weegegirl 2 #1 August 7, 2006 I use Premiere Pro and want to shrink a clip down to put on somewhere like skydivingmovies.com (my malfunction video from this weekend). What's the easiest way to do this?? I usually just export as an AVI fullsize. Can anyone help? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 August 7, 2006 Easiset (and free)? Windows Media Encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx Highest quality tends to be a Quicktime video but that usually costs money.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #3 August 7, 2006 I'm going to do this when I get home tonight. Is it pretty self-explanatory?? I think I've used it before a long time ago for work but don't remember. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #4 August 7, 2006 Depends on the format you want to output. WMV-Widest user base possible, has very good quality at low bitrates, easy/free to encode to (you have the encoder already in PP2) Or you can use the free windows encoder. or Squeeze, or Procoder. REAL-Yikes. Small user base these days, but some folks still want it. The encoder is free, again...you have this already installed. REAL shot themselves in the foot, IMO, with their very aggressive installer. QT-QT is a different animal, because it can contain so many codecs in the stream. Unfortunately, all of the QT-capable codecs excepting one are pretty weak in quality at low bitrates, such as 512Kpbs or less, so QT isn't a good option for low bandwidth stuff unless you're hand-coding. (VERY expensive) MPG4 in QT is quite good, you'll need to buy the professional version of QT/Quicktime Pro. I believe it's only 30.00. MP4 is rapidly heading towards the future of playback over the web, but currently has a small userbase. Flash-Flash is exceptionally popular for play over the web, and offers high quality, while also offering dual platform support. Lots of video to Flash encoders out there, Flix is very good, as is SwishFlix. Flash 8 does this as well, of course. Check with your ISP to see what their servers are set up to serve. If they have Helix, you can stream anything. If they're Win2K only, you'll be setting up everything but WMV as a download vs a stream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #5 August 7, 2006 Thanks! Very informative! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites stratman05 0 #6 August 7, 2006 Doubt your ISP will have streaming setup, let alone helix. WMV is ok, but mpeg4 is the best for quality vs compression. You can find free mpeg4 converters. Look for ipod video converters, it's the same file format. Mpeg4 in Quicktime Pro stinks. If you want to shell out cash, get Sorenson Squeeze. That has the majority of codecs out there with pre-sets that are great. And stay away from flash video. It's ok for streaming and is more cross platform (they say), but quality is worse than WMV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #7 August 7, 2006 QuoteDoubt your ISP will have streaming setup, let alone helix. WMV is ok, but mpeg4 is the best for quality vs compression. You can find free mpeg4 converters. Look for ipod video converters, it's the same file format. Mpeg4 in Quicktime Pro stinks. If you want to shell out cash, get Sorenson Squeeze. That has the majority of codecs out there with pre-sets that are great. And stay away from flash video. It's ok for streaming and is more cross platform (they say), but quality is worse than WMV. Virtually all ISP's offer a streaming server these days, but you're right, Helix is just about zeroed out. At identical bitrates sub 256, Flash is substantially superior to WMV. VC1 is better, but it doesn't look look at low bandwidth either. A lot of the quality encoding experience is content-dependent as well. Remember that any anomoly in the original is amplified significantly during encode. AVC (which is part of the MPEG 4 part 10 spec) is what the iPod vids are using, but it's not a ubiquitous codec, and won't play in most software or hardware devices. In other words, unlike wmv, it won't play virtually anywhere unless you've got QT or QT Alternative. Back to point, encode mp4 and wmv at identical bitrates sub 512Kpbs, and you'll find the wmv is superior if it's WM9 or newer. The DCT blocks allow for greater pixel counts and better deblocking of the frame data. Once you get above 1Mbps tho, wmv quickly loses the advantage unless embedding metadata is important. Microsoft still rules the metadata world for ease of use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
stratman05 0 #6 August 7, 2006 Doubt your ISP will have streaming setup, let alone helix. WMV is ok, but mpeg4 is the best for quality vs compression. You can find free mpeg4 converters. Look for ipod video converters, it's the same file format. Mpeg4 in Quicktime Pro stinks. If you want to shell out cash, get Sorenson Squeeze. That has the majority of codecs out there with pre-sets that are great. And stay away from flash video. It's ok for streaming and is more cross platform (they say), but quality is worse than WMV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #7 August 7, 2006 QuoteDoubt your ISP will have streaming setup, let alone helix. WMV is ok, but mpeg4 is the best for quality vs compression. You can find free mpeg4 converters. Look for ipod video converters, it's the same file format. Mpeg4 in Quicktime Pro stinks. If you want to shell out cash, get Sorenson Squeeze. That has the majority of codecs out there with pre-sets that are great. And stay away from flash video. It's ok for streaming and is more cross platform (they say), but quality is worse than WMV. Virtually all ISP's offer a streaming server these days, but you're right, Helix is just about zeroed out. At identical bitrates sub 256, Flash is substantially superior to WMV. VC1 is better, but it doesn't look look at low bandwidth either. A lot of the quality encoding experience is content-dependent as well. Remember that any anomoly in the original is amplified significantly during encode. AVC (which is part of the MPEG 4 part 10 spec) is what the iPod vids are using, but it's not a ubiquitous codec, and won't play in most software or hardware devices. In other words, unlike wmv, it won't play virtually anywhere unless you've got QT or QT Alternative. Back to point, encode mp4 and wmv at identical bitrates sub 512Kpbs, and you'll find the wmv is superior if it's WM9 or newer. The DCT blocks allow for greater pixel counts and better deblocking of the frame data. Once you get above 1Mbps tho, wmv quickly loses the advantage unless embedding metadata is important. Microsoft still rules the metadata world for ease of use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
