Steven Reid
November 11th, 2010, 08:23 PM
This isn't really Vegas specific, but since I edit on it, I figured that I'd post my question here. For a ~7 minute short, I'm providing a client an ISO image of an authored DVD, for burning onto whatever discs they want. No problem. Also, they want my raw footage (HDV). Also, no problem.
They also want an HD master of the edited short, which at some point they might compress into various formats, e.g., for streaming Web video, and/or for handing over to a TV station. Right now, they don't know exactly where it will go, so the idea is to provide a universally adaptable master.
My source footage is HDV and I edit on Cineform avi's. What should the master be? Uncompressed avi is ridiculously large. Lagarith is obviously a better choice, and it appears from a quick test that a PC without that codec installed can at least play the rendered avi in Windows Media Player. This looks good to me. However, is there a better way to provide an HD master?
TIA,
Steve
They also want an HD master of the edited short, which at some point they might compress into various formats, e.g., for streaming Web video, and/or for handing over to a TV station. Right now, they don't know exactly where it will go, so the idea is to provide a universally adaptable master.
My source footage is HDV and I edit on Cineform avi's. What should the master be? Uncompressed avi is ridiculously large. Lagarith is obviously a better choice, and it appears from a quick test that a PC without that codec installed can at least play the rendered avi in Windows Media Player. This looks good to me. However, is there a better way to provide an HD master?
TIA,
Steve