Encoding from QT H264 to MPEG-4

Does anyone know the recommended bitrate/encoding settings when taking an QuickTime H264 and converting to MPEG-4? Thanks much

Maybe I have been lucky but all the DVD's I have converted have remained in sync... however I do tend to batch run mine overnight so don't pause the software or have it interuptions by other processor operations... ok it should work well whether you do this or not but as I don't have a monster PC with the latest processor and bags of RAM I find it more practical to use the software as I'm doing...
MB67

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Using Adobe Media Encoder to create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos from After Effects - 6/23/14

Very disappointed with this choice. I will definitely be seeking to uninstall this version and go back a version or two. Two many extra steps to export an mp4 now. And now we also have to wait longer for a mp4 to render and can't take advantage of the machine's hardware? You guys fighting mp4 as a standard, forcing us to an additional product, or what? I'll be sharing my extreme disappoint with this 'upgrade' with the rest of the developers at work and who just had it installed. I'm not seeing this being too popular opn social media either. Seems like you only did what was best for you.Thanks for showing us who's boss.

Frank VA wrote:
And now we also have to wait longer for a mp4 to render and can't take advantage of the machine's hardware?
Not necessarily. You can render an intermediate codec with AE's render queue (thus using all of AE's power to render) and then drop that file into the Adobe Media Encoder.
This was the workflow I've always used - even when AE could encode with MP4. Why? Well, because AE sucked at MP4 encoding. You couldn't even do multipass endoding with it!
This is a useful workflow in a few ways:
1. You have an archive-quality file to come back to in the future.
2. You can use AE's full power to render.
3. You can use AME's superior encoding capabilities.
4. You can tweak your compression settings and try various encoding parameters to improve the quality while decreasing the bitrate of your product WITHOUT having to re-render the AE comp every time you try since you're working off of the intermediate file. I mean, imagine a comp with several 3d layers, depth of field, shadows from multiple lights, and 250,000 particles from Particular. What if you made an MP4 and then the client needed a smaller file size or the MP4 you made was too heavily compressed and you needed higher quality? I don't know about you, but I'd much rather only render that 18-hour monster once.
This workflow actually saves time for many people.
And, in any workflow, this produces a better product.
Again, this is what I did even when AE could encode MP4's.
Frank VA wrote:
You guys fighting mp4 as a standard, forcing us to an additional product, or what?
They aren't fighting MP4 as a standard, in fact, when Adobe folks pop in here and answer questions, that's often their recommendation for delivery codec.
Frank VA wrote:
Seems like you only did what was best for you. Thanks for showing us who's boss.
Listen, I understand your frustration. Knocking out a quick compressed file from AE for client review is handy.
However, maintaining the h.264 encoding in AE took up development time. There are only so many person-hours per week for the (relatively tiny) AE team to spend on building each version of AE.
I never liked AE's h.264 encoding - AME has always done a superior job. Since we have AME to do our encoding, I would rather the AE team focus their effort on improving AE as a compositing and motion graphics tool rather than as an encoding tool.
Again, I get the frustration. I can see where it feels like they are doing what's good for them and not us, but I think, in the long run, this way is better for us. Right now, the majority of the AE team is working on making AE faster to work with and faster to render. The sooner we get a relatively bug-free version of that, the better! (Especially for folks on Mac OSX Yosemite who can't RAM preview smoothly in any version of AE).
And at least the After Effects team has been very transparent about things - for example, this blog post talks about their reasoning: using Adobe Media Encoder to create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos from After Effects

Media Encoder From AP-Pro not working

Hi,
I'm trying to export a premiere pro file, I go through the "export settings" like normal and then "ok", it goes to "exporting data" but then doesn't go anywhere.
Normally it should access the "Adobe Media Encoder" but it does nothing. When I try to access "Adobe media encoder from the programs it comes up with the error message:
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So I'm guessing it needs reinstalling but where do I get it from? It is not in the Premiere setup files and it's not on the adobe website, only the updates are.
I'm using Windows XP and AP-Pro CS4
Regards,

Just had the same problem. I have had cs2 cs3 and cs4 on the same PC Windows XP Pro.
The exact error message as the o.p. was appearing during export from Premier and when opening Encore.
I was able to resolve this issue after weeks by simply ...
Close all Adobe programs and restart computer.
Go to Windows>Control Panel>Adobe Version Cue CS4
Adobe Version Cue Server window will appear.
Make sure your firewall is not blocking Version Cue or Adobe Updater.
Click Updates tab.
Click "Check for Updates" button.
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Checkmark Media Encoder and Photoshop Media Encoder.
Download the latest Adobe Media Encoder updates.
Im finally encoding right now so Im not stopping to look at the update version, lol. but my current version of Media Encoder is now 4.2.0.006
[email protected] wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to export a premiere pro file, I go through the "export settings" like normal and then "ok", it goes to "exporting data" but then doesn't go anywhere.
Normally it should access the "Adobe Media Encoder" but it does nothing. When I try to access "Adobe media encoder from the programs it comes up with the error message:
"Adobe Media Encoder.exe - Entry Point Not Found" - "The procedure entry point ??0NewHandlerInitializer@ErrorManager@config@@QAE@XZ could not be located in the dynamic link library dvacore.dll".
So I'm guessing it needs reinstalling but where do I get it from? It is not in the Premiere setup files and it's not on the adobe website, only the updates are.
I'm using Windows XP and AP-Pro CS4
Regards,

Detecting character encoding from BLOB stream... (PLSQL)

I'am looking for a procedure/function which can return me the character encoding of a "text/xml/csv/slk" file stored in BLOB..
For example...
I have 4 files in different encodings (UTF8, Utf8BOM, ISO8859_2, Windows1252)...
With java I'can simply detect the character encoding with JuniversalCharDet (http://code.google.com/p/juniversalchardet/)...
thank you

Solved...
On my local PC I have installed Java 1.5.0_00 (because on DB is 1.5.0_10)...
With Jdeveloper I have recompiled source code from:
http://juniversalchardet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/org/mozilla/universalchardet
http://code.google.com/p/juniversalchardet/
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C:\>loadjava -grant r_inis_prod -force -schema insurance2 -verbose -thin -user username/password@ip:port:sid chardet.jarAfter that I have done a java procedure and PLSQL wrapper example below:
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then i have made a PLSQL procedure:
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example how to call:
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l_encoding := zip_util.f_preveri_encoding(l_blob);
if l_encoding = 'UTF-8' then
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elsif l_encoding = 'WINDOWS-1252' then
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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6Z9wNTXyUEeVEk3VGh2cDRYTzg
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Faster method of encoding from FCP

I posted this in compressor forum as well.
I've been encoding from FCP 5.0.2 by exporting to compressor. Using my G5 dual 2.7 - my 3 minute credits sequence took approx. 35 minutes to encode.
For other reasons, I exported the sequence to a self-contained QT movie at current settings. Then dragged it into compressor...the same sequence then encoded in approx 4 minutes.
4 vs. 35? Why is this. I'm burning a DVD of both right now to see if there is a quality difference. Is this documented else where? Have others done this with similar results?

I always export a QT movie (usually not self contained unless I also need to render it all) then import that file into Compressor for the speed difference, and encoding isn't using much RAM at all... check out the Activity monitor... it's using CPU cycles though big time. And the slowness is most likely the feeding from FCP to Compressor. Quality difference is null as far as I've seen.... exporting a movie using current settings, self contained or not is the cleanest export, because it doesn't recompress the media at all, it's a perfect copy... Animation is lossless but it's sure is a big file for no gain in this scenario...
Non self contained movies use the actual media files created by or captured by FCP so there's no loss whatsoever... The only media they actually contain is the audio and any unrendered effects full res RT or not... it will render them all...
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Does encoding from a Quicktime movie reduce PC compatibility?

I'm wondering if encoding from a Quicktime file as opposed to
say, a WMV file, reduces compatibility of the final Flash Video
product with PC's? Does the PC need anything special to view a
Flash movie embeded with a video originally compressed with a
Quicktime codec or once it goes through the Flash Media Encoder is
the original form the video was in irrelevant?
Thanks.

nope, it doesn't matter from which source you encoded your
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been encoded everyone with a flash player can watch the video.
Keep in mind that if you targeting a flash player lower then
7 you need to use the sorenson codec, otherwise go for VP6 and you
are good to go
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Can encode form Premiere directly, but cannot encode in Media Encoder from Premiere Pro

I can encode form Premiere directly, but cannot encode in Media Encoder from Prem.

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Audio missing when saving a project from PE13 to a mpeg file the audio is missing.

Hi All,
As always thanks in advance for the help.
I have been saving a small video project of short clips into a movie and every time I complete the save to my computer as an MPG video when I go into playback the audio is gone.
IF I re-open PE and play the sections where the music should be it is still there. I am stumped and tried multiple times to save with no success

OINH
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FROM DVD DIRECTLY TO MPEG-4 IN ONE STEP?

FROM DVD DIRECTLY TO MPEG-4 IN ONE STEP?
is there like a program that could rip and convert dvds to moeg4 with like ONE program??

Maybe I have been lucky but all the DVD's I have converted have remained in sync... however I do tend to batch run mine overnight so don't pause the software or have it interuptions by other processor operations... ok it should work well whether you do this or not but as I don't have a monster PC with the latest processor and bags of RAM I find it more practical to use the software as I'm doing...
MB67

How to encode MP4 with "H264" Format, instead of "AVC1" or "AVC Coding"

Hi, the application for which I am encoding requires MP4 files but it does note support "AVC1" type. Where can I set this encoding format in Media Encoder?
When I load some MP4 files into Quicktime Player to check their properties, they show as Format: H.264, while MP$ files encoded from AME show up with Format: AVC Coding. I believe I am looking for a way to get AME to create MP4 files that have H.264 format.
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Okay, I'm sorry I wasn't exact there.
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Hope someone can shed some light on this...

AME renders incomplete output MPEG2 files from my h264 footage

I'm trying to crrate Mepg2-DVD files for output to dvd, from canon DSLR footage, but somhow AME does not render the whole work area an loses the last 30-40secons of the clip on export.
Any help?
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My mom has a few mini DVD's that she wants me to edit for her. The DVD's are from the Sony DCR-DVD610. So my question is, what is the best way to bring the footage into FCP? Should I use Handbrake, or the MPEG Streamclip, or another program? Also, what settings should I use to encode them for use in FCP?

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System:
Core i7 920 @ 3.8 Ghz
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
12GB DDR3 1600
External Sound Card - M-Audio ProFire 610
OS Drive - 2x300GB WD Raptors - Raid 0
Project Drives - 3x300 WD Raptor - Raid 0
Video Card - Geforce GTX 285 1GB
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and Media Encoder CS5 continually crashes or hangs every time I try to export to MPEG-2. I can successfully render to every other codec without any issue, but need the MPEG-2 for an Adobe Encore Project.
The project is approximately 38 minutes long and contains AVI and MP4 files, all of which were ripped from DVDs as I'm producing a reel for a producer who provided his DVDs for me to rip and use as content.
Possible issues:
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2.   Blank space in the timline (there are a number of these)
I would like to get some input before I try to export to MPEG-2 again as I blew a capacitor on my old mother board (Gigabyte x58-ud3r) after I had gotten my computer to start rendering a MPEG-2 after about 50 tries to export/launch media encoder set on MPEG-2. I just installed my new motherboard to replace it. Clearly MPEG-2 taxes the system more so than any other codec (from what I can tell). However, I thought the issue with the blank space/no media in the timeline was fixed with CS5. I saw in a previous post that someone thought that ffdshow was conflicting with AME. I don't have ffdshow, but I believe that's a ripper program like Magic and DVDFab.

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I'd like to render a 1080i comp at half resolution or third resolution in AME to speed up render times for low-res previews. I just had a low-res H264 preview take 5 minutes to encode in AE, and 28 minutes in AME.
This is easily accomplished in the After Effects render settings. However, the "video" option in AME seems to imply the project is encoded at that resolution, not rendered at it.
I went into AE and changed the setting in the composition viewport to "half", but when I queue it up in AME, the "Match Source" button still indicates 1080.
What is the correct method to get the results I want?
I'm currently using AE CC and AME CC on Windows.

Thanks for taking the time to answer this question. Knowing this isn't possible at least narrows my options down. It would be helpful to provide some kind of list of what comp settings carry over into AME from After Effects. Is it essentially everything that is enabled in the Timeline? (I know that motion blur settings do.)
I'll put this in a feature request, but yes, we need the other half of After Effects Render Queue in AME in order for AME to be a good replacement for rendering from AE. I'll give you my thoughts on why Render Settings are essential before you would actually want to render with AME instead of doing so because you have to (either because you want to render in the background, or need a codec that has been removed from AE.)
1. Speed: Simply applying a Render Settings preset is much faster than manually setting motion blur, frame blending, work area, etc.
2. Reliability: Not being able to apply a Render Settings preset at the time of render is a recipe for missing a crucial setting buried in a comp, then having to redo a render and wasting time.
3. Features: As noted above, there is no way to approximate Render Queue's ability to change resolutions at render, which results in a lot of wasted time when that feature is needed.
Render Settings I think are crucial to making AME rendering worthwhile for AE users:
1. Rendering resolution
2. Work Area/Entire Composition toggle
3. Field Rendering (wait, does this mean AME can't currently render to fields?)
4. And PRESET ability these settings, so I'm not doing them manually every time.
I realize that your team clearly doesn't spend the same amount of time I do making low res H264 previews and sending final files out in H264 format, so you don't appreciate the impact of the changes you made. Moving to AME for that stuff is a real inconvenience, but implementing the settings above could help soften the blow.
Thanks,
Jerry

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