The original footage is a 1947 16mm film. A local movie company transferred it to DVD for us a few years back. We ripped the DVD into iMovie in order to put text placards at the beginning and end to explain what the footage is.
We are planning to put it on our podcast feed and in our iTunes U store and as I understand it, the preferred format for those files is MP4. HM Heather Marie Wells Collections Assistant/Podcast Producer Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Springdale, AR 72764 Phone: (479) 750-8165 http://www.springdalear.gov/shiloh/ http://twitter.com/ShilohMuseum -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Bartolini [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:40 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Video advice Heather- What is your intended output for this video (does it have to be below a certain size?), and what is the video content? Is it actual video (from a DV camera or similar) or is it animation, or a combination of different sources? Your best option for pristine quality (and subsequently a large file size) is to use .MOV as the container and Animation as the codec. Though I'm a little uncertain as to how many options iMovie gives you in the export function. // Daniel On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Heather Marie Wells < hmwells at springdalear.gov> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for suggested settings when exporting a video from iMovie. > Currently I've been using the export using QuickTime option but the > resulting MP4 file looks really pixilated. > > I can't figure out if I'm using a bad frame rate, a bad bit rate, a bad > output dimension or what. I've tried playing around with the settings but > nothing seems to be any better. > > The previewed video in iMovie looks great so it's rather frustrating. > > Any ideas on settings? > > HM > > Heather Marie Wells > Collections Assistant/Podcast Producer > Shiloh Museum of Ozark History > Springdale, AR 72764 > Phone: (479) 750-8165 > http://www.springdalear.gov/shiloh/ > http://twitter.com/ShilohMuseum > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
