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Proxyrenderer
For: Win
Although the original idea was to just create something that created Mp4 proxies for our Logger, it was too good not to use it for internet video also.
I did some tests with challenging footage.
(Keep in mind that this is not my recent work. The oldest parts came from U-matic low band and are over 25 years old...
A lot of the content was made on a 80 Mhz Mac running AE and M100. Those were the days...)
The pages you see not only contain the Proxyrenderer output files, but are made with the HTML the application also generates.
This is H264 in Flash
This is the same H264 in a Quicktime player
This is Mpeg4 in a Quicktime player
These files are 2'41" long. The rendertime to create the Mpeg4 was just 37 seconds!
The H264 took 68 seconds!
The upload time to the web was the limiting factor, that took 5 minutes per video file...
Of course, for the use of H264 in Flash you need a player. The Flash HTML is generated for the Jeroen Wijering player, that you need to have next to the video.
It is very good, dirt cheap (free if you don't use it commercial) and Jeroen has even a HTML generator on his site if you want to customize it.
Main features include
- Very easy to use interface
- Drag and drop
- Multiprocessor aware, customizable use of processor time
- De-interlacing option
- Custom crop
- Custom output resulution
- Choice of either H264 or Mpeg4
- Auto generation of HTML
History
One of the top editors in the Netherlands wanted a simple tool to output client previews, with the ability to crop/scale to custom resolutions (since he works on films that are typically NOT 4:3 or 16:9
At the same time, we needed a utillity to transcode for our clients to log. As we need to transcode entire reels, we needed something FAST where quality was less of importance.
The actual speed is dependent on how you set it up, so do toy with it!
Price is an introduction price. DO test before you buy, as it is so new that there is little to no experience in the 'real' world.
Current version is 1.05
It now can convert DVD VOB files as well as QT's, and can output to H264 (for Flash), MP4, Mjpeg (great for Subbits) and Mpeg1 (old fashioned, but highly compatible)
I did some tests with challenging footage.
(Keep in mind that this is not my recent work. The oldest parts came from U-matic low band and are over 25 years old...
A lot of the content was made on a 80 Mhz Mac running AE and M100. Those were the days...)
The pages you see not only contain the Proxyrenderer output files, but are made with the HTML the application also generates.
This is H264 in Flash
This is the same H264 in a Quicktime player
This is Mpeg4 in a Quicktime player
These files are 2'41" long. The rendertime to create the Mpeg4 was just 37 seconds!
The H264 took 68 seconds!
The upload time to the web was the limiting factor, that took 5 minutes per video file...
Of course, for the use of H264 in Flash you need a player. The Flash HTML is generated for the Jeroen Wijering player, that you need to have next to the video.
It is very good, dirt cheap (free if you don't use it commercial) and Jeroen has even a HTML generator on his site if you want to customize it.
Main features include
- Very easy to use interface
- Drag and drop
- Multiprocessor aware, customizable use of processor time
- De-interlacing option
- Custom crop
- Custom output resulution
- Choice of either H264 or Mpeg4
- Auto generation of HTML
History
One of the top editors in the Netherlands wanted a simple tool to output client previews, with the ability to crop/scale to custom resolutions (since he works on films that are typically NOT 4:3 or 16:9
At the same time, we needed a utillity to transcode for our clients to log. As we need to transcode entire reels, we needed something FAST where quality was less of importance.
The actual speed is dependent on how you set it up, so do toy with it!
Price is an introduction price. DO test before you buy, as it is so new that there is little to no experience in the 'real' world.
Current version is 1.05
It now can convert DVD VOB files as well as QT's, and can output to H264 (for Flash), MP4, Mjpeg (great for Subbits) and Mpeg1 (old fashioned, but highly compatible)