Encoding methods for your video podcast

[andrewzarian]

What are you guys using for video encoding? The GFQ Network is planing on moving to HD video in a couple of weeks and have been testing different types of encoding methods. How do you guys encode your video and what software do you use. I know Sunkast from GFQ will appreciate this

[Donovan]

My broadcast video is recorded in 1280x720 x246 MP4 format (because x264 is more efficient than standard H.264). I then edit the video in Sony Vegas, export it out through DebugMode Frameserver (which serves the frames out into avi), which is then picked up by MeGUI which converts the file into its final format of 864x480 800kbps x264 video and 96kbps AAC audio. It typically cuts the file size in half from using the standard h264 encoding method built into Vegas.

I can't take credit for this setup as my 19 year old son helped me put it together.

[sunkast]

My broadcast video is recorded in 1280x720 x246 MP4 format (because x264 is more efficient than standard H.264). I then edit the video in Sony Vegas, export it out through DebugMode Frameserver (which serves the frames out into avi), which is then picked up by MeGUI which converts the file into its final format of 864x480 800kbps x264 video and 96kbps AAC audio. It typically cuts the file size in half from using the standard h264 encoding method built into Vegas.

I can't take credit for this setup as my 19 year old son helped me put it together.

That's funny that you mention DMFS, I just started using that a few days ago since neither Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas work with x264 on Windows. But I am using StaxRip rather than MeGUI. Could you elaborate more on your workflow for MeGUI? Are you using AviSynth? MeGUI seems more complicated for simple encoding compared to StaxRip to me.

[Donovan]

That's funny that you mention DMFS, I just started using that a few days ago since neither Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas work with x264 on Windows. But I am using StaxRip rather than MeGUI. Could you elaborate more on your workflow for MeGUI? Are you using AviSynth? MeGUI seems more complicated for simple encoding compared to StaxRip to me.

Yes, I'm using AviSynth. As soon as I have a moment, I'll try to elaborate on my workflow. Currently working on tonight's Ramble and Review.

[sidimustafa]

Yes, I'm using AviSynth. As soon as I have a moment, I'll try to elaborate on my workflow. Currently working on tonight's Ramble and Review.

Hi Donovan, i took a look a the tools you mention, and they look very promising, and you also sound very proud of the way you use them.

Did you find some time yet to put together your workflow, i sure would love to give it a try.
I want to produce high quality video but at a smaller size.

Thanks

[Donovan]

Hi Donovan, i took a look a the tools you mention, and they look very promising, and you also sound very proud of the way you use them.

Did you find some time yet to put together your workflow, i sure would love to give it a try.
I want to produce high quality video but at a smaller size.

Thanks

My apologies. With my recent job issue, I had completely forgotten about this. I'll make sure to put this on my list to do!

[sidimustafa]

Thanks very much

[Donovan]

Ok, here's a quick and dirty video that shows what I do. I do apologize if I don't go in depth on how to get the Frameserver working with the newest version of Vegas. My son stayed up one night until around 2am or so figuring out how to make Vegas see it. Also, the signpost.avs that I reference (the file I load into MeGUI) simply contains the following:

AVISource("F:\signpost.avi", audio=true)
ConvertToYV12()

[sidimustafa]

Ok, here's a quick and dirty video that shows what I do. I do apologize if I don't go in depth on how to get the Frameserver working with the newest version of Vegas. My son stayed up one night until around 2am or so figuring out how to make Vegas see it. Also, the signpost.avs that I reference (the file I load into MeGUI) simply contains the following:

Thanks,
After reading your post i started googling, and reading up on the FrameServer.
Process seems request a bit more steps, but the quality and ending results are perfect.
I will try it in my workflow to see how much time it takes.

For those that want's to give it a try, i came across very detail instructions on how to do it..

http://www.bubblevision.com/underwat...Tube-Vimeo.htm

Have fune

[Donovan]

Yeah, once it's setup, the process is pretty easy. I guess, if nothing else, that's the point that I wanted to highlight in the video. My oldest son is a Twitch.TV admin and he's really big into video processing, etc. I was using the basic tools built into Sony Vegas and my videos were turning out to be fairly large. Not anymore!