recognize which codec is used? I thought avi is just avi, but found out on these forum that more people had this problem and the solution is always: bad codec. Is there a method/program that would allow me to check which codec was used for this particular video ? Unfortunately All Player does not show information about codec, only size and fps of the movie. So what I think about is a program that would open the clip and recognize which codec was used and display this information. Is there such a program? All I want to know (for now) is the name of the codec. Knowing the codec, it will perhaps be possible to re-code in some other program to a format suitable for Premiere..

Does it open with Quicktime? If so, in the Quicktime window, under the window menu or control + j, choose "show movie properties".
I've had this same problem (audio, no video) with files brought to my PC from a Mac that are encoded using the Apple Intermediate Codec.

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the green light is on and its working (i think)
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2) love the wireless music idea
3) to plug an Ethernet Voip phone into (the home hub is in another room)
4) i got it for £52.95
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What i want to know is how do i stop the other 2 computers using the airtunes and the wireless printing features. Basically i want the airport to myself for my home office which it was bought for and don't want everyone else stealing the features.
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+What i want to know is how do i stop the other 2 computers using the airtunes and the wireless printing features.+
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Here, I am assuming that the stereo is connected to the office AirPort Express, is that correct?
The downside to this approach is that you would not have internet access on this network.
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