exporting to Quicktime at DVinfo.net

Andzei Matsukevits · February 10th, 2007, 12:45 PM

I need to export my HDV project into quicktime format for internet, so it could be downloaded, 1min=10mb is ok, but not more.
How can i do that?
Should i use adobe media encoder? If yes, which settings should i use?

thanks a lot!

Steven Gotz · February 10th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Do you need to post a huge HDV frame, or something more reasonable like a 400X224 frame?

The smaller frame will allow you to use a 1024K data rate in the Adobe Media Encoder and have the file come out at 8MB for one minute.

If you are going to export to Quicktime on a regular basis, I recomend that you purchase Sorenson Squeeze to get a much higher quality.

David Tamés · February 10th, 2007, 07:47 PM

For QuickTime files, the highest quality Codec available is H.264 (a.k.a. MPEG-4 Part 10) codec along with AAC for the audio. I've posted the settings I like to use when exporting QuickTime QVGA (320x240) H.264 movies in this article: Secret recipe for amazing image quality video downloads. Have fun!

Another option to consider for web video that is more universal than QuickTime is FLV (Flash 8) files, however, if you want to be Video iPod compatible, stick with QuickTime.

Both QuickTime/H.264 and Flash 8 movies require quite a bit of processing power for playback (decompression) so older machines will have trouble playing 30fps movies. That's one reason why I make most movies 15fps, in order to optimize for spatial quality over temportal quality.

February 10th, 2007, 12:45 PM	#1
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	exporting to Quicktime I need to export my HDV project into quicktime format for internet, so it could be downloaded, 1min=10mb is ok, but not more. How can i do that? Should i use adobe media encoder? If yes, which settings should i use? thanks a lot!

February 10th, 2007, 05:07 PM	#2
Steven Gotz Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 1,520	Do you need to post a huge HDV frame, or something more reasonable like a 400X224 frame? The smaller frame will allow you to use a 1024K data rate in the Adobe Media Encoder and have the file come out at 8MB for one minute. If you are going to export to Quicktime on a regular basis, I recomend that you purchase Sorenson Squeeze to get a much higher quality. __________________ Steven Gotz http://www.stevengotz.com

February 10th, 2007, 07:47 PM	#3
David Tamés Kino-Eye Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 457	For QuickTime files, the highest quality Codec available is H.264 (a.k.a. MPEG-4 Part 10) codec along with AAC for the audio. I've posted the settings I like to use when exporting QuickTime QVGA (320x240) H.264 movies in this article: Secret recipe for amazing image quality video downloads. Have fun! Another option to consider for web video that is more universal than QuickTime is FLV (Flash 8) files, however, if you want to be Video iPod compatible, stick with QuickTime. Both QuickTime/H.264 and Flash 8 movies require quite a bit of processing power for playback (decompression) so older machines will have trouble playing 30fps movies. That's one reason why I make most movies 15fps, in order to optimize for spatial quality over temportal quality. __________________ David Tames { blog: http://Kino-Eye.com twitter: @cinemakinoeye }