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Posted by Bill on 02/23/07 13:53
Thanks for the useful information Frank.
I found out that, for some strange reason, Windows Media player does not
play back the 16/9 files correctly, but other video players, including
PowerDVD, do.
Frank wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:33:26 -0500, in 'rec.video.production',
> in article <Render HDV for playback on computer>,
> Bill <trash@chromehorse.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Okay. Now I've got the HDV video, captured by Premiere as HDV... how
>>can I best export the edited final version to a suitable format for
>>playback on computer? My googles have been fruitless.
>
>
> At one time or another, I've transcoded 720p and 1080i .m2t HDV files
> to almost every conceivable commonly used format, including those
> suitable for playback on the Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) as well
> as Flash Video (.flv), although I've always maintained the widescreen
> 16:9 aspect ratio. Essentially, you can convert the file to any video
> format that you wish, even downscaling it to SD if necessary.
>
> I don't know what format you've got the data in right now, perhaps
> it's raw .m2t or perhaps you're using the Cineform intermediate codec,
> or even something else (Avid, perhaps), but if you're not certain at
> this point in time exactly what you want to do with the file, or what
> you might want to do with it in the future, and you've got the disk
> space, save it as an uncompressed .avi. (This is where 750 GB external
> FireWire-attached HDDs come in handy.) At least that way, you'll have
> it to play with in the future.
>
>
>>I have an MP4 file-- it is a sample from the Panasonic HDV camera, and
>>it looks gorgeous playing on my computer. The Apple website tells me
>>that Quicktime can playback an MP4 file, but now to create one. Any
>>suggestions appreciated.
>
>
> Bill, an easy way to create MPEG-4 AVC/AAC files is to spring for the
> $29.99 Pro version of QuickTime. MPEG-4 AVC/AAC files created with
> QuickTime Player Pro will playback just fine in the free version of
> the QuickTime Player program, as well as the free VideoLAN VLC media
> player program and any other multimedia player program, including good
> old Windows Media Player, as long as you've got the appropriate codecs
> installed. If necessary, reduce the frame size (dimensions) so as to
> ensure smooth playback on a variety of systems - if you're going to
> distribute your work to others, especially via the Net.
>
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