Re: Which Codec to use

I was using h.264 for all my projects.

I created this 19 minute project for work that has a background gradient that goes from a light blue to dark blue.

When I output to h.264, the gradient is an unattractive mess. I tried to play around with some other codecs. Nothing helped it to look better.

Any thoughts?

Why are you used H.264, what is your final delivery?

--ken

For this particular project, we plan to show it in full 1080i HD on a 42inch HDTV.

Usually, our projects get rendered for web use and digital distribution, to explain the H.264

Not necessarily trying to play H.264 content to a 42" HDTV. Just was playing around with different codecs to try and eliminate the bizarre banding that is being created by the gradient.

Since we are accustomed to outputting in H.264, I planned to do that first, merely for archival purposes (and who knows, maybe someday after the review on the HDTV, we'll eventually post this content to the web).