Re: Hi, my first post-compressor

Great site.
I have a record company and own a copy of FCP studio but am a beginner (for all intents and purposes).
I do use compressor but get asked to convert files in all manner of different formats.
Would anyone be willing to help me get the settings up on compressor that I require as I get confused at the more detailed aspects?

In pre-empting your help these are conversions i need to do:
I have flip4mac installed for avi and the original file is an HD quicktime.

OPTION1
AVI File Spec

TRANSCODE QUALITY RAW FILE

CONTAINER

File Container:

AVI

File Extension:

.avi

VIDEO

Dimensions:

800x600 4:3 Square Pixels

BitRate:

Uncompressed

Frame Rate:

25 FPS

Interlacing

De-interlaced

Codec:

YUY2

Bitrate Type:

CBR

AUDIO

Codec:

WAV

BitRate:

PCM

Sample Rate:

48000

Channels:

Stereo

Normalisation:

Normalised to 0 DB



Option 2

MPEG File Spec

HIGH QUALITY RAW FILE

CONTAINER

File Container:

MPEG2

File Extension:

.mpg

VIDEO

Dimensions:

800x600 4:3 Square Pixels

BitRate:

50MBps

Frame Rate:

25 FPS

Interlacing

De-interlaced

Codec:

Mpeg2

Bitrate Type:

VBR

AUDIO

Codec:

Mpeg1 layer2

Bitrate:

384 KBps

Sample Rate:

48000

Channels:

Stereo

Normalisation:

Normalised to 0 DB



3rd option
Aspect Ratio - 4:3 or 16:9 in a 4:3 Letter box



Pixel Ratio 576x720





The file format we get is created using Flipfactory with the Matrox Video For Windows codec:



Video: AVI using the Matrox DV/DVCAM codec 720x576 @ 25fps



Audio: AVI using Uncompressed AVI stream 2ch @ 48kHz





Sound needs to peak at -6db



many thanks in advance

ptp

I am sorry, this all seems a bit confusing to me (and to others as well, I think).

So what is your exact question ?

1. You say you have an HD QT video you need to convert ? What kind of "HD" format is that exactly ? There are SO many HD formats and flavors nowadays. Is that your source video ?

2. You say 'the file format we get is an AVI DV PAL. Or is this your source video ?

3. What is the exact output format you want to get out of Compressor ? You mention AVI Uncompressed and MPEG2 Raw (there's no such thing). Is this correct ?

Please clarify your question and we will try to assist you.

Best wishes,

Ronny

Hi, sorry for the delay
My source file is
HD quicktime
1920×1080
Photo J Peg compression
25 fps
about 83% quality.

Different people/services ask for different types of file.
In my original post option1 has been asked by one company and option 2 by another.
The problem could be that their info is incorrect, but thats what i dont know.

does this help?