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720p or 1080i MPEG2 settings please

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patrick131
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Hello everyone, I have a great looking video that has crisp subtitles, but I've tried to encode it with everything that I can find. Compressor on a mac, and on down from there. The MPEG2 files that i get to look good on the computer wont play in the roku hd2000 player, but if I get something that is about VHS quality, they seem to play fine. Im not a digital video expert, but a bit handy. I just need this file to look as good as it does in iMovie, lol.

So if we could post 'EXACT' favorite settings for compressor and/or any other program, that would be great, as I'm getting exhausted by the blue bar of export.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you
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    RokuLyndon


    Patrick,



    Would it be possible for you to upload a file that doesn't play? What's the extension of the file that doesn't play? Can you confirm the resulting mpeg2 that doesn't play is a program stream?



    The user's guide has directions for output files using compressor 3.



    If you're using compressor 2, it outputs a .m2v video file, and a separate audio file. You'll need to use a program like streamclip to merge the two files.
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    patrick131


    I got it with compressor 3,  than you.  However I am also having the 2 week audio drift issue.  I saw your post regarding mpeg2vcr, but I would rather do the complete job in compressor if it is possible, so again, if you or anyone on the board could post the best commpressor 3 settings to use, I would appreciate it.  I followed the manual, but as Im sure you are aware there are many other small tweaks that can be messed up.
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    raycathode


    Have a look at the PDF in the Roku folder at:

    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://public.me.com/mixed.media">http://public.me.com/mixed.media</a><!-- m -->



    It shows the settings I've been using on a 1080p Motion project with audio. Looks nice when projected to 3m wide other than some artifacts on cross-dissolves. It appears that the bit rate listed in Compressor does not include audio, I've tried maxing out to 25Mbps but that seems to cause audio dropouts which I assume is caused by the total bit rate exceeding the 2000's limit.
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    patrick131


    Thank you very very much, thats the kind of information ive been looking for.
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    John Futter


    raycathode was kind enough to pass on his settings, they dont seem to be there now, could you re-post them please ?
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    susem913


    "raycathode" wrote:

    Have a look at the PDF in the Roku folder at:
    <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://public.me.com/mixed.media">http://public.me.com/mixed.media</a><!-- m -->

    It shows the settings I've been using on a 1080p Motion project with audio. Looks nice when projected to 3m wide other than some artifacts on cross-dissolves. It appears that the bit rate listed in Compressor does not include audio, I've tried maxing out to 25Mbps but that seems to cause audio dropouts which I assume is caused by the total bit rate exceeding the 2000's limit.

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