Using Quicktime Export option in a background thread?

Hi,
I'd like to use Quicktime Pro's export option to convert some files in background, possible? any sample codes? thanks.
Angelo

Hi,
Take a look at this thread in the Applescript forum for sample code to export files via QT Pro.
Ed

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Quicktime Export options are missing (only in AME)

Hey,
I already searched around for a while and also found another thread in this board, as well some info in the official documentation, saying that AME only installs certain export options, if it's not installed within the proper package of applications (like premiere or after effects).
Well, I did install it as part of the Master Collection, and also have both Premiere and AFX up and running.
The Initial install was a horrible procedure, since there was still some photoshop cs6 beta file lurking around and just wouldnt leave, even with the CS cleaner tool.
When I finally managed to install CS6, everything worked fine, except one major flaw.. When I export a file from premiere as a quicktime, everyhting works as it should. But when I hit "send to AME", the quicktime preset just doesnt make it's way over to the media encoder, but I have only h264 and 4 other formats to choose from. Just no QT available. (I'm on a mac).
I already tried installing the entire package over the original installation, but it didnt help. I also have CS6 installed on my macbook, where everything works perfectly fine. I compared the media encoder folder on both machines and it's identical in size. In the library I wasn't able to find any media encoder related files.
Please, does anyone have any Idea how to get QT export in ame up and running again without going through a complete cleansing of my system and reinstall the whole package? I'm in the middle of a project now and would really like to have it working.
(it worked before in cs5, btw)
THX

Just like chfilm I have the same problem with AME CS6 on Mavericks.
I came here after having resolved another problem, namely because Premiere Pro (PP)
and AME were not even launching as soon as the Quick Time Bundle Host were being loaded on the splash screen – same thing happened with PP (see screenshot).
A Forum discussion for that is here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/5521256
I followed the correct answer suggestion and deleted two files in AME as well as in PP.
They were called "ExporterQuicktimeHost.bundle and ImporterQuicktimeHost.bundle".
Except, that I didn't have a file called "ImporterQuicktimeHost.bundle" but a plain "ImporterQuickTime.bundle".
Since the Quicktime Presets in AME are now missing, I think that this problem is related to the problem of this thread.
Here is what I tried to resolve the case of the missing presets:
- I tried out the solutions under post #8 (the correct answer)
- and #25 by leejk of this thread.
Neither worked for me.
- I also tried uninstalling the whole adobe suite and used the Adobe Cloud Cleaner Tool and then reinstalled the Adobe Suite.
Nothing changed.
- With the newly installed Adobe Suite, I followed post #4 of this thread Uninstalling AME CC
to make sure, my files weren't corrupted. (If you look into the thread: instead of a version 7.0 I had a version 6.0.)
Btw: Before uninstalling the whole suite, every application, including PP worked – except of AME.

Exporting a jpeg in background thread: ID CS5

Hi All,
I am working on a plugin for CS5 and CS5.5, My plugin requirement is that it should export a document to pdf and jpeg format on background thread, On looking into CHM I found that there is a article "Asynchronous exports, Multithreading" which says that only IDML and pdf are the two formats that can be export in background thread.
Is is possible eto export a document in JPEG format on bakground thread? if yes then should I need to follow aproach mentioned in chm article "Asynchronous exports, Multithreading" or there is some other way to do it.
Please help me to find out a way using which I can achieve this.
Thanks
Alam

topfuelmaniac,
I believe the issue will be solved if both the artwork and the Artboard are aligned with the pixel grid.
The Transform Palette has the option Align to Pixel Grid.
The artwork may be off, and if so, it is better to align it properly than to snip off parts to fit the size it should have from the start.
If you have portions of the artwork, such as parts of strokes, outside the Bounding Box, you may have to rethink. You can turn on Use Preview Bounds in the preferences to see the real size to be exported.

Quicktime export options, want 480x360, can I????

Currently Iphoto 5 when you go to (share > export) to export to quicktime it allows 3 sizes. Small (240x180) Medium (320x240) and Large (760x480).
Since I like to use 480x360 I have to go through a second process and export from quicktime again to get that size.
Is there any way to add this option to Iphoto5 so that it exports directly out of Iphoto in that size or is something I'm missing?

idealconcepts:
No. Even iPhoto 6 has only those three options. You may have to create your slideshow in iMovie where you have greater control over the exported size.

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This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Director/11.5/UsingScripting/WScf09ce35f85d76b4-4fdb6b3c11d558 55946-7eaf.html

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Exporting Video to Desktop using Quicktime

I am having problems with iMovie's YouTube uploader (get a message saying I can't upload movies larger than 10 minutes to YT) so YouTube advised me to use theirs. My video is 10 1/2 minutes.
Should I use Export Movie or Export using Quicktime?
Please let me know if these QT settings are correct to export my movie. This particular movie is a 16:9 Widescreen movie.
Also how do I get a movie that is exported usin QT and then uploaded to YT to default to high definition? My videos never seem to be HD.

I think the Folks @ YouTube can help you with this:
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?&answer=1297408
Check it out, directions screen shots everything you need to Export Using QuickTime from iMovie
How to ensure proper Audio/Video sync through a QuickTime conversion
MOV/MP4 files exported from programs such as iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and QuickTime Pro have certain elements that are not handled well by YouTube transcoding. In order to ensure optimal upload quality--and specifically that the Audio and Video of the file remain in sync--use the encoding settings outlined below.
Export your video using QuickTime
In iMovie, select Share > Export Using QuickTime
In Finalcut Pro, select File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion >Options
In QuickTime Pro, select File > Export > Export: Movie to QuickTime Movie > Options
Alter your video encoding
Enter a name for your file, and select Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export dropdown.
Click Options and make the following changes to Video settings:
Compression Type: H.264
Frame Rate: 30 is preferred. 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 are also acceptable.
Data Rate: Automatic
Key Frames: Automatic
Frame Reordering: Unchecked
Make the following changes to Audio or Sound settings:
Format: AAC
Click Show advanced settings and choose Constant Bit Rateas encoding strategy.
Select Size and choose the original size of the video.
The section Prepare for Internet Streaming must be set to Fast Start.
Save your video, and then upload the resulting file to YouTube

What compression type to use when exporting?

I need to export a Final Cut Pro Movie File to a QuickTime Movie file. There are so many copression types to choose from. Which should I use so that people with both Mac and PC could open the file? Some friends have complained that they can´t open files that I´ve exported using H.264 which is the default I get in QuickTime.
thanks in advance

Backward compatibility has always been a QuickTime strong suit. Files made in version 3 still open just fine in version 7.
But H.264 (and the preset export options) make this a bit more confusing.
MPEG-4 Video codec will open in version 6, or higher and, since version 6 has been available since 2002, it is a very good chance your viewers have version 6 to view it.
Older machines that can't be upgraded to version 7 or viewers that still haven't upgrade their version of QuickTime beyond version 4 (Win 95) would like to view Sorenson 3 Video codec.
Don't bother with any conversion to AVI as the QuickTime export options (Cinepak) haven't been used since Win 3.
If you have a lot of videos to share or are making files to be used in a Web page you'll probably get the best results by choosing:
Export > Movie to QuickTime Movie
and choosing MPEG-4 Video codec. These .mov files work just fine on the Web and also in other players (iPods, etc.) as long as you don't exceed the specs for iPod.
Learn more by experimenting with one minute exports to various codecs and settings.

Customising import of DV tapes using Quicktime Pro

Hi all,
I am trying to import a lot of DV tapes onto my Mac (and some other analogue stuffe that I route through the camcorder so it ends up in DV even if it originated from VHS), the ultimate aim is to have the videos available within iTunes so I can stream them to my Apple TV 2 after some minimal editing (cutting out bad bits mainly).
I have tried to import via iMovie, but it has the following drawbacks: Huge file sizes, spends ages creating thumbnails, and then is really really slow to encode into H.264 compared to something like Handbrake.
I am not *too* fussed about final image quality, I am more concerned with being able to complete the job without spending too much time. What I want to do is encode into H.264 during the import, and then quickly be able to cut out what I don't want, and save into iTunes. Quicktime Pro is the closest I have found, but it seems to have the following limitations: Very limited selection of encoders and sizes without any ability to customise means I can't choose an appropriate quality level - the best is only 640x480, with no info on bitrates etc. This should be fine for my analogue sources, but potentially no good for some stuff in genuine DV format. Also, there seems to be a limit on how long it will record for, which doesn't make a lot of sense as it's capping out on videos less than 200Mb in size leaving me with extra steps to combine the individual videos into a larger one (References movies are quick to make, but won't stream to the Apple TV 2)
Is there a way to customise these settings to ammend the import settings and increase the maximise size, either unofficially or not?
Many thanks for yout time.

In the interest of ripping this stuff with the least complexity possible I was wanting to use QTP, but it seems that using the "best" preset with a widescreen DV input provides a file that is only 640x360 encoded at 96kbps, which is a lot smaller than the input native and isn't really good enough for me sadly.
The stated data rate looks more like an audio data rate that a video or video + audio data rate. Since the preset must be compatible with both NTSC and PAL "standards," it appears Apple programmers lower, more universal settings for greater device compatibility.
I can select Device Native, but that would get me back into massive DV files again. Not sure if this would be better than using the Vidi Firewire Capture would be better or not than this setting?
The basic rule of thumb here is "you can never have enough hard drive space." I currently have 25 TBs in external hard drive space connected to my main iMac for recreational/non-professional use. And, while you may consider DV data rates/files to be massive, HDV data rates/files would quadruple yours and some Apple Animation data rates/files could easily quadruple the HDV data rates/files. As to the question of using Vidi, if you are going to capture your files as DV content and don't want to use iMovie or other video editor application, then Vidi would be the utility to use.
Either way, at a couple of hours long the timeline within QTP becomes too "small" to be able to select bits to cut with any accuracy as it is not zoomable unlike iMovie, but putting them in iMovie would then start with the old thumbnailing again...
The QT 7 Pro Player "time line" is zoomable to some degree. This "zoom" capability is related to the size of the player. If you expand the size of the player to fill your screen as much as possible, you can "scrub" the playhead in smaller relative increments. Basically you should start your edits by expanding the player as large as your display allows and scrub the playhead to the rough area of your edit and then refine the position of the playhead using the fast play and jog controls in the A/V pallet and finally use the left/right arrow keys to select the exact frame you wish to edit. With some practice, you should find this work flow to be fairly quick if/when you know what and how you wish to edit the file.
As an example, a 1 hour 58 minute 23 second and 15 frame 640x360 file displayed at its default size can scrub the playhead in approximately 15 second increments. If I expand the player to its maximum dimensions on my monitor, the "scrub" increment is reduced to about 4 second with fast play and/or jog able to refine the playhead location to within a few frames of where I want to be.
What I was doing to remove the bits I don't want in iMovie was to create a project, include the bits I want, then delete the events using the option to only remove unused elements. This is a yet further step which takes a long time, but then gives me chunks of files I can queue in handbrake and then stitch back together using QTP.
Most strategies fall into either a "subtractive" or and "additive" work flow. I normally make "rough cuts" in the first pass and place the results in an folder/bin for further refining later. Once I have everything sorted and trimmed, I then merge/join the DV clips to create a single file which is then converted all at once to the target compression format or, in frequent instance, to several different compression formats or variations dependent on target use—burning to DVD, burning to BD, TV viewing, posting to the internet, etc.
I just tried a native capture with QTP, and it gives me the following video settings:
DV, 720 x 576 (1024 x 576), Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), 4.0 (L R _ _), 32.000 kHz
1024 x 576 pixels (Actual)
If I encode this with Handbrake using the Apple Universal I get:
H.264, 720 x 592, Millions
AAC, 2 channels, 32000 Hz
1033 x 592 pixels
I would normally encode the file using the source file standard. In my case that would the NTSC 720x480 (853X480) equivalent of your PAL 720x576 (1024x576) anamorphic DV import. Would also prefer the AAC audio track be encoded using a 48,0 KHz sampling rate at 160 Kbps since my DV audio is set for 16-bit/48.0 KHz. (I also include an DD5.1 passthrough at 448 or 640 Kbps if available.) You can create and save your own custom resets which is what I use for HandBrake conversions specifically targeting the TV2 device and which include additional analysis/motion prediction settings.
So it looks like getting QTP to encode into H.264 just won't do it well enough, even though it should be able to go better without extending beyond the limits of the source
If you are referring to the conversion of DV source files to H.264, then use the "Movie to MPEG-4" or "Movie to Quicktime" export option to enter your own custom target settings. However, nether of these export potions offer the same ease for setting up custom anamorphic encodes for custom dimensions as HandBrake does. (I personally prefer using HandBrake here.)
I think the size limit was CPU bound with it not keeping up with the input fast enough to real-time encode and thus stopping. It's not done it since.
That may well be the case. My old G5 processed files in handBrake at 4 to 6 time "real time." My MacBook Pro converts files in roughly "real time" using my custom HandBrake presets. On my new iMac the default TV2 HandBrake preset process at about 180 fps and at 70-90 fps using an even higher quality custom preset I just added. As you can see, the different CPUs involved cam make quite a difference in conversion speed.

Adding several audio tracks to quicktime export setting .

I am trying to add several tracks of music to a quicktime movie , created using the export option from iPhoto, but it will only play one track even though I selected 4 tracks and made them default .
Any genius out there ?
Thank you
Message was edited by: martin brown3

Are any of these tracks DRM tracks from the iTunes store? That will certainly kill the process. Others have reported similar issues but there's not been a one size fits all fix.
There is a workaround but requires a little extra work. Join the 4 tracks into one new track with either Garageband or another audio editor like the free Audacity. Then add the new track to iTunes and into the slideshow.
You can search this forum for "slideshow music" to get other posts on the subject and some possible solutions to try.
OT

Motion Lines on Quicktime Export

When exporting my sequence to a quicktime file, I get horizontal digital lines on motion within the footage. When viewing it from Final cut it looks fine (both on computer and on the external monitor) but when I create a Quicktime File (both using the Export to Quicktime and Export using Quicktime Conversion option) this happens.
On a page wipe, for example, I see the image moving frame by frame in Final Cut, but if I look at it frame by frame on the quicktime file, I see the lines scrubbing across.
I tried exporting using all kinds of different settings.
Does anyone know what causes this and what I can do to fix it???

Use google and explore for several hours the topic of interlaced video. It's a truly complex issue and neither of you have provided enough information for us to do much more than ask you to learn more about video basics so you can post a question we can answer directly.
Know ahead of time that acquisition formats can be interlaced or progressive. Your editing format can be either. Your release format can be either. And the display or video monitor upon which you are viewing any of the above can be either interlaced or progressive. And sometimes it doesn't matter one way or the other because interlacing is actually a good thing, most of the time, because it smooths out horizontal movement relative to temporal motion.
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Export movie with transparent background, Adobe Premiere Elements 9

Help!
I'm now using Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I'm trying to create a few regularly used lower-third animated graphics. There will be 4... each with the same animated background, but with different names in text.
I was able to do this just fine in earlier versions of Premiere Elements... using Quicktime Export, and changing color settings to "Millions + of colors"... or something similar...
Is there a way to do this in this version? Help!

You can not export video with an alpha channel from Premiere Elements. Sorry.

IR export options and embedded HTML

Good day,
Apex 3.2.1.00.12, 9.2.0.8 DB, on AIX 5.3.
I have an IR where in I use html in the SQL that defines it to format certain columns such as the below
"<div style=""overflow:auto;height:50px;"">column value here</div>"I then define the display type as ' Standard Report Column '.
That obviously allows me to have some "formatting" power that the IR does not give by default.
Problem is when I do the export to a CSV I get the html markup included as the value of the column.
Is there a way I can keep my formatting desires and export without the html included in the value ?
Also, can I export the whole result set to CSV, not just whatever I have pagination set to ?
I do NOT have a print server.
Thanks for your time,
CLG

What export option you used.
I am using default export option and it exports all the records on report. Not current page.
Furthermore for your requirment I ahve done lot of test regaring same thing. But I didnt find any solution. So what I did was create my own export function for those reports and then use that.
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Bridge crashes when I use the export panel (when I try to specify a folder)

Hi all!
Every time I use the export option, no matter where I access it from, when I try to specify a folder to move the file to, bridge crashes.
I can't just use "move" or "copy" to because I want to change the file format as well as move it.
Has anyone encountered this?
I already have the bridge 4.05.11 update installed.
Any solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Karen

Every time I use the export option, no matter where I access it from, when I try to specify a folder to move the file to, bridge crashes.
In the export panel at the top right is a small menu icon, if you click on it and from the two options choose manage modules.
Next to ' select modules to enable' is a small icon of a toothed wheel. Click on it and first choose check for update (probably showing non available but give it a try) and then choose reinstall all modules. Restart Bridge and check if it is working. If still not restart Bridge holding down option key and choose reset preferences and see if that worked for you.
And there are other ways to save as new file format in new location. Assuming you have Photoshop also active go to the Bridge menu Tools / Photoshop and choose 'image processor, explore the options and set them to your wshes. You can also create an action in Photoshop for this goal and instead of image processor choose Batch and find the action you created

Quicktime Export Components in Final Cut Server

Our company has purchased a number of Elgato h264 encoders and we're loving them. They reduce our h264 compression times on average from 15-20 mins down to 2-3 mins. It usually compresses our videos faster than real time. Which as a news organization is great for us. These encoders work great on all our Macbook Pros & Mac Pro systems. I've now installed one onto our final cut server and set up a custom compressor setting. Under the 'encoder' tab the file format had to be set to "Quicktime Export Components" instead of "Quicktime Movie" to use the Elgato. And it works great when I send a single file threw compressor. BUT I can't get this custom preset to show up or work inside Final Cut Server. I have other custom settings that do show up and work (but they are all "Quicktime Movie" file formats). I've rebooted multiple times and looked under multiple Responses transcode settings, but the new one I've created to use the Elgato never shows up.
Is it possible to use Quicktime Export Components in Final Cut Server?
I couldn't find any mention of this in the FCS admin manual or any other posts in the forums regarding this.

I have seen on MediaSilo.com a tip to get Elgato H.264 working with Compressor, but I can't seem to be able to find it. Basically, the trick was to create a duplicate setting in Compressor that Final Cut Server is able to read ( not as Quicktime Export Component), associate it with a Final Cut Server's compression setting and later reassign that setting in Compressor to Elgato.
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Video Hound,
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As Neale points out, in PrE 11, one would "export" via the Publish+Share, to create an AV file from the Timeline. No conversion is needed, as that is what PrE does - takes that .PREL file, and creates an AV file per its instructions, through the links to the media Assets. Just follow Neale's instructions.
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