Proper compression for Quicktime Export

I have FCP 5. I'm currently trying to export a 90 minute project to Quicktime to burn a DVD in IDVD. I am using a dual 1gig G4 with a Lacie 250gig hard drive, that currently has 165 gig available. I am using 65 gig for the project. I initially chose the export quicktime conversion command and chose NONE for compression settings. Timeline stated it would take five hours to complete transfer. With 1 hour left it crashed stating "General Error". Tried this twice over the last two days. FCP manual says to use Quicktime Movie command and current settings. Trying this, but timeline states 11 hours for conversion! Is this right? Is G4 processors too slow for FCP5? Please help!
ed

If you completely render your timeline and do an audio mixdown before doing the export, the export should be faster. Seems to me that I've read quite a few posts about trouble with exports if the render hasn't been done first.
Although I've never had any luck with it, you can also export a non-self contained QT for use in iDVD. It should export much faster as it simply creates a file that "references" the existing clips in the timeline. Might be worth a try.
rh

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Is there any advantage to changing the sequence compression setting to "None" and re-rendering before exporting a sequence using DVCAM footage captured from a DSR30 via FireWire? My normal compression setting is DV/DVCPRO.
How about leaving the sequence settings at DV/DVCPRO and changing the Quicktime export setting from "current settings" to "uncompressed 10 bit" or 8 bit?
I'm still getting artifacting when compressing to MPEG2, even with compression markers at transitions and encoding at 2-pass VBR and burning the DVD at 1x.
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I decided to check out the Compressor discussion group - full of near suicides like me bemoaning the gross infusion of MPEG2 artifacting after upgrading to Compressor 2.
Appparently, popular opinion says the VBR feature is faulty and Apple is waiting until mutiny ensues before addressing the problem.
So I have encoded at 1-pass, 7.2 bitrate, best motion estimator, segmenting OFF, using Compressor, as suggested by some kind soul in the group, and then importing into DVDSP.
I then burned the DVD and viewed it on my bigass TV.
NO ARTIFACTING! Plus compressor took SIX minutes to MPEG2 the 40-minute FCP movie. And, yes you can see in the Compressor preview window that FCP has inserted compression markers at all edit points.
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I have Quicktime installed, and it shows up as an Export option in Premiere Pro. However the options are extremely limited. Under the Video tab, there is a button for "Codec Settings" but it is greyed out. You can't choose whether you want CBR or VBR. Under the Audio tab, there is also a "Codec Settings" tab, but it too is greyed out. I can't even change the bitrate settings for AAC audio. Actually, it doesn't even tell you what bitrate it's exporting at, let alone let you change it.
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Possibly.
Some codecs have settings and some don't. If you pick one off of the list that has settings, you will have more success at changing parameters.
First things first. Does your list of codecs look something like this? If so, select the appropriate codec for your needs and see if it has options. None of the Quicktime exports has the option of changing from CBR to VBR as far as I can tell and to be honest I don't know which is being used. You didn't say if you were on a Mac or a PC but if you are on a PC you might consider using an H.264 export instead.

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Hi, I've got a 9min draft film I want to post online. It's 16:9 aspect, and I'm having trouble exporting via quicktime conversion.
I recently posted a similar film in 4:3, using qt conversion > mpeg-4 at 352x288, which works fine. However, when I export this one it always comes out in 4:3.
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Cheers

Do you use compressor?
I suggest you export a 10 second test-movie from FCP and import it into compressor to run some tests.
open up the 'inspector' in compressor and follow your nose, droping frame rates, bitrates, resolution etc until you are happy, then import your final movie and do the real thing.
In the Inspector there is also a tab for Geometry - here you can ensure you have you 16:9 ratio... basically, all the settings you will be fiddling with are in the inspector.
You will always have to compromise when it comes to file size versus quality of image... if you want a really small file, you will no doubt be unhappy with the way the image looks...
What is the final destination of the movie? ie-what website?

AppleScript for QuickTime export of frames

I would like to get an AppleScript to --
1) Take a folder full of QT movies (slideshows), and for each movie create a new folder with the name of the orig movie (e.g. "nelson.mov" --> "nelson" foldername), and for each movie --
2) export a series of frames from each 30 - 200 second QuickTime narrated slideshow movie (typically 4-8 frames per movie), with each frame saved with name nnnnnn.jpg, where "nnnnn" is the TIME for that frame in the movie, into the folder for that movie
3) export the audio track as a .aif audio file into the folder for that movie
Although I have done some AppleScripting, the above is Way Beyond my expertise...
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks

You don't ask for much, do your Donald?
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/
Most of these AppleScripts still work with QT 7 and Tiger. Some are "broken" but fixable.
You may also want to look toward Automator (part of Tiger) that can help you write (no real writing) Workflows and Contextual menu apps that you can invoke with a few mouse clicks.

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I have been following a bunch of courses on Lynda.com and am truly impressed with the video quality of these courses, and how nicely they download, or should I say stream.
Perhaps this question isn't entirely related to compressor, but I was wondering if somebody could give me some insight as to how they achieve those results, and how they deliver it via the net.
Thanks

If these videos that you are viewing are truly streaming not progressive download. You need to have a streaming server to place the video on, $$$. And you need to prepare the videos for streaming: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/tutorials.html
Your right streaming videos can't be downloaded. The only way to capture these videos is to use a screen capture program like Snapz Pro X: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

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Countdown you do manually... Timecode...three options.
http://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/visible-timecode/1
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RENDERING a sequence for QUICKTIME EXPORT.

Dumb question:
I'm working in FCE and having trouble rendering my 8:00 sequence.
The timeline shows light blue and light green bars above the video tracks. Should be good, no?
I select the sequence and hit (apple) R, the render window flashes on and then disappears, indicating to me that everything's rendered.
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Suggested Quicktime settings for HD export

Hi
Hoping some one can help? I Would like to retain best possible quality from my High Dev camcorder. I gather the best route is to use export> Quicktime but what I would like to know are the best "settings" to use. I live in the UK so does PAL have a part in it?
I intend to copy the completed project to my portable HD drive then copy that to the HD drive on My xbox 360 to hopefully watch a higher quality home movie than If i was to burn to DVD.
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Kier

Sorry for the duplicate reponses. Not sure what happened there.
I really don't get how pal only does certain settings considering my HV20 is a pal camera and supports 1080i. Why would the compression be different. I am being so thick about this sorry.
By the way I have just compared 2 projects. 1 using the share to media option and the other with the 720p from quicktime.
There really isn't that much difference. I am viewing on a 720 pal tv. I did a shorter clip for a friends using the quicktime export and there was a big difference. My project was 20 mins where as the that one was 3 minutes so the compression was obviously less.

Optimal Quicktime Export Settings For Eventual Burning to Blu-Ray DVD

Hello. We currently have a huge backlog of FCP, FCE HD and iMovie HD projects created in 720p and 1080i formats. While we all await FCP and DVD Pro support of the 1080p Blu-Ray DVD burning, in the mean time, what are the optimal Quicktime Export settings to get best possible rendering of my existing FCP, FCE HD and iMovie HD in preparation for eventual transfer to Blu-Ray DVD for best possible viewing on my large screen LCD TV via Blu-Ray DVD player. I'd like to get to work exporting all my movies into the optimal Quicktime format in preparation for 1080p Blu-Ray.
For example, I have been creating FCE projects in a 1080i 60fps format. Once completed I typically have been exporting a "Full Quality" stand-alone movie. Is that what's optimal for the 1080p Blu-Ray DVD format, or something else? For example, what about interlacing? Should I be "de-interlacing" my outputted quicktime movies for better playback in the Blu-Ray 1080p format? What other things should I be considering.

Full quality sounds like you'll be safe. Keep in mind that WHEN DVDSP gets Blu-ray support, it will be able to do al the encoding itself. I do know that the next generation DVDs are using MPEG4 or VC1 compression instead of MPEG2 like standard DVDs are today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-1 That being said, I don't believe that Compressor has a VC-1 encoder, but it definitely has H.264, so if you wanted to do the encode yourself, I guess you could pick that and be set. I would do some research on the technology behind Blu-ray and then base an encode on what you find. There's also MANY threads on here about this already, so Search is your friend and use it to get more info.
Good luck and don't forget to rate if this was helpful,
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Quicktime Export settings for projected slide presentation

I'm looking to find the best quicktime export settings to use in order to have a Keynote 3 presentation as a stand alone movie. I will be projecting the movie from a PC onto a large screen at 1024 x 768 resolution. The project is for a photography club public presentation, and needs to be top quality.
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Barbara,
The 640X480 vs 720X480 dilemma is an interesting subject! DV Video and Video DVDs use 720X480 resolution. TVs do not have square pixels, but computer monitors do have square pixels - so some adjustment is needed, and 640X480 is the square pixel down-converted equivalent for computers to the 720X480 in non square pixels used by TVs......make sense?
iDVD supports high definition video
Well what this means is iDVD can read HD video files, and convert them to standard definition Video DVDs. It does NOT mean that iDVD can produce HD DVDs. HD DVDs and HD DVD players are not on the market yet.
Today's Video DVDs are not high resolution, they are 720X480. The only way to get higher resolution is to avoid the Video DVD standard, and just make a data DVD. This will not be playable on commercial DVD players, only on computers with the right software and codecs. If I needed to make professional presentations on large screen high resolution monitors, I would not use Video DVDs. Bring a new powerbook and use H.264
If you want to go the DVD route anyway, then 720 X 480 is the best you can get. I'd tell FotoMagico to export in HD (720p). This is a bit of overkill, as iDVD will encode at a lower resolution, but I've gotten good results that way.
You may have to use the anamorphicizer to get iDVD to realize the movie is Widescreen.
http://homepage.mac.com/sith33/FileSharing34.html
hope this helps
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Exporting HD Sizes for Quicktime and AVI?

Okay, LOVE the new CS4, but have a problem.
For tech notes in case it means anything, I'm shooting with a JVC HD-110, editing M2T files. Everything in THAT respect works perfectly - NOW I even have an FS5 drive so it goes even better - dropping all capture time and processes. The Projects are all set up as HDV, 720p at 24p - basically, everything about the Project is set to HD.
When I choose Quicktime or AVI as the Export format, the only Preset options that come up are DV related. Meaning, SD... And when I have to manually type 1280x720 as the export size (upping the default from 720x480) it even reads "1,280" - not a straight "1280", get it?
The resulting render looks horrible - completely unusable - unless my goal is to simulate the old Fisher Pricer Pixel Camcorder ;-)
How do I Export from Premiere's Timeline to an HD format? Or can I download a set or HD Presets to put in the Export Settings (or something) folder for each codec?
Thank you for your time, and any thoughts-
-Lew

Oh yeah - there's a whole huge list for WMV! MAN you have options there!
No, none of those options are (or seem) available for Quicktime and AVI.
I bounce files back and forth for clients (and myself) for FX work and edits (they prefer the Quicktime Animation codec at 100% - gotta admit, it's beautiful!), and would like to do final output to HD in the end for a project I'm working on right now.
-Lew

Exporting an Apple ProRes before compressing for SD-DVD or Blu-ray (or AVCH

Hello,
this is my question:
does exporting a sequence to an Apple ProRes Self Contained file helps to gain quality when compressing for SD-DVD or Blu-ray (or AVCH disc)?

Thanks for answering, Tom.
Let me try again, though. (Also, just thinking about the footage, forgetting about effects, titles, etc.)
Do you think that this applies to DV-NTSC and HDV sequences?
I've compared a DV-NTSC sequence exported out using:
DV-NTSC compression and one -using Apple ProRes.
They do look different. Wouldn't you agree to this?
What about HDV,
- is it erroneous to think that (when capturing) by transcoding to AIC or ProRes you are gaining some quality?
- or if you already capture HDV natively, it doesn't make a difference to export an ApplePro Res version to make a SD-DVD from?
I am concerned with this, because I shot once some HDV footage at night with a Sony Camera, going to a hard drive, and when I transcoded the files from the hard drive to use in FCP, (using MPEG streamclip) I noticed a relevant difference in how much the noise was noticeable on the HDV compressed files vs. the apple ProRes compressed files.
Have you ever seen these differences?
Thanks!!!

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