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CALIBRATING YOUR SPEAKER SYSTEM
There are 2 main types of compression: Single-frame, and Delta-Frame compression. For low CPU, super-smooth playback, single-frame
compression works best since Delta-Frame compression requires decoding of previous frames to be able to display the current frame.
Smoothest: Photo JPEG. Single-Frame compression type. Adjust the “quality” based on your processor and harddrive speed.
I usually set it between Low and Medium when playing off a Laptop. Side effect is larger file-size movies.
Smooth: H264 (or x264) with every frame key-framed. This will turn this compression method into Single-frame compression as well. When converting using
Quicktime pro, set keyframes to “all”. Set to at least 6000kbit for good looking 720p movies.
High CPU: H264 (or x264) with a keyframe every 10-30 frames. This will playback smooth going forward, but reverse, Fast forward and scrubbing will be very
CPU intensive. Benefit is very small movie size, especially when using x264. Even at 2000kbit they still look acceptable when using x264 encoder.
SMOOTH MOVIE PLAYBACK in PROTOOLS on OSX
You’ve all probably noticed that using 29.97 and 30fps movies combined in a session doesn’t work,
and that quicktime pro won’t let you easily convert between these 2 frame-rates. 2 Solutions:
-Use Single-Frame (or every frame key-framed) when re-exporting to a different frame-rate in Quicktime Pro. That -will- adapt to the new framerate
-use “MPEG StreamClip” to convert your movies. This quicktime batch converter (free to download) will force to the new frame-rate. Negative side-effect is that with many of the codecs, you won’t be able to select “all keyframe” on output to obtain smooth playback, so use this carefully.
I usually use MPEG Streamclip to convert to Photo JPEG at Low to Medium quality. Fast, convenient, and Smooth playback.
QUICKTIME FRAME-RATE CONVERSION for PROTOOLS