Trying to output best quality video for later work on a PC?

I have a video file that was sent to me to work on, add effects to, then send back to a customer for him to incorporate into a larger video project.
I have finished my work, but am wondering what settings I should use in Compressor to maintain the best quality file that will be easily readable by PC editing software (such as Premiere)
Please, any suggestions?

The best solution is to ask to talk to the guy with the PC and ask him what he needs. Hopefully he has some clue as to what he is doing and will give you direct answer. If he doesn't know what he is doing the first question you need to ask is he working in HD or SD? Start there.
Basically you really need to talk to the other editor. If you don't then you are just wasting everyone's time.

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What are the settings to for best quality video for playback on computer?

I'm not having any software or hardware issues. I have tried differnent combinations using AVI, MPEG and WMV and I'm still not satisfied with the quality.
I have used the same settings as my original video and it still is no where near the quality. Maybe this is as good as it gets, any help would be appreciated.
quick rundown
I'm using the recorder on my computer to record my screen and voice to create video tutorials for my students to watch on-line. This creates a 720x480 AVI file and has good quality.

What is the best preset to use for HD-lite?
The best is one that matches the Source Footage 100%. Unfortunately, with that variation on HD, I do not think that PrE, even PrE 10, will be able to come close. PrPro, however, does have the ability to do Custom Sequences (think a bunch of mini-Projects inside of a Project), and one can match odd Frame Sizes, FPS, etc.. I was hoping that PrE 10 would have Custom Presets, but it did not show up. This limits PrE to standard Frame Sizes, which is not what most video screen capture programs offer. Your footage does not match to any real HD-Lite Frame Sizes, so you will still have the same problem.
It does appear that your program, while different than the TechSmith Camtasia, does use the TSCC CODEC. This will give you a bit more info. Also, though you do not have Camtasia, or CamStudio, I think that the article, that I linked to above, might be of use.
Now, what options does your video capture program offer for output?
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HDV 1080i60: Output high quality video that will work on other computers?

Hi,
I just made a quicktime movie (not conversion) of my HDV 1080i60 video project, but it will not play on other computers...
My question:
What is the best workflow for outputting a HQ HDV movie, from FCP6, that will play on other computers/platforms?
Please help! On a deadline.

Thanks Studio!!!
I will use H.264.
I also discovered that copying the AppleHDVCodec.component (from my HD >> Library >> Quicktime folder) to the other Mac, will allow me to play the video too... But optimally, I would like to not worry about codecs.
Anyway, many many many thanks Studio! You rock!
Have a great night.
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Which method for best quality video?

I am importing analog home movies into iMovie 08 via Canopus ADVC300 (works great). Which of the following methods in iMovie will produce the best quality video when I eventually burn DVDs in iDVD: (1) Share to Media Browser and check "Large", or (2) Export to DV Stream? Or is there some other option I have not mentioned? Thanks for your help!

I agree with most of what has been said here.
Use iMovie 06 instead. I was having the same problem when using iMovie 08. I believe it has to do with how iMovie 08 deinterlaces your video. Even at the highest settings, my videos would look bad once burned to a DVD. At first I thought maybe it was just how the video looked previewed in iMovie, but that wasn't the case. When using iMovie 06, the video looks just like the original DV while editing.
However I have a different opinion regarding DVD media.
I have found DVD+R to be more reliable than DVD-R. The only disadvantage to DVD+R is that DVD players manufacture before 2003 may not play them.
DVD+R disks are better than DVD-R disks because of the increased error correction technique used for the +R type.
DVD+R has a more robust error management system than DVD-R, allowing for more accurate burning to media independent of the quality of the media.
I would recommend Taiyo Yuden DVD+Rs. (I get excellent results using iMovie 06 with iDVD 08.)
If money is no object look at MAM-A DVD+R 4.7GB. Mitsui Gold Archive DVD
Gold archive recordables are high performance discs featuring gold-on-gold construction, which provides longevity and maximum resistance to environmental degregation.

Best quality .AVI for PC viewing

How can i export with best quality AVI for PC viewing. HAS to be AVI. I use the expert settings with keyframe of 10 and 100 kb/sec max, and it is very "blocky".. How to improve the quality.

i created a login just to reply to you cuz i was trying to do the same. i found the answer on: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/itc/resources/powerpointav/pptvideo.pdf
basically, use "expert settings" "movie to AVI" "options" "settings" "cinepak" "millions of colors" "high" "30 fps" "key frame every 300 frames" "limit data to 400kbytes/sec"
following the above instruction, i was able to export a movie to a decent size avi file that plays on wmp on a pc. (i didn't use sound cuz i didn't have any but there is instruction for sound on the pdf file)
i use a mac but have to create videos that can be viewed on any computer and can be used on a powerpoint presentation. i was so happy when i found a way to make good quality (actually i used "best" rather than "high" under quality), not choppy video for pc and mac viewing.
hope this helps!

IMovie '08 option to make the best quality video on a DVD using iDVD '08

Which iMovie '08 option will make the best quality video on a DVD using iDVD '08?
1. Share-Media Browser-Large-Publish
2. Share-Export Using Quicktime
3. Or can you use an unpublished iMove in iDVD?
(Of course I'll have to first get iDVD to open without crashing...)

Which iMovie '08 option will make the best quality video on a DVD using iDVD '08?
1. Share-Media Browser-Large-Publish
2. Share-Export Using Quicktime
3. Or can you use an unpublished iMove in iDVD?
As always, this depends on a number of factors which you failed to cover in your original question.
1) If you source files are SD, other than an increased loss of time in converting you gain nothing in scaling the files up in iMovie '08 only to scale them back down in iDVD. On the other hand, if your source files are HD, then you will likely see a marginal increase in quality which may or may not be worth the price of increased processing time. In this latter case, you are allowing the MPEG-2 compressor to get the most it can out of your file at the P- and B-frame level.
2) Export using QT allows you to customize your output with regard to both compression format and settings. For instance, you can use a codec with extremely high data rate (e.g., VGA dimensions with DV at 28.5-57.0 Mpbs, AIC at 18.0-22.0 Mbps, or even unlimited H.264/AAC at 16.0-20.0 Mbps). High video data rates generally translate to less lost quality during the re-compression process. Thus, if the intermediate file produced by iMovie '08 and passed on to iDVD retains more of its original quality, the MPEG-2 compressor can get more quality out of the final conversion as stated above.
3) Since no physical file actually exists until the project (simply a set of instructions detailing how the final file will be created) is published, there is nothing to be physically sent to iDVD. basically you must create a physical file from the project in order to do anything at all whether sending it to a gallery, iTunes, YouTube, iDVD, etc.

What's the best quality export for a 720 X 480 size, 24fps mp4 file?

Whats the best quality export for a 720 X 480 size, 24fps mp4 file?
This movie trailer will be sent to a distributer overseas.
The export I been resorting to lately is MPEG 2 DV High Quality as oppose to anything HDTV because it just shrinks the picture, obviously lol
Do I have anymore options besides Mpeg 2: NTSC DV High Quality?

Lagarith is a codec that you install separately. A very brief Search would have given you that info.
You can access the Lagarith option (once installed) using the Microsoft AVI format, and selecting Lagarith under Video Codec in the Video tab.

What is the best Compressor setting for best quality video playback on an iBook g4?

I know the iBook and G4's in general are very outdated today, but I need to ask anyways. I have some video projects in 720p and 1080p in which I have down converted to 480p and also exported to MPEG-2 for DVD (personal wedding videos and videos made for my clients using Final Cut Studio). Anything encoded at most resolutions using h264 won't play on my iBook. Even 480p.
I have about 20 hours of mixed video content that I need it in a format that is suitable for an iPhone 4 and an iBook 12" with a 1.2GHz G4, 1.25GB RAM and I added a 250 WD 5400 IDE hard disk (running 10.5.8 and 10.4.11 for Classic Mode). I know the iBook doesn't seem like the best tool for modern video playback, but I need to figure out which setting will play best with iPhone 4 and iBook so I don't need to make 2 local copies of each video for each device.
The iBook plays best with the original DVD output MPEG-2 file and playing back in QT Pro or VLC... but I already have 180 GB's of MPEG-2 files now and my little HD is almost full. I don't have enough room to convert all the iPhone 4 counterparts. If I use Compressor 3.5.3, what is the optimal setting for iBook and iPhone .m4v or .mp4 files that can play on both devices? So far 720x400-480 widescreen videos @ 29fps works great on my iPhone, Apple TV 2, and other computers but seems to murder my poor iBook if encoded with high profile (and still choppy on simple profiles). 640x480 (adding black matte bars to my videos) plays fine in MPEG-2 but drops frames or goes to black screen if I convert it to mp4 (and looks bad on the iPhone 4 because of the matte). But if I convert on any of the simple profiles, it looks terrible on my iPhone 4 and a blocky on the iBook.
This is the problem leading me to having 2 copies of each video and eating my hard disk space. What is the best video setting for both playback on the iBook and iPhone 4? Can the iBook playback H264 at all in decent resolutionsat all? I don't really want to have a 480p .m4v collection for the iPhone 4 and a MPEG-2 RAW collection just to play the same videos on the iBook.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Update: The iBook can play any 480p video and higher if I encode them with DivX and in AVI format. But of course this is not compatible with my iPhone 4. At least I can shrink my library now and get away from the full MPEG-2s. I don't get why I can't use Apple's h264 though. There has to be a setting I am missing. The sample Apple h264 videos from the days of Tiger worked flawlessly on my iBook when it was new so the CPU must be capable of decoding it. I really can't understand this.
Also, since I made my videos in English for my family, I had to create soft subtitles for my wife's Chinese family, and I can't get players like QT with perian or MPlayerX to sync them properly to an AVI encoded with DivX, they only sync well with the iPhone 4 m4v/mp4 formatted files I made. This is a real pickle.
So now I may need three or four copies of each video, LOL. I need to hardcode the subtitles if I want to use AVI to playback on older machines, and keep the mp4 file for the iDevices too, while keeping higher quality h264 videos for my American relatives...
If h264 is compatible with my iBook, what is the proper encoding settings? Must I dramatically lower the settings or frame rate? I can settle on 2 copies of each video that way. One iBook/G4/eMac compatible video that syncs correctly with my srt soft subs, and another version that works well with my iPhone 4 and iPad.
All in all, I will end up with more than 3 or 4 version of each video. On my late G5 dual core I have the full 720-1080p uncompressed master files. On my i5 iMac I have the h264 compressed versions for distribution, and lower versions for my iDevices. Now I need to keep either full MPEG-2 files for the iBook to play, or convert to older formats like DivX AVI for our family's legacy machines. I am running out of hard disk space quick now, LOL.
Is there an easier way?

Trying to output from s-video to composite (for television) radeon 4770

I put together a little htpc using a bunch of spare parts I had lying around...I'm trying to get the s-video to output to component in (RCA type connectors) I have the s-video to component adapter, but I have no idea what the color coding means, as well, I'm trying to figure out what, if anything needs to be configured software wise in order to have output to a television...790gx, athlon x2 5000+, radeon 4770, 2 gigs ram, windows 7 rc (didn't want to spend on as os right away), thanks for any help with this project.

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I have the s-video to component adapter, but I have no idea what the color coding means
You mean something like this?

Best Quality Settings for a 24pa 16:9 Video

Need DVDSP setting for best quality 10 minute DVD shot with canon xl2 24pa in true 16:9. Exporting from FCP to compressor. Cand seem to get DVDSP to recognize 24p. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks for your response. After exporting 24 pa sequence from FCP, using compressor 90 minute 16:9 2 pass (dont see a 60 minute in Version 2) - asset displays as 29.97 - not 24. Also - there is no setting for just 16:9 - its either letterbox or pan-scan.
How do I know if DVDSP is importing the asset as 24p. Also - letterboxing still appears which indicates to me that DVDSP is not recognizing the true 16:9 shot with the xl2.
This is a great 10 minute production shot in 24pa- want to get the best quality possible to be compatible with most popular DVD players. Looks ok - but not what I expected.
Thanks for your help.

How can I get the best quality video on YouTube?

I tried what you posted from another poster, Steve, but had a problem at step 2, the part in red.
2. Import this AVI file into Windows MovieMaker, place the file on MovieMaker's timeline and Publish (to your hard drive) a
WMV, dvd-quality (4:3 size) PAL 3,0 M.
When I click Publish, the only option I get is "YouTube" and "Get Add Ons".
Since the option I was told to take didn't exist, I clicked "save movie" and then "high definition 1080p". Hey I'm just trying to figure this stuff out. I'm new to it, so I picked the highest quality I could find.
Well, the result is a movie on YouTube that is OK, but nowhere near the quality of the movie on my computer. Just for fun, I uploaded the AVI file to YouTube from MovieMaker. It was a huge file, it did upload, but the quality was still not there.
So, I return to my original question, which is almost the same as the originally posted question:
How should I save video with Premiere Elements to get the highest quality video to post to YouTube? The videos were taken in AVCHD format, but after editing, I don't know the best rendering option to get the highest quality video when viewed on YouTube. The videos look great on my computer, but on YouTube, the video is really degraded.
Thanks for any help!
I have an i7 processor, 8 gigs or RAM, and am running Windows 7 x64. Video editing is with Premiere Elements and my video camera is a Canon HG10 that shoots AVCHD.

I had the best success using the John Cloudman method from the link you posted. The video was much better quality on YouTube (in my opinion) with this method than the method of going to Movie Maker etc. I tried John Cloudman's Frame widtht of 1280 and Frame Height of 720 and then frame width 1920 frame width by 720. I found 1920x1080 better quality on YouTube than Mr. Cloudman's 1280x720.
I pasted in the part of the link below that I found most useful. A big thanks to John Cloudman for posting this!!
John Cloudman offers further advice:
From the Share tab, choose Personal Computer and then QuickTime. Choose the Cable Modem, DSL preset and then click the Advanced button.
From the settings window, do the following:
b Video Tab
*Video Codec: H.264
*Quality: 100
*Frame Wdith: 1280
*Frame Height: 720
*Frame Rate: 29.97
*Field Order: None
*Pixel Aspect Ratio: square
*Set Bitrate: checked
*Bitrate: 8000 kbps
b Audio Tab
*Audio Code: AAC
*Output Channels: Stereo
*Frequency: 44kHz
That should generate a .mov file that Youtube will handle correctly. You can modulate that Bitrate to reduce the amount of data size, and you can modulate the Quality number to reduce the encoding time. I wouldn't go lower than 3000 kbps for a bitrate or below 50 on Quality. Hope this helps everyone!

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I am new to CS4 and the workflow changes.....but I do have a question regarding AME. In your best experience, what are the best settings for exporting AVI files to use again Premiere? I used to set my export aettings to no recompression, AVI as the codec. However, it seems that is not an option in AME. I am looking for best PERCEPTIBLE quality, NTSC, standard DV for now.....HD later.I see AME has options for "maximum quality"(what does that mean SPECIFICALLY)and 24 bit depth, but are any of those PERCEPTIBLE?
Thoughts? Thansk!

Is it "better" to encode in PPRO then let Encore select the best bit rate for your DVD?
The results should be similar; both use the same encoder. The advantage of letting Encore do it is that you don't have to worry about bitrate before hand.
But if bitrates don't scare you, the real way to get top quality is to export out a Lagarith intermediary file, then use the free HC Encoder to make the MPEGs for Encore.
can the average viewer see the loss?
In my experience, no. Especially without something different to compare it to. But my view is that as a video producer, it's my job to get the best possible results. The average viewer may not be able to tell that yours isn't as good as it could be, but they might well be able to tell that mine just looks better.

How to render best quality video in AE CS5

Which format is the best quality in export setting?
I want render the MTS(AVCHD) fromat video with no wastage, and also keep the video as orignal size.

I want render the MTS(AVCHD) fromat video with no wastage, and also keep the video as orignal size.
By definition impossible in a compositing program like AE that expands all image data to full RGB and then fully re-compresses it depending on your output format. there will always be loss or a change in file size or both. As David said, render settings are dictated by the use, everything else is utterly beside the point.
Mylenium

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You can duplicate any preset you want, then adjust it to suit your needs.
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Hello there,
I have had success exporting movies and playing them on my ipad by simply selecting the size that shows is compatible with ipad in the share/export format choosing chart.
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thanks in advance
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