I use Sony Vegas, have since I started vlogging, there are a couple of versions of Vegas that will allow you to create an Ipod friendly format straight from Vegas...Platinum is one of them, I believe....the trouble with that option though, is that it will not fast start, so for the web it's useless. And I am not sure if it will work on the iphone, but it will play in an Ipod, etc. Another option is this...(assuming you really want an .264 video file)
Export out to an avi file, but make it custom, go under "Advanced Render", select the .avi file, select the "NTSC DV" and then select "Custom", when that comes up, select the video tab and change the field order to "none progessive scan", then in the template tab at the top, rename the "NTSC DV" to something like "New NTSC DV", then hit the save button and then hit ok. Then you can render out to that format....it's still compressing it, but it will not be noticable, (usually, I will get back to that later). as an fyi the reason why you want to select progressive scan is that for video on the web or for that matter for LCD's etc, it will look better once you convert it again. Ok, once you have created the .avi file with the above specs, if you have Quicktime pro, you can then select movie to ipod and you will be good to go....there are still some issues with that, like you can do any presets, etc, but you can create an mp4 file and customize it. Freevlog can explain that pretty well. (www.freevlog.com) look for the tuturials.... If any of this is a bit confusing, feel free to email me. heathparks[at]msn[dot]com Like I said, I have been using Vegas, since I started, 3 years ago. I use the pro version now, so I do have quite a bit of knowledge on this.....makes me realize, I should do a screencast on Vegas compression settings.... Heath http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Verdi" <michaelve...@...> wrote: > > You don't want to render your file twice if possible. When you edit in > Sony Vegas you want to edit in the codec you shot, i.e. DV. Then > export it from Vegas in that same codec (effectively making an exact > copy) and then compress it using H.264. > > If you are working with HD footage you probably have to transcode it > before editing. I use a Mac and shoot in HDV. I hate editing HDV so I > transcode it on the fly to the Apple Intermediate Codec when I capture > it in FCP. I haven't tried editing AVCHD but from my understanding > it's not great for editing either. I don't know what the options are > in Vegas but transcoding in FCP is done at such a high bit rate with a > great codec that it's essentially lossless (it's not actually lossless > but the differences must be minuscule). Either way, when I'm done > editing, I export in the codec that I used for editing (I archive > those files on my hard drive and then later DVDs - I have 4 spindles > of discs laying around) before compressing with H.264. > > You don't have to have QuickTime Pro to compress with H.264 but I > don't the options for Windows users. Maybe some of them will jump in > here. > > - Verdi > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM, RatbagMedia <ratbagra...@...> wrote: > > I own up to a lot of confusion. > > > > When you follow the dictates of various videoblogging expertise the > > h.264 codec is a standard recommendation. Not h.263 or just MPEG.4 but > > it has to be the Real McCoy. > > > > Assuming that's correct I have a couple of questions: > > > > (1) Can a file only be rendered to h.264 by using QuickTime Pro? > > > > (2) Since I edit in Sony Vegas (Platinum 9.0)I have to render my video > > file in SV first BEFORE processing it in QuickTime. So what is the > > best format to render the file in Sony Vegas (or some other video > > editor) before importing it into Quicktime for exporting as .mov? > > > > (3) Mac snobbery aside, since I render a file twice, this seems a lot > > of extra effort and lot more time for the sake of image quality and > > iTunes download options. > > > > dave riley > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://michaelverdi.com >
