Hi-
Just want to do something simple here... I would like to Share my video file as a Quicktime movie using H.264 compression. I see that VSP 11 offers H.264 compression for iPod and Zune, but not for plain old Quicktime .mov output. I see H.263 and H.261 under the advanced options for Quicktime .mov output, but no H.264. Is it even possible to compress using H.264 when making a Quicktime .mov file in Video Studio Plus 11? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
-=SB
H.264 compression for Quicktime
Moderator: Ken Berry
Re: H.264 compression for Quicktime
Being an enthusiast myself of the H.264 codec I have to say, and I hate to break it to ya, VS ain't there yet with H.264 - even if you could get it to work in a .mov file. Not even close.
It's still very slow, and the quality is very sub par - even on iPod's lower Baseline specs, etc. When I'm done my edits, and I've decided to compress to H.264, and it's time to encode, I use another application.
Don't get me wrong, I know they're trying and working at it, and I still love VideoStudio and still use it for all my edits, but they need a bit more time and development when it comes to a Ulead/Corel/etc. implementation of the H.264 codec, or whatever they're using now.
They'll get there though. I do have faith in the product for a future version.
What I would recommend is shop around. You can still use VS to do your edits and setup work, but look for a third party app that can encode to the final H.264 .mov file.
You can input a finished VS file into them, but even better if you find one that inputs a lossless video file from VS or can frameserve from VS to preserve as much quality as possible in the migration of content.
I personally work with .mp4 so I'm not familiar with any good .mov apps, but I see them around. And I do believe you can mux a raw demuxed H.264 stream into a .mov container easily as well.
It's still very slow, and the quality is very sub par - even on iPod's lower Baseline specs, etc. When I'm done my edits, and I've decided to compress to H.264, and it's time to encode, I use another application.
Don't get me wrong, I know they're trying and working at it, and I still love VideoStudio and still use it for all my edits, but they need a bit more time and development when it comes to a Ulead/Corel/etc. implementation of the H.264 codec, or whatever they're using now.
They'll get there though. I do have faith in the product for a future version.
What I would recommend is shop around. You can still use VS to do your edits and setup work, but look for a third party app that can encode to the final H.264 .mov file.
You can input a finished VS file into them, but even better if you find one that inputs a lossless video file from VS or can frameserve from VS to preserve as much quality as possible in the migration of content.
I personally work with .mp4 so I'm not familiar with any good .mov apps, but I see them around. And I do believe you can mux a raw demuxed H.264 stream into a .mov container easily as well.