MPEG-4 settings ?

[Tom_Borg]

Hi! Have you notice that now many important festivals accept films troug uploading them via internet?

The format they prefer is mpeg4
Avid xpress pro has an export option for mpeg-4. But htere are many different options!!! ANd the help manual doens´t explain how to preceed well.

Any recomendation for the case i have mentioned?

thousands thanks
//Tom

psd:

this is an example of the upload format in http://www.reelport.com :
Upload Format

Only the following two formats will be accepted:

MPEG2:

resolution 720x576/480 based on CCIR 601 Standard for Interlaced Video (25/30 fps) and for non-interlaced Video (24 fps)
(if possible) Bitrates > 2MBit/s
48kHz sound MPEG2-Audio or AC3 (if possible > 128 kBit/s)
support of anamorphe material 16:9 @ 720x576/480

MPEG4:

Quicktime 6 coded MPEG4-material
resolution 720x576/480 for 4:3 and 1024x576/480 for 16:9
Framerates 25/30(29,995) for Interlaced Video and 24 for progressive Video
48 kHz sound (if possible) > 96 kBit/s / 48 kBits per channel

Please Note: reelport will only accept films in these formats. Films in formats that do not match these specifications will not be accepted. If you cannot work with the above mentioned criteria, please send your film tape to each of the festivals you want to submit your film to. In this case, please don't forget to include the ID that was given to you by reelport.

 

[ElvisNTSC]

Personnally, I do a Quicktime reference and I export my movie. When the exportation is complete, I open my reference in Quicktime Pro directly then, I save the whole reference into Mpeg 4.

Actually, it the best way to keep the quality of your footage (because I use the quicktime reference you have done) and be able to compress it into MPEG4.

ElvisNTSC

 

[NoPun]

"Elvis", I could kiss you! Been suffering with the Avid mpeg4 export problem. Finally, some relief.

 

[ElvisNTSC]

*LOL* Yeah, this solution works if you want to do an export a build a DVD master with TmpegEnc and the Quicktime Plugin.

ElvisNTSC