H.264 export not working from CS3
 

Hoping to get some help. I haven't had the need to export in HD intil recently as all my projects have tended to be to DVD. Finally I need my HD function so my output looks as great as it does in the edit - however it isn't working. The end result cannot be played, even if I download different players other than Windows Media Player or Classic Media Player.
I am working in PAL and 25 fps but don't see that this will be much different to NTSC settings. I am exporting using Matrox Media Encoder and the settings are:
Format: H.264
PAL
640x360
25 [fps]
progressive
Square pixels
Thanks guys.
Sara

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

How about Quicktime? Any luck with that for playback?

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

No luck there either. I had downloaded the most recent quicktime but it still wasn't being recognised.

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

When I export with these settings, I get an error message "The profile could not be set, you should close the application and restart"
I also end up with 4 exported files from mymoviefile sequence - they being:
4513078 189,342 KB MPEG-4 video
4513078 2,995 KB AAC file
s2dg 192,282 KB File
mymoviefile 0 KB MPEG-4 Movie

Does this ring any bells for anyone?
Thanks
Sara

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

Hi
So long ago I used CS3 - I think I had some problems too exporting in HD H264. I got CS4 because I needed to export into HD

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

640x360 does not sound like HD.

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

I agree. In fact, in PAL countries like Australia, resolutions as high as 720x576 are only SD. What happens there is that the H.264 encoder in CS3 is either completely incapable of upconverting SD to HD (meaning that the source material would have to be already in HD - 1280x720, 1440x1080 or 1920x1080 - in order to encode in H.264 HD with CS3) or that the output settings are set too low for the HD encoder to work at all.

Re: H.264 export not working from CS3
 

Sara, not at my works computer but from memory, go into the Adobe Media encoder and choose h.264, then scroll down to the frame size and choose 1920 x 1080 or whatever your project is set at. Set the compression and hit export. I'll have a look when I get back to work and if it's any different I'll re post.

Just re-read your post, what's your project settings as 640 x 360 = half 1280 x 720?

Have you thought about Mpeg 2, and tried it with various bit rate settings?

Peter