http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: formats - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:09:55 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-guy-old-equipment#post-74459 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:34 +0000 Peter Rose 74459@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;Sorry, my post disappeared into cyberspace or something.&nbsp; I was asking about using VHS-C format for documentaries for personal use and some I've done for local volunteer groups for promotional purposes.</p> <p>Is there any chance of using VHS-C or VHS for presentation of my work to a studio or PBS or TVO (Canada)?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Peter Rose</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/rendering-and-format-for-youtube#post-74321 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:16:12 +0000 Maria 74321@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi all,</p> <p>I'm a newbe and need help PLS.  I have a .wmv 320 X240 (1454 kbps) 6 minute long video clip.  I have used Vegas Pro 9 to edit this video.  Now I need to render it for YouTube.  Can I/should I change the format in my project ? How and what format should I use for a good quality clip and how ? Thank you in advance.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-myths#post-56375 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:14 +0000 composite1 56375@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>One of the things making many of novice to intermediate shooters and editors on the forum's heads spin is the "HD" format itself. "What HD Camera should I buy?" "What HD editing software should I buy?" On and on with good reason. 'HD' comes in a number of 'flavors' (i.e. resolutions, codecs, etc.) and it can be enough to make your freakin' head spin.</p> <p>However, unless you're working on really high-end projects for theatrical or broadcast TV distribution you can safely pass on HD formats like, HDCAM, XDCAM, DVCPRO HD, REDONE and a number of others. Most of you will be working with DV, HDV and AVCHD formats which are common among consumer, prosumer and low to mid-level pro cameras. So unless you're prepared to fork over at least $10k for just a camera body, the pro formats don't concern you. Relax.</p> <p>I've said it a number of times in other posts (and I'll say it again) that the bottom line of what gear and software you get totally depends on your planned output. So if you're looking to get into HD but can't make heads or tails between DV, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 30p, 60i or p and so on, read the following article by Zack Stern, "8 HDTV Myths Demystified". The article pertains to purchasing an HDTV, but remember whether it's a computer monitor or a TV that's going to be your primary output point. So knowing how your footage is going to be viewed on your primary output point will be a big help for deciding what kind of gear and software you should be looking to get.</p> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35770126/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35770126/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/african-wildlife-big-small-footage-a-need#post-54955 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:47:41 +0000 Tigger 54955@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have the fortunate opporunity and experience to be able to pursue and get footage of a wide variety of African Mammals/Birds/Insects/Reptiles/Amphibians/Plants etc. </p> <p>Is there a market for the 'out-of-the-ordinary' animal scenes, like Bushpig, Aardvark, endangered Karkloof Blue Butterfly, Narina Trogon etc? or is it just the big and nasties like Elephant/Buffalo/Lion/Rhino etc that sell?? Is it worthwhile to pursue???</p> <p>If so, what formats are recommended? What do you guys think?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/too-many-output-options-in-pp#post-54868 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:10:10 +0000 skoegler 54868@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Most of the time I export to FLV/FL4V in PP-CS4 and that works pretty well. Even so there are so many options in the preset category that I keep trying different ones. I upload to TubeMogul.com that does some transcoding and crossposting to a variety of server sites, so I don't need to worry much about the specifics.</p> <p>But - I'm not really happy with the quality of the viewing on some of the sites. </p> <p>Question 1 - is there a preferred/best Format/Preset for Youtube HD?</p> <p>Question 2 - I've been asked to provide H.264 with .MOV container. I can't seem to find an option for .MOV output. There are several iPod output presets, but nothing that creates a .MOV file. They all create .mp4 extensions.</p> <p>Confused.... </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/newbie-needs-advice#post-51118 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:04:47 +0000 flaubert 51118@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, I intend to shoot an instructional video staring myself and an associate. I will edit the footage myself, and create the final product. The video will be shot indoors and outdoors and focus on do-it-yourself home improvment issues. Consumers will purchase the video and either download it online or recieve a dvd in the mail. I don't want to rent, so I will buy a camera and a mic. My budget for the camera is about $700.<br /> Question #1 - should I buy an SD or HD camera? Will HD footage need to be converted to SD in order for consumers to view it as a download or dvd? Is it difficult to convert HD to SD?<br /> Question #2 - Do I edit once it is in SD format? Regardless, what software should I use?<br /> Question #3 - I need voiceover (or dubbing - not sure of the correct term here) as well as live sound. How do I do this? Will this complicate the conversion to SD? Will it complicate the editing process?<br /> Question #4 - Should my file be an mpeg format, or something different? What is the most popular format? Should I care at this point?<br /> Seeing that I am a newbie, I want to buy a camera that will make this whole process as simple as possible. Thanks.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/high-def-models-formats#post-43340 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:34:43 +0000 katfood 43340@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Now that I'm looking to get into HD, I need to do some homework.  Is there a resource that explains HDCAM, DVCPRO, XDCAM, HDV, AVCHD, and etc.  Pros, Cons, ideal uses for each?</p> <p>Also, camera model compairison tables would be nice.  Are there any published anywhere comparing features of Sony, JVC, Panasonic...?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Mike</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/online-video-quality-level#post-38756 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:29:58 +0000 pestocat 38756@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In the last few months, <em>Videomaker</em> has published articles on making videos for online publication. The information missing was on the recommended rendering format in order to get the best quality level. I tried 512kbps and even 1mbps videos, but once uploaded look bad on Google's blogs. <em>Vimeo</em> seems to do a better job at their processing. I've seen videos sent out from commercial sites with excellent performance. What data rate do they use. So the questions is:</p> <p>1. What web sites are recommended for not compressing the hell out of the video.</p> <p>2. What format is recommended for rendering.</p> <p>3. What data rate should be used in the rendering.</p> <p>I use Vegas 8.0 for editing and in looking at the Vimeo recommendations, they say to use  H.264 Codec compression protocol, but Vegas has no reference to this item.</p> <p>I'm sure there is enough unknowns here for a Videomaker article.</p> <p>Thank you</p>