C100: C100 Export Settings For Maximum Quality

[ollywood88]

Hi ALL,

Interested to hear from people who use the C100 and export to Vimeo and YouTube

Do you use Premiere Pro Preset [Editing in Premiere Pro] such as YouTube HD/Vimeo HD.

Or do people export 1080p - 25p/24p depending on where you are from? Or export via pro res?

Wanting the best quality from my footage

Thank you

 

[marvinhello]

This thread has some good info on export format for Vimeo/Youtube
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?317676-Best-file-format-for-vimeo
basically you don't have to stick with H.264, if file size/upload speed are not problem, you can use more sophisticated codec for better streaming quality.

If you have to use H.264, make sure you get the 'X264 Pro' plugin for Premiere Pro, the output quality is drastically better than Premiere's internal MainConcept encoder.

 

[ollywood88]

Thanks When Can I get the x264 plugin?

i have been reading about the AVC codec what file size are you looking?

Thanks

 

[marvinhello]

Thanks When Can I get the x264 plugin?

i have been reading about the AVC codec what file size are you looking?

Thanks

When? GET IT NOW!! hahaha, bit early to hit the pub eh? a simple Google search will do, http://www.x264pro.com/

AVC-Intra 100 has a bitrate of 100Mbps (10bit 422), roughly 12MB/s

 

[ollywood88]

ahah Sorry I meant where. Do you run it through a compressor to make it smaller size.

File size seems big but my internet connection here is terrible in the UK Download speed of 3.6mbps Upload of under 1 mbs more around 0.7.

Thanks

 

[Andrius Simutis]

When? GET IT NOW!! hahaha, bit early to hit the pub eh? a simple Google search will do, http://www.x264pro.com/

I thought X264 was a free open source codec, but these guys are charging $295 now?
Free: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html

 

[marvinhello]

I thought X264 was a free open source codec, but these guys are charging $295 now?
Free: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html

You pay for the seamless integration inside Adobe Premiere/Media Encoder, as well as various enhancements. I've been using and personally I think it's worth every penny.

 

[Saddler]

I use a Ninja 2 to record ProRes HQ from my C100. When I export for YouTube, I export a ProRes HQ master and then compress in Media Encoder (or you can directly send your sequence to Media Encoder from Premiere). Then I export at settings higher than the standards listed in the defaults by Adobe. Adobe essentially lists settings similar to the data rate used by YouTube (between 5-8 Mbps for 1080), but YouTube re-compresses again upon ingest for multiple resolutions and end user connection speeds. For 1080/24 I'd recommend h.264 compression of at least 15 with a high of 25 2-pass VBR. Checking Maximum Quality and the full color gamut (can't recall the setting's actual name) doesn't hurt either. If you google it, you can find the YouTube recommended settings page which lists the average settings (similar to the Adobe standard) and enterprise settings which are much higher, surpassing Blu-Ray data rates.