m2t direct to QuickTime
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I need to deliver footage (almost raw...as I'll explain) but I currently have no way of transferring HDV footage (720p25) to another tape. As this is more for viewing the content (it's a host of kung fu sequences) rather than for quality and further editing purposes I'm going to deliver this as a Quicktime movie. The short amount of footage lasts around 16 mins which I captured via DVHScap leaving me with a m2t file. I've made an attempt at this by exporting this m2t file as a quicktime H.264 file...it's been encoding for almost 2 hours (with about 20 mins to go...and 200 data breaks?!). The resulting file will probably break 5gb and therefore not fit on a DVD. This footage needs to be seen on any version of QT (hence me going the H.264 route), so I need to know how I can then 'shrink' this QT file down?? Many thanks. |
Have you tried mpeg streamclip? A google for m2t and final cut brings a few posts where people used this. A 15minutes 720p shouldn't produce a 5GB file... even raw mpeg2 would be smaller.
Here's one of the tips that google brought up: http://finalcutpro.digitalmedianet.c...e.jsp?id=61807 Hope this helps Dino |
Cheers Dino - yes I use Mpeg Streamclip (and did so to export the DVHScap m2t files here).
In Finder the file states it's 4.59 gb on disc (just under 5gb in the end), which as you say is much too large. Might it be worth exporting again from QT as a quicktime movie (or even mpeg 4)? I've seen 20 min 1270 x 720 movies on this forum that are less than 500Mb and still very good quality...I'll take a browse at your link - cheers Dino. |
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I'll probably delete that file and start again with a lower rate - poss even via mpeg 4..oh well, new learning curves an all that! Cheers Dino. |
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Should I send this out of Mpeg streamclip to Compressor first perhaps? |
h.264 won't play back under Quicktime 6. It's only in Quicktime 7. Straight MP4 might play OK under QT6 but I don't think it handles high resolutions very well.
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