Rendering for mobile devices

goodtimej wrote on 6/3/2008, 2:17 PM

I am creating a project for a client that he also wants rendered out for mobile devices.
My question is, what is the safest, most common render and size that will work on the widest array of players, mostly mp3 video players. Thanks

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craftech wrote on 6/3/2008, 6:04 PM

Download the freeware SUPER @

It will render all of the portable device formats including those for Ipods, cell phones, etc.

John

Himanshu wrote on 6/3/2008, 6:15 PM

Here are some links I've collected over time:

Nokia devices.

Apple iPod video format.

Wikipedia CIF file format info.

Hope that helps. Let us know which format you go with.

ushere wrote on 6/3/2008, 7:06 PM

i regularly use the built in .mp4 renderer in vegas for a number of web / device based clients. no problems so far...

leslie

farss wrote on 6/3/2008, 10:21 PM

This is where Adobe have the game sewn up. Device Central lets you see exactly how your video will look and work on just about every device know to man. For a lot of stuff it mighn't matter much but if it's corporate and on some devices the logo gets cut off or cannot be read the client might not be too happy.

Bob.

MUTTLEY wrote on 6/3/2008, 11:47 PM

I've dug around but are there any settings that I should change from Vegas' default iPod to look better and work better with the widescreen on the iPhone and iTouch?

- Ray
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goodtimej wrote on 6/3/2008, 11:49 PM

I suppose that I was wondering on dimensions as well?

Himanshu wrote on 6/4/2008, 3:36 PM

goodtimej,

The links I posted contain resolution information.

goodtimej wrote on 6/6/2008, 12:05 AM

thx for all your help

goodtimej wrote on 6/15/2008, 11:49 AM

Allright, well I have a real problem here. I render out an .mp4 now, probably 5 minutes long, as the 320 x 240 ipod video preset. I sent it to my client and he says the video doesn't play. It makes him re-encode it and then the audio is not present. UGHHHHHH!!! Can someone please help me? Does anyone have experience in this realm?

goodtimej wrote on 6/15/2008, 12:55 PM

I don't know if this matters, but here goes:

I am rendering from an NTSC DV widescreen timeline and choosing Main Concept .mp4 320 x 240. Do you think it would make a difference (fix it) if I instead made a NTSC DV timeline and nested the widescreen project inside it to manually letterbox the video? Should that even make a difference?

Himanshu wrote on 6/15/2008, 1:17 PM

"It doesn't play" is a pretty vague response...what was the client using to play the clip? Was it on an iPod/iTunes? Was it using QuickTime? Or on another software and/or device? Asking because you stated that you wanted a wide-reaching format/resolution when you started this topic.

goodtimej wrote on 6/15/2008, 5:16 PM

OK, sorry, let me clarify. At the end of the day, the client decided they just want it to be able to play on ipods.
The video does not play on an ipod but definitely starts right up and goes on quicktime.

johnmeyer wrote on 6/15/2008, 10:02 PM

I render for iPod all the time. I use the MainConcept AVC/ACC mp4 type. Here are screen shots of the actual settings I use. Note that I am using 23.976 frame rate because I have done IVTC outside of Vegas to recover the original frames on movies that I watch. You should set this to match the framerate of your actual source material. This is for 16:9 widescreen material.

goodtimej wrote on 6/15/2008, 10:57 PM

After doing quite a bit of research today, I found the solution to my problem.
I had to create a new NTSC DV 4:3 project and drop the original 16 x 9 .veg onto the timeline basically letterboxing it myself. Now it works fine in ipods. thanks for all your help everyone.