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Posted by Scubajam on 10/02/87 11:42
I just finished a 30 minute spoof of Gilligan's Island we called
Hooligan's Island. Shot with Sony HD HVR A1U camera, Firewire into
computer and edited in HD on Ulead Media Studio Pro 8 (it uses a proxy
file of lower definition for editing in real time, then renders from
the original HD). I went HD all the way, until final creation of mpg
for DVD. I rendered multi-pass at 8000 VBR. Quality is excellent.
Final file is 1.5 gig for 30 minutes. Burned on Taiyo Yuden media. I
also rendered a HD file, but the only way to play back HD at this time
is to Firewire back to camcorder and burn a HD MiniDV tape. Then must
use camcorder as deck for playback into HD TV. It took 6 hours to
render on a AMD 64 3000+ with 2G RAM, using multiple harddrives (one
for original, render to 2nd, both different from C drive with operating
system, always saves time).
Use software that allows you to specifiy VBR rate, not one that decides
based on length of show. If necessary, use Dual Layer media for longer
files. Use multi-pass encoding at a high bitrate Remember GIGO, start
with quality images. Remember also, that the multi-pass encoding and
higher bitrate are critical for moving images or fast action. If your
images are mostly static or slow panning/moving then it'll look better
at lower rates. There's a LOT of variables in the equation.
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