Yikes! my uploaded files isnt right!-anyone else..trouble with the bitvice multiplexi

Berzles

Berzles

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I was running very late last night when I finished the multiplexing and uploaed my file, so i didnt watch the entire thing. I noticed that the quality of the video was very poor (the audio sounded fine) but I didnt have any more time to mess with it so i went ahead and uploaded. The video is very pixelated.

I followed the instructions in the thread about using compressor and then using BitVice Helper. I also watched the video that explains the process and followed those guidelines.

I've tried it a second time now with the same results...which are..
1). very poor visual quality
2). The output'd file is double the length of the original... my movie is 5:59, when i play back the multiplexed file it holds the last frame of my movie for an additional 6mins.

This is based on playback in QT, which strangely will not give me the option of "Trim" to cut off the excess.

Any help would be very welcome.

I hope I can fix this and have the option of reuploading.

Thanks,
Berzles
 
I can't help with the tech. issue but I know Jarred extended the "grace" period of uploading till' Sunday. Anyone else have any idea why Berzles is having this problem?
 
Be methodical. First step, check it out in a different player - my quicktime won't play back .mpgs at all, for example. Download VLC off of Macupdate, and give it a whirl.
If the mpeg is in fact doing the same thing in both players, then try playing back the indvidiual files pre-joining. If the video looks bad before muxing, then it's the encoder, not the muxer.
I think that probably you'll find that your Compressor settings are not jiving with your project out of FCP somehow. Compressor is a very finicky program. Make sure to do a direct output from FCP, don't save to any intermediaries, because it kills your quality. And try to figure out what kind of 'bad' your image is. Noisy? Chroma wrong? Framerate?
Good luck.
 
Here's my problem:

I did everything "right." I made a true 16:9 MPEG-2 file right out of Premiere's built-in compressor, which I've already uploaded. It plays correctly in Windows Media Player 10, but plays "skinny" in Windows Media Player 9. Will a 4:3 letterboxed (not shot squeezed, shot 4:3 normal) MPEG-2 play more universally correct? What will most people be using to view the shorts for voting? What player should I be using as a universal "test bed?"
 
NBCshooter said:
Here's my problem:

I did everything "right." I made a true 16:9 MPEG-2 file right out of Premiere's built-in compressor, which I've already uploaded. It plays correctly in Windows Media Player 10, but plays "skinny" in Windows Media Player 9. Will a 4:3 letterboxed (not shot squeezed, shot 4:3 normal) MPEG-2 play more universally correct? What will most people be using to view the shorts for voting? What player should I be using as a universal "test bed?"
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I would burn a DVD (if you can) and try it on a 4:3 TV and a 16:9 TV. If it correctly shows on both TV's (letterbox with 4:3 and full screen with 16:9) then your file is fine. I think that Jarred will be changing the files into another format for the contest anyway, so I don't think it'll matter what player people use.
 
Thanks briceman. Yes, it did play correctly on a 4:3 TV in 16:9 mode. I'm most concerned that it plays correctly for voting, since that's the playback environment that is inconsistent and not fully "testable."
 
I have Nero Show time as it also plays MPEG 2 along with Media player 10 or use VLC it worked great during the Zombie shorts when one of the films would only play on this player .
Hope this helps.
Ian
 
I tried the VLC player. Same issues as with QT. I'm going back into FCP to retry the exports.
Thanks.
 
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