On 3/1/15, Zos Xavius, discombobulated, unleashed: >You should just shoot progressive (30p or 60p) unless you really know >what you are doing as converting 1080 60i to 30p can be kind of a pain >in the rear. People shoot interlaced by choice still because they can >render it out at 60p with a slight loss in vertical resolution. A lot >of cameras (video and dslr) only have 60i as the maximum frame rate. >For fast movement it is smoother. Its also the NTSC broadcast standard >which most TVs interpolate into 60-120p. A lot of it comes down to >what kind of look you want. 24p is kind of jittery with hard pans and >fast camera movement but can look nice if used in a cinematic way with >careful camera movements.
If you have a Mac, 'Compressor' is a very good way of converting. 50 bucks. I use it constantly. <http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/compressor/> You don't need to have any editing software installed, you simply drag and drop the video file you want to encode, choose the output type - either many supplied presets or fully customisable - and off you go. For instance, I output my video as high res files from my editing software (FCP) but to send huge files of several GB each to a client is wasteful and a bore. So into Compressor to quickly turn it into (say) an MP4 file for sending by email or WeTransfer. HD full res video takes up a lot of space, and for simple assessment viewing, a smaller (say) 960X540 MP4 file is much better. Some clients using for web will readily take this size as final delivery! The encoding is first rate and very quick, depending on computing power. On a 4 yr old MacBook Pro it typically takes a me 90 seconds per video minute of 1920X1080 full res QT movie to pop out a web-ready MP4. Another indispensable app for video is Mpeg Streamclip (Mac and Windows) brilliant converter, well worth having. If you use a GoPro, you'll have to convert your files from the recorded MP4 to an editing codec like a Mov before bringing them into your editing software. Mpeg Streamclip does it very well and very quickly. And the best part - it's free. <http://www.squared5.com> HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
