H.264 workflow discovered for Final Cut / Motion

I was hitting my head for a few nights trying to get H.264 video I created in Apple Motion 4 / Final Cut Pro to reliably convert (MUX) to a .TS file format with a shareware program recommended to me known as TSMuxer. Previously, I was using VLC to open the .MOV file and change the file type to .TS to be compatible with the compact Brightsign players. What I didn't realize is that VLC has some sort of problem with this process, and I ended up with .TS files that would play on an HD1010, but I would lose the first and last couple of seconds off of each video. Even though VLC is compatible with this file type, the .TS videos it created couldn't even be played by itself. TSMuxer was able to load and convert some of the H.264 .MOV files I created, but many of the files exhibited an error "Some tracks not recognized. This tracks was ignored.". This error was usually after the video I created had complicated animations, or objects out of the field of view, or other random edits or transitions. This error prevents the conversion process from proceeding. I was able to create a workaround that works reliably, no matter how complicated the file is: - Create the animation / video in a Broadcast 1080i60 format - Choose File-> Export - Make sure the Export field is Quicktime Movie - Press Options - Select Kind = Quicktime Movie, Compressor = H.264. You can experiment with the Quality slider depending upon your content, but I have found settings as low as 50% are still very good. - Click OK and Save As the file you want to create (.MOV). - Close the video preview window that may open after the file has been rendered - Close Motion / Final Cut (don't forget to save your Motion file) - Open the .MOV file in the finder (it should open with Quicktime Player) - Your movie should play back here. Press Pause / Stop to stop playback - Choose Window->Show Movie Properties (here is the big AHAAA for me) - You will see that in addition to your video track there are one or two other tracks along with this file. There may be a Text Track, and / or an unknown track with the file's name. These are the unnecessary tracks that are confusing TSMuxer. - Click on the video track (the format will be H.264) and press extract. If your video has audio, select the audio and video tracks together. (Note: This feature is only available with Quicktime Pro, which comes with FInal Cut Studio, or you can buy an upgrade separately from Apple's website) - A new video window will open with your video with the header "Untitled". Choose Save As and choose a new file name. You won't be able to call it the same as the original .MOV file. - Open TSMuxer, and click on Add, and select the new extracted file. - Press Start Muxing, and the .TS file will be created. This file can be played back directly from the Brightsign units.