Export WMV problems!!!

Eatsnax

Eatsnax

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Hey all this is very frustrating.

I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard and I'm using FCS 2. In FCP I want to export to WMV because I have to give the video to a client that is running PC.

I use 'QT Conversion' under export. When I choose WMV, no matter what I do it only renders 29 secs!! WHY?! I've done everything from setting in and out points, to not doing that. Even rebooting. No matter what I do it wont render the entire timeline. It'll render from the in point and stop at 29 secs. Any clues as to why and what I should do?

Also, any other suggestions for sending to PC? I've tried rendering to AVI but when I do it looks HORRIABLE!! I mean so bad that it hurts my eyes. Maybe there is a certian setting I should use under AVI? Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance!
Mike
 
More than likely its cause you have the demo version of Flip4mac which only renders like 30 secs. Whats wrong with giving them quicktime to use on a pc?
 
I just realized your right its threw Flip for Mac and it is a demo. Can you tell me how to properly make a QT file that qill have no probs running on windows. I rendered a QT with a DV/DVC PRO compression and it looks like crap!! Then I did it with a Apple Pro Res Codec and that wont play on a PC. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the reply by the way.
 
h.264 is what you should use on the web. If your master sequence is HD, export a self contained HD QT movie and then compress that using H.264 in compressor.

If you only have FCP, export using QT conversion.

If it is an SD sequence, I would suggest you consider 'mastering' atleast the titles and color correction in an HD sequence before compressing for the web - use a good codec like prores or DVCPROHD. This workflow will give you cleaner titles and potentially cleaner footage depending on the amount of effects.

If time is of the essence, you could use the Prores version you liked and then compress that with QT pro or compressor using the H.264 codec.


One more point on the settings - key frame every 10 seconds, keep bit rate to about 800 if using 640x320, audio could be 32khz, mono, and always use 2 pass VBR for best results.


Jason
 
another format to consider is Mpeg 2.
prob. not as nice of quality.

ive been delivering that to a PC client and it seems to work well


shawn
 
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