Hi folks,
I'm preparing some videos to upload to Google Video. We've discussed this before but things have moved on. Also I only want to discuss the best video format for uploading, not Google Video itself.
My Source Footage:
My source material is PAL DV-AVI (video 720 x 576 interlaced 25 fps, audio stereo 48khz 16bps). I want to retain as much of the quality as possible.
What Google Say:
According to the help files Google prefer the following upload formats:
MPEG4 with MP3 audio
Scrubbing MPEG2 off the list for file-size reasons, I'm looking at MPEG4 with, I guess, MP4 audio preferred.
Tools I've Got Already:
Vegas 6's built-in MPEG4 AVC/AAC encoder
Nero Recode 2 (Nero Digital H.264 codec)
DivX Pro 5.2.1 (and i could upgrade this to 6 for $4.99)
Wouldn't mind getting Xvid or Quicktime Pro or whatever if it gave me an advantage.
My Questions:
1. Which encoder would be currently recommended?
2. How does the Sony AVC/AAC codec stack up against Nero Digital?
3. What are my options for MP4 audio (or MP3) so I can give Google what they want? (seems Nero codec is AAC-only audio as well as the Sony one)
4. I've heard that Google re-encode in any case, so I may as well encode at the maximum possible resolution and original framerate, just deinterlacing. Any thoughts?
5. Detailed Nero Recode guidance would be most welcome. Tutorials I've found focus either on HD encoding or on making DVDs.
Thanks, Nick
I'm preparing some videos to upload to Google Video. We've discussed this before but things have moved on. Also I only want to discuss the best video format for uploading, not Google Video itself.
My Source Footage:
My source material is PAL DV-AVI (video 720 x 576 interlaced 25 fps, audio stereo 48khz 16bps). I want to retain as much of the quality as possible.
What Google Say:
According to the help files Google prefer the following upload formats:
MPEG4 with MP3 audio
Scrubbing MPEG2 off the list for file-size reasons, I'm looking at MPEG4 with, I guess, MP4 audio preferred.
Tools I've Got Already:
Vegas 6's built-in MPEG4 AVC/AAC encoder
Nero Recode 2 (Nero Digital H.264 codec)
DivX Pro 5.2.1 (and i could upgrade this to 6 for $4.99)
Wouldn't mind getting Xvid or Quicktime Pro or whatever if it gave me an advantage.
My Questions:
1. Which encoder would be currently recommended?
2. How does the Sony AVC/AAC codec stack up against Nero Digital?
3. What are my options for MP4 audio (or MP3) so I can give Google what they want? (seems Nero codec is AAC-only audio as well as the Sony one)
4. I've heard that Google re-encode in any case, so I may as well encode at the maximum possible resolution and original framerate, just deinterlacing. Any thoughts?
5. Detailed Nero Recode guidance would be most welcome. Tutorials I've found focus either on HD encoding or on making DVDs.
Thanks, Nick