Export settings for Exporting from CS4 at DVinfo.net

William Ellwood · February 10th, 2009, 11:54 AM

Hi folks
I've just made my first HDV movie with my Z5. Can anyone tell me which settings would be good for exporting the movie for Vimeo or Youtube? My fist attempt produced a 950mb file for the 4 minute movie!

I will show of course show my level of camera skill (first shoot with the Z5, first editing with CS4) after I get the movie uploaded...

Thanks Billy

Jo Ouwejan · February 10th, 2009, 12:56 PM

For YouTube I do not know, but for Vimeo:
H.264 codec, 24 fps, Data Rate 5000 kbits/sec, 1280x720 pixels, De-interlaced, Audio 44,100 kHz, 128 kbps.
Which can be found easily on Vimeo itself . . .

William Ellwood · February 10th, 2009, 05:36 PM

Thank you Jo.
I take it this is good for Pal. I'll have a play next time I am at the edit rig.

Jo Ouwejan · February 11th, 2009, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William Ellwood

Thank you Jo.
I take it this is good for Pal. I'll have a play next time I am at the edit rig.

Oops! I took you for someone from the US and that is why I specified 24 fps. And of course that should be 25 fps for PAL . . .

William Ellwood · March 24th, 2009, 05:16 AM

Well here is my first Vimeo HD export from Premiere CS4. It is at 5mbs, 1280x720, audio at 48k I think, and in PAL 25fps. It might be deinterlaced.

I didn't do the camera on this one.

Your Note Said It All on Vimeo

Jo Ouwejan · March 24th, 2009, 08:51 AM

So you've lost some of your hair over the years, have you not?
Or is this the wrong remark at the proper time?
I got so confused . . .

Bill Ackerman · March 24th, 2009, 12:29 PM

Nicely done!

What video bit-rate did you use on export?

Resham Singh · March 24th, 2009, 12:46 PM

great video........as it was your first video......did you film it in manual mode or auto?

William Ellwood · March 24th, 2009, 05:40 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

The settings on Premiere CS4 were: (and these are on the export settings box)
Note - I don't know how good these are or if they can be tuned better.

Format H.264
PAL 1280x720 pixels
25 FPS
Field order - none - Progressive
Pixel aspect ratio - square pixels
Profile - main
Level 3.1

Bitrate settings:
Bitrate encoding - VBR 1 pass
Target bitrate 5Mbps
Maximum bitrate 8Mbps

Audio AAC
Codec AAC
Stereo 48kHz
Audio quality - high
Bitrate 128kbps
Precedence - bitrate

Resham - the cam would have been in manual mode for everything.

Bill Ackerman · March 25th, 2009, 01:56 AM

I don't get it, Billy. Per the Vimeo FAQ, I use almost the same settings except for 24fps and level 4.1, but even if I change to exactly the same as you I get much, much bigger files. For example, I have a movie a little over a minute long that is probably a little more static than yours (hence more compressible). At your settings, it is over 40MB. The only way I seem to be able to cut it down to 5MB is to lower the bitrate to .5MBps. ?????

William Ellwood · March 25th, 2009, 02:02 AM

My 5 minute movie is 188mb Bill. I think the 5Mbps is the speed of data transfer, not the total filesize.
Cheers

Bill Ackerman · March 25th, 2009, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William Ellwood

My 5 minute movie is 188mb Bill. I think the 5Mbps is the speed of data transfer, not the total filesize.
Cheers

My mistake. Thanks.

Christopher Warwick · April 22nd, 2009, 01:56 PM

Does anyone know if these are the same settings for a 'plus' member (ie. paid up members get higher video quality).

Thanks,

Chris

William Ellwood · April 22nd, 2009, 03:38 PM

The answer I think is yes - I doubt you get superior encoding extras just because you're a plus member, not in HD anyway. I've not looked at the fine print mind! I know you can upload as many hi def files you like etc... not just one a week.
I use HDV. I've set the audio freq to 44k to minimise any lip sync possibilities.

I'd like to see a guide for a little embellishement of the settings I've got to export to Vimeo from CS4.

Like Video, profile - baseline, main or high?
Like Video, level - 1 up to 5.1. Which is the best?
Like bitrate settings - CBR, VBR 1 or 2 pass?
Like target bitrate and max bitrate?

February 10th, 2009, 11:54 AM	#1
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	Export settings for Exporting from CS4 Hi folks I've just made my first HDV movie with my Z5. Can anyone tell me which settings would be good for exporting the movie for Vimeo or Youtube? My fist attempt produced a 950mb file for the 4 minute movie! I will show of course show my level of camera skill (first shoot with the Z5, first editing with CS4) after I get the movie uploaded... Thanks Billy __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

February 10th, 2009, 05:36 PM	#3
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	Thank you Jo. I take it this is good for Pal. I'll have a play next time I am at the edit rig. __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

March 24th, 2009, 05:16 AM	#5
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	Well here is my first Vimeo HD export from Premiere CS4. It is at 5mbs, 1280x720, audio at 48k I think, and in PAL 25fps. It might be deinterlaced. I didn't do the camera on this one. Your Note Said It All on Vimeo __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

March 24th, 2009, 12:29 PM	#7
Bill Ackerman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Rio Chango, Brazil Posts: 112	Nicely done! What video bit-rate did you use on export? Last edited by Bill Ackerman; March 24th, 2009 at 01:02 PM.

March 24th, 2009, 05:40 PM	#9
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	Thanks for the comments guys. The settings on Premiere CS4 were: (and these are on the export settings box) Note - I don't know how good these are or if they can be tuned better. Format H.264 PAL 1280x720 pixels 25 FPS Field order - none - Progressive Pixel aspect ratio - square pixels Profile - main Level 3.1 Bitrate settings: Bitrate encoding - VBR 1 pass Target bitrate 5Mbps Maximum bitrate 8Mbps Audio AAC Codec AAC Stereo 48kHz Audio quality - high Bitrate 128kbps Precedence - bitrate Resham - the cam would have been in manual mode for everything. __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

February 10th, 2009, 12:56 PM	#2
Jo Ouwejan Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Veenendaal, Holland Posts: 225	For YouTube I do not know, but for Vimeo: H.264 codec, 24 fps, Data Rate 5000 kbits/sec, 1280x720 pixels, De-interlaced, Audio 44,100 kHz, 128 kbps. Which can be found easily on Vimeo itself . . .

March 24th, 2009, 08:51 AM	#6
Jo Ouwejan Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Veenendaal, Holland Posts: 225	So you've lost some of your hair over the years, have you not? Or is this the wrong remark at the proper time? I got so confused . . .

March 24th, 2009, 12:46 PM	#8
Resham Singh Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 27	great video........as it was your first video......did you film it in manual mode or auto?

March 25th, 2009, 01:56 AM	#10
Bill Ackerman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Rio Chango, Brazil Posts: 112	I don't get it, Billy. Per the Vimeo FAQ, I use almost the same settings except for 24fps and level 4.1, but even if I change to exactly the same as you I get much, much bigger files. For example, I have a movie a little over a minute long that is probably a little more static than yours (hence more compressible). At your settings, it is over 40MB. The only way I seem to be able to cut it down to 5MB is to lower the bitrate to .5MBps. ?????

March 25th, 2009, 02:02 AM	#11
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	My 5 minute movie is 188mb Bill. I think the 5Mbps is the speed of data transfer, not the total filesize. Cheers __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

April 22nd, 2009, 01:56 PM	#13
Christopher Warwick Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Roma, Italy Posts: 83	Does anyone know if these are the same settings for a 'plus' member (ie. paid up members get higher video quality). Thanks, Chris

April 22nd, 2009, 03:38 PM	#14
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	The answer I think is yes - I doubt you get superior encoding extras just because you're a plus member, not in HD anyway. I've not looked at the fine print mind! I know you can upload as many hi def files you like etc... not just one a week. I use HDV. I've set the audio freq to 44k to minimise any lip sync possibilities. I'd like to see a guide for a little embellishement of the settings I've got to export to Vimeo from CS4. Like Video, profile - baseline, main or high? Like Video, level - 1 up to 5.1. Which is the best? Like bitrate settings - CBR, VBR 1 or 2 pass? Like target bitrate and max bitrate? __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.