{"id":24433,"date":"2010-09-27T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/presetblog\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2010-09-27T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T14:15:25","slug":"working-with-file-based-video-for-audio-101-mp4quicktimewmvaviect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24433","title":{"rendered":"Preparing file based video for audio 101. (Mp4,Quicktime,WMV,AVI,ect)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Part One &#8211; The basics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#1 Container formats.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n.mov .wmv .mp4 .mp4 .avi . mkv, ect<\/p>\n<p>These are not video formats. Think of these as boxes that can contain any combination of video &amp; audio codecs<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#2 codec (coder-decoder)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nExample &#8211; h.264, ProRes, DV, windows media a\/v, mpeg 1\/2\/4,\u00a0 aac, mp3, (hundreds are available)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These are the encoded video\/audio formats inside the container format. No codec is better than the other. Only more efficient at the same bitrate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#3 distribution &amp; work-picture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>different Codecs are specialized for different tasks. Example &#8211; Some work best for online distribution but are horrible to use as work picture for scoring\/mixing. Some are efficient to use as work-picture but are not intended to be used for distribution. It&#8217;s a balance between file size &amp; cpu usage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#4 What format to use with my system?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows OS Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows compliant DAW&#8217;s are designed to work best with native windows functionality.<br \/>\nWindows 7 natively supports windows media a\/v, mpeg 1,2,&amp; 4, DV (wmv, mp4\/h.264, ect). These are what I would recommend sticking when using the windows platform.<br \/>\nIn general .AVI is obsolete &amp; shouldn&#8217;t be used for anything other than the DV codec.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MAC OS Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Quicktime engine is heavily integrated into the MAC OS. Native Quicktime codecs like ProRes, mp4\/h.264, &amp; DV are a good choice for work-picture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#5 I receive problematic video files from editors. How do I convert them to WMV, MP4\/h.264, or Quicktime flavors?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Free\/Low cost transcoding utilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows OS Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At this time the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/en\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=75402be0-c603-4998-a79c-becdd197aa79\">Microsoft Expression Encoder 4<\/a> is the best tool for trans-coding quicktime.mov files into .WMV files for use with windows based DAW&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squared5.com\/\">MPEG StreamClip<\/a> is a must have tool for troubleshooting\/transcoding video.<\/li>\n<li>Quicktime Pro can be life saving utility. Much more then meets the eye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MAC OS Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squared5.com\/\">MPEG StreamClip<\/a> is a must have tool for troubleshooting\/transcoding video.<\/li>\n<li>Quicktime Pro can be life saving utility. Much more then meets the eye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>#6 Create files with proper resolution &amp; bitrates for efficient playback<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The larger the resolution\/bitrate the harder your CPU is going work.<br \/>\nIn general I would recommend using a video width of 640 for work picture. Here is a little frame size cheat sheet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1920 x 1080 HD 16:9<\/li>\n<li>1280 x 720 HD 16:9<\/li>\n<li>960 x 540 16:9 \u00bd HD<\/li>\n<li>640 x 360 16:9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>640 x 480 4:3 \u2013 NTSC Square Pixel<\/li>\n<li>640 x 576 4:3 \u2013 PAL Square Pixel<\/li>\n<li>320 x 240 4:3 &#8211; \u00bd NTSC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>ScreenShots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WMV setting example with Microsoft Expression Encoder 4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1896\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?attachment_id=1896\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2.png\" data-orig-size=\"436,719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Capture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1896\" title=\"Capture\" src=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2.png 436w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2-91x150.png 91w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2-388x640.png 388w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2-322x531.png 322w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Capture2-308x508.png 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More to follow &amp; feel free to ask questions for more clarification.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part One &#8211; The basics #1 Container formats. .mov .wmv .mp4 .mp4 .avi . mkv,<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24433\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Preparing file based video for audio 101. (Mp4,Quicktime,WMV,AVI,ect)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[33,111,135],"class_list":["post-24433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ticks-tips-tricks","tag-daw","tag-sonar","tag-video","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24439,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24439","url_meta":{"origin":24433,"position":0},"title":"Improved AD\/DA Conversion with external synchronization\/clock?","author":"Eric","date":"January 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Marketing leads us to believe that AD\/DA Conversion will improve with external synchronization\/clocks. 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