Vegas Pro 12 with Canon C100 - rendering master HD files

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Rob Newton

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I would appreciate your feedback on a couple of rendering questions.

When I was using the Sony HVR-Z5U with Vegas I would always render a master archival file of the finished videos to M2T. For the internet I used Main Concept MP4. For HDV seemed to be as good as it got. Now that I'm using the Canon C100 with Vegas I'm having trouble deciding which file type to use for the HD master files. How are you rendering your master files?

As for the internet, Main Concept MP4 just isn't cutting it with the AVCHD files for some reason, (most likely operator error). On playback the files tend to break up. Sony MP4 is better, though as you can see here, not perfect - http://youtu.be/VwUx6CYZlcE

What advice do you have. Thanks!

Rob
www.newtonproductions.ca
 
Thanks for your quick response. My clients are using these files for internet and intranet, so the MP4 files work well for that. I have been archiving them in the event that some may eventually want to use them, or portions of them for other purposes, possibly including broadcast.

However, I also produce documentaries. The local Rogers Cable in Ottawa did broadcast one of my docs several times, but only asked for MP4 files. But looking forward I do intend to submit my new films to other broadcast entities. I'll be adding the Ninja or some other external recorder to the C100 for them.

Forgot to mention that I've tried AVI 1080 24P, and while it worked well, and looked great, the file size for a 7:04 video was 39 gigs. On an 88 minute doc it would be approaching 500 gigs, so too large to be practical.
 
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For Archival purposes I use the Cineform CODEC which preserves everything in my final edit. The free AVID DNxHD CODEC also serves the same purpose.

For Delivery purposes, I usually output to the exact specs required by the client. If no specs are given, then I use either MPEG-2 for older systems or MPEG-4 for newer systems. Both of these are "playback" formats, so they throw away a lot of information in order to achieve a very small file size. ( i.e. you would NEVER want to edit with either of these formats )
 
@ TheDingo - Thanks for the tip re using the Avid DNxHD - great image quality and reasonable file size. Much appreciated.
 
@ eiker_ir - Thanks to you also for the tip re Avid DNxHD and for the link to the tutorial by John Rofrano. It worked great and I'll use it going forward.
 
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