Preparing FCP clips for web viewing

What is the best way to output my FCP movies for web streaming? I want the best possibly quality for my images but am not sure the best way to go about this.

This is the LiveType forum. You might do search on the Final Cut Pro forum to find an answer.

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    I'm tagging this one also.. I'm a new convert to the Mac (one more sleep until Mac Pro deliery!!). I normally do 10 megs for 2 minutes of 640X480 WMV video for web delivery and thought that was good when editing on the PC.. until I started to see some of these tech tutorials also.. and yeah.. crisp! But more importantly, is that thought the 100% viewing size might be on the smaller size, there isn't a lot of visual quality loss when expanding the view to 200% or more.. Now THAT was impressive..
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  • Output to other formats for web viewing

    HI all,
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    In iMovie, if you "Share" and choose "Web" that will make a nice sized movie for Web consumption. If you have .mac, you can even create a webpage automatically as well (using iWeb depending on what version of iLife you have).

  • What's the best way to save clips for general viewing on the web?

    I am new to iMovie, but not to Macs or file formats.
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    you ask for a solution of a very common problem: the universal video format...
    due to sheer market power, .avi and .wmv are the most used standards.
    avi is just a container, little supported on Mac; you can choose it as an export option in iM, but it offers just a few compressors (dv/bmp = nice looking, but large, cinepak=small but ugly...)
    for export to .wmv, you need, as mish mentioned, to buy a plug-in from flip4mac, we do read enthusiastic responses on that product... but, Mac-users need additional software to read these files (the free plug-in from flip4mac or the free wmv player for Mac from Microsoft)
    RealPlayer needs costly encoders, and again special players...
    a nice option is .flv, flash-video... needs investment into FlashMX, $$$$ or shareware as VisualHub...
    finally, which works for me and my few PC friends, is usage of mp4... without .mov container; choose "mpeg4" in the expert options... your friend has to open that file once in Windows MediaPlayer manually once and save it again, to get rid of some meta-data "Quicktime needed" (which isn't true)... some PCs open these mp4 by double-click, some PCs demand for QT4Windows.. but, as said, manually (open dialog from within WMP) these mp4s are compatible..
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    helpful?

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    Can I control how PDFs open for people using my web site?  I'd like them to fit on window with page thumbnails.
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    I am not sure what you are asking. With browsers, PDFs typically open either in Acrobat or Reader or in a plugin for the browser. I am not sure about the thumbnail comments. Do you want to open the PDF or have a thumbnail of it? In either case, this has historically been an issue that varies with browser. I am not sure if the HTML community ever came to a standard to allow this within the browser so that you get consistent results. What I am suggesting is that you may be asking a HTML question and this is probably the best place. Also, you will likely find your answer to be browser dependent that is not a good solution for general posting.

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    TD

  • A possibly dumb question re exporting clip for web use

    Hi,
    I've been experimenting with diff resolutions etc for exporting a clip intended to be added to a web page. Diff levels of mpeg compression, etc.
    I'm most impressed with the quality of H264, the video codec for the video ipod. I play it in a quicktime player just fine & it looks great. Its a choice in FCP HD 4.5
    The question is, can I make a little clip in H264 & put it on the web? Will web browsers with plug-ins set up to play quicktime files be able to play it? are there any compatibility issues? Windows browsers? etc?
    Thanks
    Duane

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    For others to see it they need to have QT7, and unfortunately many PCs cannot see videos in this format.
    Shane

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