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PerroneFord wrote on 3/23/2010, 9:25 AM
Use motion Jpeg. Should be just fine.
PeterWright wrote on 3/23/2010, 9:28 AM
Thanks Perrone - I'll try that and report back ....

Peter
Coursedesign wrote on 3/23/2010, 7:12 PM
Unless you'll be rendering video for dial-up users, don't use Sorenson 3.

It is terrible at higher bit rates.
farss wrote on 3/23/2010, 7:26 PM
Let us know how you go PLEASE.
I too have had no end of dramas with FCE.
Thankfully the guy has seen the light and bought Vegas except now I've lost plausable deniability. What was I thinking :(

Bob.
PeterWright wrote on 3/23/2010, 8:07 PM
Will do ... I'm waiting to hear back Bob - I used MJPEG A inside the ,mov wrapper - not sure how this differs from MJPEG B.
craftech wrote on 3/23/2010, 8:16 PM
A few years ago it became apparent to me that Sony took a back seat approach to Quicktime implementation and .mov files in general. So I invested in Sorenson Squeeze. It works very well. Sorenson 3 is not a codec to scoff at. Not when done by Squeeze. It will produce a quality video file of an incredibly small size. Perfect for sending over the web to someone. Just don't use Vegas to create it.

John
Coursedesign wrote on 3/23/2010, 9:13 PM
I have Squeeze 6, and find it to output the best-looking video with a clear difference for many formats, and the user interface is fabulous. A bit pricey though for those who aren't upgrading (I started with V4, thank God).

But Sorenson 3? That codec was optimized for low bit rates 10 years ago, and I can't see any reason to use it today (it was actually based on en early draft of h.264). Why not just use h.264? The implementation in Squeeze 6 especially is stunning.

craftech wrote on 3/23/2010, 9:22 PM
I have Squeeze 4.5. They have an upgrade for $299 right now to version 6. I also have the VP6 plugin that works very well.

If you need a really small file size I don't know of anything that will produce comparable quality to SVQ3. I am talking about a file that is only a couple of MB.

John
PeterWright wrote on 3/24/2010, 2:36 AM
Well, the MJPEG .mov wouldn't go into FCE either. Apparently he could play it ok on his Mac, but FCE wouldn't accept it.

Can FCE take HD files - this is 1280 x 720 - could that be it?

I was going to try a H264 version, but inside my .mov Custom tab I only have H261 and H263. Not sure why.
Rory Cooper wrote on 3/24/2010, 3:19 AM
I use TMPGnc 4 .......select Photo – JPEG select optimize for streaming check RFC 2035
Coursedesign wrote on 3/24/2010, 5:28 AM
FCE can only read DV, HDV, AVCHD files.

He could use the free and great MPEG Streamclip program to convert the video you sent to one of those formats.