Okay, here's a question for the group - or maybe specifically for musicvid.
What about 1920x1080 60p? More cameras are beginning to shoot to this format and I'm not able to find a good intermediate render as a source for HandBrake. Neither DNxHD or MXF will allow me to match the 1920x1080 60p project/source clip settings (am I missing something basic here?).
So, I my conclusion is to render using MainConcept AVC/AAC encoder to a high bitrate mp4 and use that as the source for HandBrake.
On the other hand, maybe the way to do this is to let Vegas reduce the fps to 30p, then DNxHD & MXF are options. After all, the end-result will be 1280x720 30p. (although it would be nice to host "action shots" via JW Player at 60p).
You are the man! Worked great. Because there was not a 59.94 fps Progressive option in the DNxHD config, I thought it was not allowed. I chose the 1080p 25fps option in the DNxHD config & 59.94 fps in the "Quicktime 7" panel - and it worked like a champ! All the way thru a HandBrake Render @ 59.94 fps.
The following screen capture is for anyone else who needs to solve the same issue:
"Did you have to select "Same as Source" frame rate in Handbrake to get that 59.94?Yes, I did select "Same as Source". I'm not sure I understand your comment about VFR, but it's interesting that somehow the Frame Rate got changed from constant to variable in the HandBrake render.
Starting with the post 8 posts up, the process is explained (although the question was for 1080 60p rather than 30p). Specifically here's a screenprint.
This might be worth a challenge from others, but I think your deinterlace settings should be set to "none" - no deinterlacing is being done. You're not de-interlacing.
"This might be worth a challenge from others, but I think your deinterlace settings should be set to "none" - no deinterlacing is being done. You're not de-interlacing."Replying to my own post, I've set up a new thread to discuss this here: Resizing on Render
On the HandBrake "Video" tab, you can increase the CQ:RF or decrease the Avg Bitrate to reduce your file size. You will probably have to go thru some trial & error to get the smallest file with the best quality. Hint: start at an RF=30 and reduce from there if you're looking for as small, low bitrate media file.
Can someone shed a little more light to how the Constant Quality RF settings compares to the Bitrates I'm used to?
I just rendered a music video at Constant Quality RF: 20 and got a file the size of 60MB and it looks VERY similar to an AVC encode from Vegas at 6000kbps. But that renders file size is 160MB!!!
The one disadvantage of Constant Quality is that there is no accurate connection between the CQ setting and conventional variable bitrates, nor can one predict the final average bitrate. The biggest advantage is that it optimizes quality in half the time and more efficiently than conventional vbr.
So how do I get better quality? I have a video that is full of fades and it looks really bad when compressed. Or is simply impossible to get it to look good when compressed to mp4 for playback on my computer (with CQ RF slider)? Or are you only referring about uploading it to Vimeo or Youtube?
Nothing you can do about it for YouTube. Time to get creative with the transitions! But unfortunately when you start trying to replace dissolves/fades with anything else, things get cheesy very quickly. Anyone got any suggestions for a classy substitute for a dissolve/fade, that won't generate into a mess of blocks and pixellation on YT?
Yes it's on Vimeo at the moment (private as it's not released yet). It's not bad at all if you look at it without going full screen. Just was wondering if there was anything more that could be done to enhance :) I don't use Youtube that much anymore due to the bad quality.
"Just was wondering if there was anything more that could be done to enhance"You could always host the video yourself. Click HERE for a 2Mbps version of musicvid's test video.