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Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: codec - Recent Topics http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: codec - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:31:48 +0000 mluck on "next best compression to uncompressed avi" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/next-best-compression-to-uncompressed-avi#post-74232 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:46:28 +0000 mluck 74232@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I have a video project that Â is being shot with a nikon d 5000 in HD (1280x720). I'm using sony home studio hd to edit it. then I'm taking it into after effects to add some sparkle. so far I've been trying to output the clips in uncompressed avi which looks great but the file sizes are getting hefty. what would be the next best compression to use to bring the file size down and keep the quality high 4 post video production in after effects in HD?? Thx for any help. hogtown on "MPEG2 Codec missing on Premier. Help!" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/mpeg2-codec-missing-on-premier-help#post-73000 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:10:09 +0000 hogtown 73000@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hi guys, I am a new chap here and having some issues importing my media on Premier. A bit of background I am using Mac 10.7.2 and Adobe Premier 5. Shot my media on a JVC GY-HM100U and it was ingested by copying the whole folder into my computer. My video is 1080 60i the .xml file says: dataFormat="xdvb" videoCodec="MPEG2_VBR35M_1920_1080_60I_MP@HL" ch="STEREO_2CH" audioCodec="LPCM16_48K" Neither Premier nor imovie can't open the media and the error I get is that the codec is missing. I tried to convert my media using the Video Converter by iSkysoft but the quality decreased exponentially. I also tried Calibrated{Q} XD Decode, but it won't play in real time in Premier and looks choppy. Went and downloaded the JVC HD pro clip manager but ironically it doesn't recognize the media either and the error is that is not a m4p file. JVC site and other reviews say that there is no need to wrap or transcode and the media formats are compatible with Mac which is false or I am missing something. Does anyone have any advice how to get around this issue? Your thoughts would be highly appreciated! dlichliter on "Best codec to use?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-codec-to-use#post-71831 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:26:32 +0000 dlichliter 71831@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I produce a weekly video of a 1.5 hour lecture using 2 cameras. I edit using PP 5.0/Encore, and post an swf or flv file on our website. I'm searching for the best rendering option to balance video quality vs smooth playback for slower dsl internet connections. Suggestions appreciated. You can see past programs at <a href="http://www.oaksunsym.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.oaksunsym.org</a>. Zakarias Persson on "vegas movie studio HD platinum 10.0 - codec problem" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/vegas-movie-studio-hd-platinum-100-codec-problem#post-70895 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:01:19 +0000 Zakarias Persson 70895@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/  I have an Casio Exilim EX-FH25 high speed camera that i use right now but i have a big problem! it produces .AVI files that work fine in win7(VLC) and in movie maker, prism file converter and so on but not in Vegas, my preferable choice for editing. the thing that happens is that the movie looses the sound. i get a soundtrack in vegas, but its blank. I have installed "gspot" to check and it sais that the codec is installed, but for some reason vegas does not use that particular one. Audio Codec info from Gspot: 0x0011 (DVI ADPCM) Sure i can use moviemaker to first convert the film to some other format, but its a pain to do that and i loose quality. If someone can help me to install this codec for Vegas, alternativly give me the name of a free converter program that can only change the sound to another codec but keep the film intact.   I have uploaded a supershort movie(5mb) that are totaly uncut from the camera so you can test for your self. the movie can be found here. <a href="http://www.asgard.se/zacke/uploads/CIMG0217.AVI">http://www.asgard.se/zacke/uploads/CIMG0217.AVI</a> Kyalami on "Best Format for Hours of Interviews" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-format-for-hours-of-interviews#post-67420 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:46:54 +0000 Kyalami 67420@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Im editing a video for a local school's band, and am now in the process of doing interviews with some of its members. I am shooting using a Panasonic AGHMC170 in 1440x1080 HD, then downconverting to 720x480 NTSC DV Widescreen as the rest of the footage is this way. However, NTSC DV Wide takes up too much space, and the interviews are about 20 mins. What high-quality format can I use that's smaller but will still prove easy to edit?I was thinking maybe MPEG2 DVD, or some sort of MP4? Thanks! Rohlux on "Canon XF100" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-xf100#post-66749 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:07:48 +0000 Rohlux 66749@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I am on the verge of purchasing the Canon XF100. Its specs are great and I favour the smaller size. However, I am uneasy with its codec. It is here that I call on my peers and seniors to give me objective advice regarding this cam but in particular, the codec. It shoots in the broadcast codec MPEG2 Long GOP @ 50Mbps and with 4:2:2 colour sampling. I am only familiar with the 17Mbps AVCHD of my current Sony handicam, which I am happy with. Please express your opinions, good or bad. I need to know if there is a caveat before I place the order. (PS. The Sony HXR-NX5 and the Panasonic HMC 154 are/were on my shortlist. Here in South Africa these two are similarly priced to each other but cost much more than the Canon.) mspadaro on "codecs for deep archive" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/codecs-for-deep-archive#post-63522 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:07:26 +0000 mspadaro 63522@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Â We are working on a project at a large church involving converting 700 VHS tapes and another 700 MiniDV tapes to spinning disk (lots of volunteers), adding metadata,Â and then sending them off to the ColdStor Data digital deep archive.Â We want to be relatively comfortable that 10-20 years into the future, when the files are retrieved, there will be a codec to view / edit them. I'm anxious to hear of other's experiences and recommendations on a codec. Thanks in advance, Michael artjunkie on "Exporting Footage: How do I get the Best Quality?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-footage-how-do-i-get-the-best-quality#post-55356 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:04:34 +0000 artjunkie 55356@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Exporting Footage: How do I get the Best Quality? Hi everyone! I have a somewhat broad but nonetheless nagging question to ask. What is the best format/settings to export a final video to be used for high quality playback? For example If I have some 1080P HD footage that I want to export for playback on a computer (to be played on a DLP projector). What is the best format to preserve all of the quality but still be playable? Formats like apple animation preserve quality but will bog down almost any machine. Specifically I use Adobe media encoder but I am up for any suggestions of other software. This is what I am currently outputting all my video as: Main: H.264 Multiplexer: MP4 Standard: NTSC Resolution: 1920 x 1080 FPS: 24 Field Order: Progressive Pixel Aspect: Square Profile: Main Level: 3.1 Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass Target Bitrate [Mbs]: 7 Maximum Bitrate [Mbs]:8 Keyframe Distance: 24 I look forward to all of your input, Thanks! Isaac Murray skoegler on "Viewers say videos choppy/slow/halt" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/viewers-say-videos-choppyslowhalt#post-55164 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:11:31 +0000 skoegler 55164@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I've posted videos to a number of hosting sites. When I view the videos from ALL the sites, they play perfectly. However, in an informal poll, everyone who attempts to view the videos says that they play poorly in some fashion. Either they stop, go very slowly, play only the audio, etc. Since I cannot duplicate the problem from my location, it's tough to troubleshoot. I'm happy to try different output formats (I'm using PremierePro CS4) but I can't even validate that they work or don't work properly. I would appreciate some experienced looks at this video in particular. I can only assume that my other videos suffer from the same problem, but I can't confirm. Here are the links to the same video on several hosts. My questions are: - do the videos play properly? - what formats/settings should I be using for best results? (not necessarliy video quality, but compatibility) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGLGCBm_j4&feature=youtube_gdata">http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;v=CYGLGCBm_j4&feature=youtube_&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;gdata</a> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/20444146">http://www.dailymotion.com/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;video/20444146</a> <a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6947479/18056324">http://video.yahoo.com/watch/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;6947479/18056324</a> <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102861751">http://vids.myspace.com/index.&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;cfm?fuseaction=vids.&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;individual&videoid=102861751</a> <a href="http://www.veoh.com/videos/v19794478NEFyNfXq">http://www.veoh.com/videos/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;v19794478NEFyNfXq</a> <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/scottkoegler/videos/5/">http://www.viddler.com/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;explore/scottkoegler/videos/5/</a> <a href="http://www.semanticweb.com/interviews/web30_interview_with_tom_gruber_siricom_151568.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.semanticweb.com/interviews/web30_interview_with_tom_gruber_siricom_151568.asp</a> joelholland on "Best codec for distributing HD stock footage clips?" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-codec-for-distributing-hd-stock-footage-clips#post-52132 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:36:57 +0000 joelholland 52132@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ There are many different codecs/compression formats and options for HD, so I'm hoping you can give me your input on the best/most universally compatible format for distribution of HD clips on data DVD. I am going to be shipping 20 HD clips (about 15 seconds or so each) to hundreds of people, all on a variety of editing systems. So I need to pick a good intermediary codec that is very compatible with most systems, maintains high quality, and balances a file size that isn't too out of control. Source of footage: Canon XH-A1 HDV. I will be exporting to 1920x1080 60i resolution, and here are my ideas/options as I see them: 1) Photo-JPEG Quicktime files. Seems to be compatible with almost all systems and maintains high quality, but the file sizes can get large. Also, deciding what quality level to use (I currently go with 95%/best) is tough. What is optimal for HDV? 2) H.264 Quicktime files. Thoughts? Seems to be a great codec for maintaining quality and smaller file size than Photo-JPEG, but how universally compatible is it? 3) Something different than the two above that I haven't thought of. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks, Joel ravencr on "HMC40 & YouTube" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hmc40-038-youtube#post-51561 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:05:26 +0000 ravencr 51561@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hello everyone, I'm heading out on a 3 week shooting time, and the HMC40 and higher than consumer-tech video is new to me, including my HMC40. I shoot nearly all high speed action footage, and these next few weeks will be mostly shot with great sunlight a the dunes, desert, rock crawling, etc. I typically like to incorporate slow motion into my edited video, so my initial thought is to shoot in 720/60p. Is this the correct thinking? Or, should I be shooting in 1080/60i? I've been told that if shooting for slow motion, use a shutter speed of 1/120 in 720/60p, and 1/60 pretty much no matter what in 1080/60i. To me, based on my experience with my D300 still camera, those shutter speeds are only helpful if I'm wanting to blur the image slightly, or the wheels/tires spinning when panning, but is this different for a camcorder? Then, my next question is what format to export using Adobe Premier CS4 for use primarily for youtube? I want the best format possible for the cleanest, best looking video on Youtube. Is there a format that YouTube won't compress, such as if I export using f4v or flv, for example? And, if so or not, what codec, bitrate, size, etc would you recommend for optimal playback on youtube? Secondly, given the above, I'll also want to put this footage on DVD for my customers to use a sale/marketing pieces. Will this play a role as to what format to be shooting in, or do I just pick the best format for the web, then just output it the way it needs to be for the DVD after outputting the footage for the web? Thanks in advance for the help... Chris mindy on "I need advice on rendering compression" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-need-advice-on-rendering-compression#post-51425 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:32:24 +0000 mindy 51425@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ I have an mpeg file. I trimmed it, cropped it and keep trying to export it out with horrible results. The original video is so sharp and clear, but I only get that result in an export if I have no compression., The original mpeg is like 80mb, the export to reproduce that sharp look of an avi is like 300mb. What compression can I use on a file that was an mpeg that will give me the same sharp results? I have done a lot of experimenting and nothing I select seems to work. Is there a selection I can make to just save the video file at its original defaults? I can't afford ANY quality loss because I am importing this into flash. The old file imports into a lovely sharp image, whereas these almost but not quite the same quality other video files leave my footage fuzzy. Thanks so much for the help! xoxos on "just in hell - premiere elements > youtube" http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/just-in-hell-premiere-elements-gt-youtube#post-35426 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:35:57 +0000 xoxos 35426@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hi, Â I make audio software and have been struggling to make instructional videos. The first issue I/we have had is finding a screenÂ recorder program. It took me a full day to find a software and codec combo that was remotely passable and the timing drifts - some parts are synced, others are up to 3 seconds off. *Any* advice here on softs or codecs is welcomed.. I am part of the synthedit community and there's several of us that have been attempting to do this. It's frustrating given that gamers have evidently been capturing screen activity easily for years. Obviously, some amount of synchronisation between video and audio content is necessary. My solution was CamStudio's codec with AviScreenClassic. Many other softs were unusable - black screening in premiere elements, jittery keyframing, et c. et c. I used an audio program to record audio, which is obviously correctly temporally calibrated. Win xp2 on a dual core.. ...A day later.. with content in Premiere Elements, I have pieced together a trashy, frustrated vid and uploaded it to youtube.. ..their conversion process has transformed my 3 1/2 minute video into 10+ minutes. Obviously, this will not do! I really don't want to lose day after day of development time troubleshooting a field I am greatly nescient about. Getting screen activity onto youtube shouldn't be this much of a hassle, should it?? Several of the export options are really not suitable, eg. quicktime has tragically poor audio (5.5kHz with no antialiasing prefilter?!!!! destroys voice, let alone instrumental content). So: Screen Recorder advice - Premiere Elements > Youtube advice - what works for you?? Any assistance will be shared with several users and is very gratefully accepted! Sincerely! Rurik. <a href="http://www.xoxos.net/">http://www.xoxos.net</a> frustrated and hasty first attempt here (crooked titles are produced by accidental clicks with an impetus to move on and solve the logistics..) <a href="http://www.breathcube.com/miniseries1.wmv">http://www.breathcube.com/miniseries1.wmv</a>