Standard Video Compression Settings

When exporting from a project that was shot with a Canon XL2 at 24fps (using the 2:3:3:2 pulldown):
Motion: Shall I leave the Frame Rate under CURRENT or choose 24fps?
Key Frames: Should I choose Automatic, Every, or All in regards to the key frames?
Thanks so much, I appreciate it a lot.

Don't worry about file size at this point; the determining factor is program length. A single layer 4.7GB DVD will hold about two hours of video. The compression is handled in the DVD authoring application.
From FCE, just export to QuickTime Movie (do not use QT Conversion). If you'll burn the DVD on the same computer, make sure the "self-contained" box is unchecked for a much quicker export.

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No Preview Box in "Standard Video Compression Settings"

Hi:
I'm taking a class in Photoshop CS5. Our textbook is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in A Book and we've reached Lesson 12 Working with 3D Images. At the end of the chapter we made a 3 second Quicktime (H.264 Compression) movie. According to the book, after choosing Quicktime Export in the Render Video diolog box, it should open a Movie Settings diolog box which, after choosing Videe Settings button, opens the Standard Video Compression Settings box. In the lower right of that box there should be a Preview window showing the effect of the compression on a frame of the animation. For me the preview window is blank even though I can compress the file. I've moved the animation's timeline current time indicator to the beginning, middle, and end of the animation but to no effect.
I'm rumming a Macbook 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of SDRAM. The computer does support OpenGL which appears to be chosen in the 3D section of Photoshop's preferences.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Don't worry about file size at this point; the determining factor is program length. A single layer 4.7GB DVD will hold about two hours of video. The compression is handled in the DVD authoring application.
From FCE, just export to QuickTime Movie (do not use QT Conversion). If you'll burn the DVD on the same computer, make sure the "self-contained" box is unchecked for a much quicker export.

Standard Video Compression Settings: Data Rate

I have imported a VHS tape using a DV converter, but the file is huge, and I want it to be able to fit onto a DVD. The file size is around 25 GB, way to big of a file, especially for the video's quality. I am trying to compress it so I went to File: Export: QuickTime Conversion. From there I selected QuickTime Movie and clicked on options. A window came up called "Movie Settings" and under "video" I clicked on "settings". Under Compression Type I clicked H.264. Under "data rate" I clicked on "restrict to" and then there was a blank space to put in the kbits/sec. Under "Optimized for" I clicked on CD/DCD-ROM. I do not know how many kbits/sec I should have. I want to maintain the best possible quality while having it fit onto a DVD.

Don't worry about file size at this point; the determining factor is program length. A single layer 4.7GB DVD will hold about two hours of video. The compression is handled in the DVD authoring application.
From FCE, just export to QuickTime Movie (do not use QT Conversion). If you'll burn the DVD on the same computer, make sure the "self-contained" box is unchecked for a much quicker export.

I am having problems exporting my time lapses from quick time pro i need to save my files as photo jpegs but the standard video compression window will not open fully,

i am having problems exporting my time lapses from quick time pro i need to save my files as photo jpegs but the standard video compression window will not open fully, it just keeps my mac (old 1.6Ghz 2.5 GB sdram G5 still good for most stuff i need) spinning for ever but i can see compression type H.264 selected and the other setting but i can not select any other options as it still thinking but never opens! why is this happening how do i get round it?
my work flow is: 300 images shot on a 5d mark II medium jpegs opened in Light Room cropped to 16:9 then exported and opened in quick time i can save a .mov H264 giving me files sizes of 14 mb for a 16 second time lapse, mp4 9 mb. the only way i can get large files is saving as a self contained movie then i get 300mb files.
i need to save my files 1920 x 1080 photo jpeg codec as i want HD quality.
i am sure there is a simple way round this?
thanks guys!

It is very difficult to offer troubleshooting suggestions when the "os version" you are using is unknown as each os has their own troubleshooting solutions.
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?

Best QuickTime Audio/Video Compression Settings?

Hello there,
Before inserting an iMovie to an iDVD project, I must compress it in QuickTime as it won't fit if "shared" as full-quality.
What Audio and Video compression settings will provide, preserve, or enhance the audio/video content? I have the latest version of QuickTime Pro and am pretty savy with it.
Thank you very much for any feedback you may provide.
Jacobo

You double posted in the iMovie forum. See my reply to you there: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4038522#4038522
Let's keep additional comments there.
F Shippey

"Incompatible Compression Settings" all of a sudden when printing to video

Yesterday all went fine...tried to print to video again today (same project) and got an "incompatible compression settings" error message. I've changed nothing. All was fine yesterday...any clue?

As long as your cartriges are full, put a photo on you desktop, highlight it , click COMMAND P and the print preferences window should drop down, and select your printer and photo paper.

What are the best settings for video compression if my end result is for use as progressive .flv

What are the best settings for video compression if my end result is for use as progressive .flv.?
Thanks,
KIM

Use the Final Cut Studio forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939

Video Export Settings

Hi guys,
I know there are other posts with similar questions. And I already checked and read http://lightroom-news.com/2009/10/28/direct-timelapse-video-export-from-lightroom/ but since this discussion there came to an end in summer 2010 I'll start a try here once again.
I already downloaded some presets and templates for video export inside the slideshow module. Unfortunately the best what I could get was 1080p @ 25fps with a bitrate of 12Mbit (--> http://lrtimelapse.com/download/). I tried to modify resolution, bitrate, codec and output format, but it doesn't work.
I checked the values for the different levels on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels). For higher resolution I used a higher level, but it won't work.
Since LR is stating errors I changed the levels for higher bitrates as well although it wouldn't be necessary relating to the H264 standards.
And if I changed the H264 profile to HIGH or HI10, there's always an error message. In most cases with the HRD module. I read on the net that HRD in H264 codec checks the buffer.
Usually it shouldn't be a problem to use level 5.1 with 4096x2304 @ 25fps and 200Mbit/s. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Maybe somebody can tell me how LR interprets the template sheet. What line does or means what, etc. ... maybe I'm missing out something.
And last but not least, any chances to change the codec? And if not the codec then at least the file format? I would love to see .mov rather than .mp4.
Thank You!

What you want to do ius experiment with settings to get your video to be as close to 100MB as possible every time.
If your content is talking heads telling jokes with little movement try this as a starting point.
Use Quicktime conversion - Options - Video Settings - Quality - High - Size 320 x 240 - Frames per second - 15 - Key Frame - Every 5 secs - Sound settings - Compressor - IMA 4:1 - Rate 44.1khz - 8 bit - mono - Uncheck the Prepare for Internet Streaming.
This is a wild guess and you'll probably have to change some of the variables to achieve your target 100MB.
In Video -Settings - Compress Settings - you could try Sorensen 3 or MPEG-4 and here's a couple of links that you might find helpful.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2411365&#2411365
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/qt_movies_fromfcp.html

Using BlackMagic Intensity Pro Video Compression card with FCP in a MacPro

BlackMagic is offering the Intensity Pro card that they claim is enhancing the quality of video compression for better results than software driven compression, even with Standard DV in addition to HDV, and at a surprisingly cheap cost (less than $300).
http://www.h-digital.com.au/hardware/hardwareview.asp?id=152
As someone used such hardware driven compression card in a MacPro ?
Does-it really help making better quality DVDs?
If not are there better hardware driven compression card?

7-8 years ago, we said that analog video was at the low end and DV was at the high end.
Uh, DV was NEVER on the high end. Digibeta and Beta were analog, and were HIGHER end than DV. Just because it was digital doesn't mean it was better. DV is compressed 5:1 and has 4:1:1 color sampling. Beta was 4:2:2 and better than DV...and Digibeta was and still is the high end SD format. DVCPRO 50 a close second. No...DV came in on the low end...like HDV comes in on the low end of the HD spectrum.
If this Intensity card does not help to get better compression than software driven compression, is there another card which can do so ?
Well, I answered this, but you must have missed my answer, so I will bold it for you: *THERE IS NO CARD OUT THERE FOR THE MAC THAT WILL AID IN DVD COMPRESSION.* I don't know about the PC side, so I make the statement to include MAC only. There are several hardware solutions for encoding DVDs that distributors use when making the theatrical DVDs like OCEANS 13...but those are separate hardware encoders. And no, again, those encoders are not available on a Mac.
What I mean at the end is to find ways to have higher quality DVDs than when using software such as Compressor. Do you follow me ?
I follow you....you aren't following me. Since I am an editor and not a distributor, I don't know what those solutions are. They exist outside of the editing world, so you have to GOOGLE this or look elsewhere. Needless to say, the Intensity does not aid in this. No capture card does. That is not what they are designed for. They are designed to capture non-firewire formats and to output to non-firewire formats...not to aid in DVD compression.
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Adjust video compression within iWeb?

Is there any way to adjust the QT video compression when posting movies via iWeb? Currently, my wife opens iWeb, and then selects movies from within the media pane (specifically, the iPhoto library). These have not been compressed in iPhoto, and as she's not very techie, I don't want her to have to go through that hassle.
It seems strange that, from within iWeb, there is no video settings for compression. Right now, a 30 second video can be 50 MB or more. That is ridiculous.
Any thoughts on how to compress without adding a bunch of complicated steps?

Yes, it's very ridiculous that an application for creating webpages has no features for compressing video.
And the movies in iPhoto are usually the raw material that comes out of a camera. They have to be edited too.
Perhaps an application for editing movies does what you want. iMovie comes to mind. What a burden.

HD Video Compression Issue

I'm looking for information on weather or not Flash CS5 (I currently use Flash 8) can handle HD video compression for web streaming. I have tried this using Flash 8 but only get an error, however as you might expect Flash 8 does compress standard definition video for web streaming. I have done research on the internet, but really haven't come up with a definite answer except to find references to using Sorenson Squeeze or Final Cut Pro, but I don't want to pay for another Video editing program (currently using Final Cut Express) if I can upgrade Flash and get the HD compression feature.
Any help and advise would be apreciated. Thanks

If you're publishing for Flash 9 or higher (which CS5 can do) then you can publish to H.246. I would think that FCE could do that.
Normally I would say that you could download a trial and see for yourself. But I think because 5.5 has been announced Adobe isn't offering a trial for the next couple of weeks. There were a lot of improvement to the Flash video encoder in CS5. That being said if you really want to do a lot of intense video work you should get the best tools.

Youtube & Vimeo Compression Settings.

Hello i am using Compressor 4.1.3 and im trying to figure out the guidelines for youtube compression. There are many different variables and alot of suggestions from other users that are just guessing at what box to check.
As we all know the default compression settings in compressor 4.1 for youtube and vimeo are not correct.
Vimeo makes it really easy by posting it here:
https://vimeo.com/help/faq/uploading-to-vimeo/compression-tutorials#compressor-4 11
Step by step - very easy.
Google offers this:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en
Very general settings - Non specific to compressor
Does anybody have the bottom line on Compressor 4.1 youtube compression settings?

The Picture on top is the default vimeo setting in compressor. The bottom is the settings that Vimeo provides. I have tried the default settings and get warnings when i upload to vimeo. Im thinking this must be the same for youtube since i get warnings when i upload a video compressed with the default settings. I made my own custom settings based off of what youtube suggests. I dont get warnings but im guessing at some of the settings. Im gust looking for an official guide if it exists.

Video compression in After Effects

Hi,
i have a little problem with video compression in After Effects.When I was looking for example on that video: http://vimeo.com/18672227 the quality in HD is really great. When we was trying to compress our video in After Effects, the best result, which we was able to get, had 80 MB and 18 seconds and the quality was still much worst than like the one which i posted above. 80 MB for only 18 secs of video and with that quality seems too much for me. I really doubt it is normal. Then for example video which i posted above should have 2000 MB and i really don't believe that.
Is there some way how to get HD quality video for internet streaming with affordable size from After Effect rendering compression? Which settings, formats or codecs I should use? Or do i need some other Adobe program which is builded for this better compressions?

You are looking for an easy answer where there is none. Yes, there are better tools than AE for final compression like Adobe Media Encoder, but your format will still be H.264. The rest is very much a matter of experience and a combination of settings for data rates, encoding passes and so on plus tricks on how to deal with Gamma shifts and color skewing due to the chroma undersampling. Without seeing the actual footage, nobody will be able to give you any exact pointers, but generally the presets you find in AE and AME will provide a good basis. The rest is just tippy-toeing through the settings and learning by doing. Also do some general research on the matter. Because it is so complex and difficult, this topic is discussed to death on pretty much every forum that deals with video editing, DVD/ BluRay authoring and ripping movies for fun...
Mylenium

PremierePro4 Help with Capture Video Compression Options

Last week I started converting my old VHS tapes using a Canopus ADVC 110 box, a Mac with OSX 10.4.11, and PremierePro 4.0.0.
Everything went fine until last night when I lost my compression choices in Premiere - Capture Settings - Video - Compression.
Previously I had numerous compression type options and was using either DVCPro or DVCPro50. There were also many others available.
Now, I only see DVCPro50 when my Canopus is attached as the source. If I remove the Canopus my iSight becomes the source and its only compression type is Y'CbCr 4:2:2 - uyvy.
Thus far, I restarted and replugged everything, verified permissions, and unloaded and reloaded Premiere. None of that works.
I suspect there is something running interference somewhere that I need to delete or reset.
Help is greatly welcomed. Thanks

I am also not sure how Mac OS updates affect other things, but on the PC, they can kill a video driver, or an audio driver instantly, and often do. However, those PC-specific behaviors should have zero impact on your options drop-downs going missing. I was just thinking aloud there.
I'm trying to think of what else might have changed, as when something works one day, but not the next, then something has changed, and the task is to find out what it was.
I know that iTunes usually also updates QT, and that is why I do not allow it to update, until I am positive that the PC version of QT is a good one with Adobe products - not all have been, so I am skitterish.
On the PC, QT loves to install and go and seize the file associations of everything that it can play, unless one does a manual install. I wonder if QT Player was also installed with your iTunes? Also not sure how a Mac does the file type association linking, but on the PC, if certain programs loose their file associations, then strange things can happen. I assume that you are doing your Capture to MOV (you probably said in the OP, but I've forgotten), so I wonder if QT has messed with the file type. Wish I could tell you where to even start, but I cannot. No one ever lets me near their Mac's, as all PC-users are bad joux-joux!
Just thinking aloud again, but good luck,
Hunt

Audio and video compression preferences for export to DVDSP

Hi,
I have a few questions here. The first is regarding the internal use of compressor by DVD Studio Pro. It is my understanding from (limited experience with) past projects that quicktime movie files are automatically compressed to an mpeg2 format when imported into DVDSP. To what extent do I have control over the level of compression, and are the default mpegs that were made optimal quality? Where can I check this?
My second question is regarding compression of audio files. Whereas my video files were automatically compressed, I am not so sure about the audio. I was forced to compress the audio down to Dolby2 separately using the external compressor program, in order not to exceed the bitrate on my last project. Was this just a question of one or the other (video/audio) needing further compression than the default amount, or is there more to this issue?
I live and work with video in Europe, where I have recently been told that optimal audio is mp3? 4? rather than Dolby 5.1? Is this correct, and how much more space does dolby 5.1 take than dolby2? How significant an issue is this when making dvd's for musicians?
Lastly, can someone recommend the best quality audio-video compression solution for a dvd containing approx 40 minutes of audio and video footage for use in europe?? or explain how I might go about finding this out for myself?
Thanks a lot, and I look forward to reading your comments.
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4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 8 GB DDR2 SDRam

It is my understanding from (limited experience with) past projects that quicktime movie files are automatically compressed to an mpeg2 format when imported into DVDSP. To what extent do I have control over the level of compression, and are the default mpegs that were made optimal quality? Where can I check this?
Settings for DVDSP's internal encoder can be adjusted in DVDSP preferences. Press Command-, - that's the Apply and the comma keys - to bring those up, then select the Encoder tab. In your case, make sure you adjust the settings for SD DVD (and not HD-DVD). You will also be able to specify whether to encode in the background (basically, as soon as you import your file) or encode on build, at the bottom of that tab.
I was forced to compress the audio down to Dolby2 separately using the external compressor program, in order not to exceed the bitrate on my last project. Was this just a question of one or the other (video/audio) needing further compression than the default amount, or is there more to this issue?
I can't confess to have read any of your previous threads, but if you exceeded bit rate, that is a common reason to need to use Dolby compression for your audio. (unless you can afford to recompress your video files)
That is, if you video files use a high bit rate (say over 6 Mbps average), then it's usually necessity to use Dolby compression to make sure that all your footage fits on a single disc. (this is a simplification, of course, but I think you get the idea)
Or was there more to this question that I'm missing?
I live and work with video in Europe, where I have recently been told that optimal audio is mp3? 4? rather than Dolby 5.1? Is this correct, and how much more space does dolby 5.1 take than dolby2? How significant an issue is this when making dvd's for musicians?
Someone was mistaken when they told you that DVDs accept - let alone are optimized for - mp3 or mp4 files. That's flat out wrong.
As for the difference between Dolby 5.1 vs 2.0, that depends on your encoding rates. Typically, most folks encoder Dolby 2.0 at 192 kbps, with some choosing to up the bit rate to 224 kbps. Beyond 224 kbps, you're not actually improving audio quality for a 2.0 mix, you're just bloating your file size. When it comes to 5.1 audio, it's typical to encode your audio at 384 or 448 kbps.
When it comes to compressed audio vs uncompressed audio, it does matter when you're making DVDs for musicians. But that means that you'll probably need to lower the bit rate on your video files.
Lastly, can someone recommend the best quality audio-video compression solution for a dvd containing approx 40 minutes of audio and video footage for use in europe??
If you want to keep you audio as AIFF files, set your encode to 2 Pass VBR Best, with an Average bit rate of 5.0 Mbps and a Max bit rate of 7.0 Mbps. If you need things to happen a bit faster, use One Pass (not One Pass VBR) and use 5.5 Mbps as your bit rate.
If you want to have a firm grasp over how all these numbers work, there is a section at the back of DVDSP manual, that explains how to calculate bit rates (what we call bit budgeting in the business). Give that a quick once-over if you can.

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