H.264 Exports

Hi guys, I was wondering:
Does anyone know exactly what is different between YouTube specialized h.264 exports and standard h.264 exports?

There are some minor differences, but people generally adjust them to suit their tastes anyway.
For example, the difference between YouTube and Vimeo is the bitrate.

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I checked it on Windows 7 x64 and x86 with office 32 bit and quicktime, I get always the same result.
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Hi Badunit,
thanks a lot for this clarification. It perfectly makes sense in the way you describe it.
Maybe you can give me an additional recommendation ?
At the end I need my film in h.264 format and of course I'd like the film to be in terms of quality as close to the original material as possible. Original files are AVCHD HA (so h.264 codec with 17Mbit/s) in 1080i resolution.
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From what you stated above, I now wondered if I should better export to ProRes first (thus building what you called the "master" in best available quality) and than build the h.264 file from the master with Compressor in a second step ? means: go the way "Highly compressed" -> Master -> "Highly compressed" instead of directly doing "Highly compressed" -> "Highly compressed" ? Would there be any difference ? Or is the material anyway transcoded to ProRes in the background when exporting to h.264.
Happy to receive any recommendations / experiences on this.

H.264 export..no issues from my test

@Steven Gotz
I have tested H.264 export in CC2014 and found no apparent issues.

Have you also tested the unmultiplexed bluray profile *.m4v for import in Adobe Encore? (Encore has had problems with this m4v files some time ago and wanted to transcode them again...)

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With the solution proposed, it's still not working.
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# MediaCore Plugins
ExporterAIFF
ExporterAVI
ExporterBMP
ExporterCIT
CITExporter
ExporterDPX
ExporterGIF
ExporterGIFStill
ExporterJPEG
ExporterCoreAudio
ExporterNULL
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Hi Mark,
I did install the CC 2014.0.1 update and the issue remained. I had a colleague tell me that he experiences the same issue for Format= Quicktime, Codec= h.264 when he has the "limit data rate" option checked with a value. When I unchecked the limit data rate (of my standard 10,000 kbps 720p preset) I got a clean render devoid of the previously mentioned artifacts. However, it defaulted to a 70,000 kbps data rate which of course is higher than I'd like/need. For now I guess I'll be exporting .mp4 h.264, but I'm still curious why the limit data rate doesn't behave like it did in CS6.

Block noise in CC2014 Adobe Media Encoder Quicktime H.264 Export

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I've been wanting to make a full switch from CS6 to CC2014, but I am experiencing a host of issues that I don't experience in CS6. For one, when I export my Canon 5DMK3 DSLR timeline using Quicktime (H.264), I get an abrasive global noise all over my rendered video as if I was using a low data rate. I use the same settings in CS6 and experience no issues.
Since YouTube compression hides these artifacts, so please download and view original file: Dropbox - RenderArtifactsQuicktimeH264.mp4
Format: Quicktime
Video Codec: H.264
Quality: 100
23.976fps
progressive
Use Max Render Quality
Render at Maximum Depth
10,000 kbps
What I've tried:
1) exporting at 720p and 1080p
2) another codec (H.264 mp4 exports are clean)
3) all combinations of the "Use Max Render Quality" and "Render at Maximum Depth" settings
4) exporting straight from Premiere
5) rendering with and without effects (Magic Bullet Looks, sharpening)
6) GPU (CUDA) enabled and software only (on project and on Adobe Media Encoder)
Custom Desktop Specs:
Intel i7-3960X @ 3.3GHz
32GB RAM
GTX 780 Ti 3GB (and tested Adobe certified regular GTX 780 3GB)
GPU Driver: 340.52 (up to date)
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
SSD OS drive
WEstern Digital 2TB data drive
SSD adobe cache drive
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I did install the CC 2014.0.1 update and the issue remained. I had a colleague tell me that he experiences the same issue for Format= Quicktime, Codec= h.264 when he has the "limit data rate" option checked with a value. When I unchecked the limit data rate (of my standard 10,000 kbps 720p preset) I got a clean render devoid of the previously mentioned artifacts. However, it defaulted to a 70,000 kbps data rate which of course is higher than I'd like/need. For now I guess I'll be exporting .mp4 h.264, but I'm still curious why the limit data rate doesn't behave like it did in CS6.

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Hello,
Sry I didnt find any Premiere Elements in my selection, next time I post it directly here.
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I made some pictures of my settings, sry all in german:
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Help Please: Glitches occurring with H.264 export

Let me premise this post by acknowledging that I have little experience in the dslr video world. I'm trying to change that.
I shot video for two fireworks shows this year as an experiment. I groomed the clips in After Effects (noise reduction, contrast, saturation, sharpness, etc) and then exported the files as H.264 1080p 24fps from After Effects.These files look fine - no glitches. Next, I compiled the whole shebang in Premiere Pro. I can't remember the exact export settings I used in Premiere Pro, but I selected the YouTube HD 1080p 24fps preset and then clicked the check box next to 'Render at Highest Quality' (or something like that).
When the final video was done exporting, I watched the whole thing. Everything looked really great except there were approximately 5 instances where white glitches would appear on the screen for 2-3 seconds (see images below). The first screenshot is the frame before the glitch appears. The second one is the first frame of the glitch. The third one is just before the glitch goes away. These glitches do not show up when I preview the video in premiere pro and they do not exist in the source files. It seems like these glitches occur at the brightest moments in the fireworks show.
What is this a result of? Should I select different export settings? Thank you in advance.

Hi Stephen,
Just wanted to tell, that I have the exact same problem!
Made a thread about it as well, and made a bug report. It is so, so, so frustrating. For me, that is not the only glitches. I have grey backgrounds where it should be black, stuttering sequences and stuff like that.
Everything is smooth and wonderful in edit, but after encoding - in Premiere og AME, it f**ks up.
Right now i'm trying to encoding using software only to see if it fixes the problem.
Have you fixed this?

Help! FCP crashes during H.264 export!

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I am using Final Cut Pro 6 and need to create a Quicktime movie file that is under 2 GB in size. The film is 2h 3m. The frame size should be 480x270 and 24fps. I am using H.264 as my compressor. To accomplish this, I am exporting from FCP using “Export with Quicktime Conversion”. I don’t know a whole lot about compression, so I have pretty much been experimenting. First I exported using the Bitrate setting as Automatic, but the file was over 5 GB. I then set the bitrate to restrict to 750kbps and the resulting file was 660 MB. However, I wanted to push it to right under 2 GB, for the best possible quality. I tried again with the bitrate restricted to 2000kbps. However, it takes so long to render on my computer (a few days each time), and happened to lose power during this render. So, since then, I have tried various times with these same settings, and every time FCP “Quits Unexpectedly.”
Since then I have tried various things to try to isolate the issue and determine what the problem is:
I have deleted all old render files, reset permissions and trashed preferences, and still FCP crashes during export.
I tried exporting a different piece of footage (30 second clip) with the same settings and it works great.
After breaking apart, rendering, seeing if it crashes, cutting that in half, rendering that, seeing if it crashes, etc., I've determined that the problem is happening in the last 15 minutes of the film.
I've been rendering with these attributes:
Compressor: H.264
480 x 270
2000kbps bitrate
AAC audio
I took that section of the film that was crashing on render and rendered just the audio and it worked fine. Then I rendered just the video and it crashes, so I've determined it is the video.
I tried rendering at a different bitrate with the H.264 codec and it still crashed during render again.
I also just rendered with two different other video compressors: ProRes 422 HQ and HDV 1080p24 and both rendered that section of the film fine.
This would leave me to believe that it is the H.264 codec at that one section of film crashing. Any idea why this might be, or how I can fix it?
Here are my conclusions:
-It occurs in the last 15min of the film
-Only occurs to video, not audio
-Only to H.264 codec
-Doesn't matter what the bitrate is at
-Deleting old render files doesn't fix it
-Trashing Prefs and resetting permissions doesn't fix it
-First noticed it after I tried rendering after my previous got killed due to a power loss in the house
If anyone has any input, I would greatly appreciate it! I have been dealing with this for weeks now and can't discover the problem. I am on my knees praying and begging because this whole film is caught up with this. I appreciate all and any suggestions! Thank you in advance and have a great day!

Thanks for the response!
I took the last 15 minutes, broke that into two 7-8 minute sections. Tried both and both crashed. Then took the first of those two sections (which I call 15/16 since it is the 15th section if the film is broken into 16 equal pieces) and cut that in half, so it was about 4 minutes long, and that crashed as well. The way the film was made is each scene is it's own sequence, and I then have all those into one full sequence (I'll reference that as TMUG-completed). That one sequence is then another sequence (TMUG-condensed), so I can then bump up all audio at once.
I have taken the sequence TMUG-completed, copied it, and pasted that into a new timeline, and rendered, but still got the crash. And all the render files have been removed as deep as they can go, going back to the individual scene render files.
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Thanks.

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Hi sjl_synergy,
Please provide some more Information like the Version of Operating System, the version of Premiere Pro and the Technical Specification of your machine.
This issue seems to be related to QuickTime components. Please go to MAC HD or Startup Drive>Library>QuickTime and try to remove the Prores components from it and then check. You can move the components to the desktop in a new folder and make the QuickTime folder empty. Hope it helps.
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