Creating a file for FTP

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Creating a file for FTP

Hello!

I'm editing news stories on Final Cut 5 and need to FTP them to another city. Now, this may seem like a dumb question, but how do I make the appropriate file to send? Obviously I need to export it and correctly compress it but at the moment I can't seem to get it right. The first thing I did was export using compressor but I don't know how to make a file that has both audio and video. I end up with an MPEG2 file and a separate AIFF audio file. I think they would prefer a file that just plays both. Basically a file that a generic PC can play at broadcast quality.

Any ideas?

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Posted on Nov 17, 2006 4:34 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 17, 2006 6:11 PM in response to pete_schnapps

First I'd have to ask what format/codec they want ... without knowing that, you have a lot of options and most might not be the right one.

-DH

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Answer 2

Nov 17, 2006 6:27 PM in response to pete_schnapps

You'll most likely want to go to file>export>quicktime conversion and as David said choose the appropriate format/codec (most likely a quicktime of some sort)

Another option would be to go through Compressor and make them an MPEG1. This will have both audio and video if you enable audio in the tab in compressor when you make the selection for MPEG1.

You'll definitely want to find out what type of file they need from you

Are you uploading this to them for broadcast? or is this a "check" file?
A several minute news story is going to be a very big file at broadcast quality and will take a long time to upload.

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Answer 3

Nov 18, 2006 6:08 PM in response to JR Steendahl

Basically they are two minute news stories. They usually work with MPEG2 and are happy if it is under 200mb a minute. So you reckon Quicktime conversion is the way to go...? Which option from there?

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Answer 4

Nov 18, 2006 6:38 PM in response to pete_schnapps

For MPEG-2, they'll most likely want a muxed file. I use QuickTime or Compressor to make the .m2v and AIF components, then BitVice Helper to mux the two into one MPEG file for uploading.

I've read that Compressor 2 can encode muxed MPEG-2 files, but I'm still pr=imarily using the older version so I cannot verify that.

-DH

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Answer 5

Andy Mees

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Nov 18, 2006 6:49 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

Export > Using Compressor

in compressor choose a high bitrate compression, either the 90 min DVD preset or a manual configuration
in the "Extras" tab of the settings window check the "Multiplexed" checkbox

that'll make a MTS file (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) which contains both audio and video ... unless they are playing the file out directly from a server which understands the format, they will have to demux the file on the other end.

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Answer 6

Nov 18, 2006 11:50 PM in response to Andy Mees

I've created a m2t file but there's no way for me to view the video I've created. Also, even though I compressed a minute, the file is only 21MB. That seems awfully small. Thoughts?

(RE: downloading BitVice... no joy!)

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Answer 7

Andy Mees

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Nov 19, 2006 8:59 AM in response to pete_schnapps

change the ".m2t" extension to ".mpg" ... see if you can view it then

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Answer 8

Nov 20, 2006 1:56 AM in response to Andy Mees

"Movie cannot be viewed"

And the file is so small.

Any other ideas?

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