H.264 codec

evm wrote on 7/15/2008, 5:25 PM

I am trying to upload some HD video to Vimeo.com. Vimeo suggests you upload video encoded with the H.264 codec. I can't find this codec anywhere in Vegas 8. Is there another codec in Vegas that is comparable for HD video compression/quality? Can I somehow get Vegas to render to H.264? Thanks for your help.

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john-beale wrote on 7/15/2008, 9:37 PM

It's confusing because there are different names for the same thing. In Vegas, rendering to the AVC format uses the H.264 codec.

Render -> Save as type: Main Concept AVC/AAC (*.mp4)

H.264 is also known as MPEG-4 AVC. If you want to learn more about it, see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264

daryl wrote on 7/16/2008, 6:56 AM

I am really interested in this matter. A church i do some video for requires Quicktime .mov files. I use Quicktime Pro with great results, but I would rather do it from inside VP8. I have not found a render setting using either the Main Concept or the Sony AVC, the result in either ugly video, or 4X the file size compared to QT Pro. If I use the Quicktime render in VP8, I don't have an h.264 option, only h.261 and h.263. Is there a reason that SCS doesn't include h.264 in the QT render list?