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ProRes is becoming a standard file format for professionals who use Final Cut Pro. The latest version of Final Cut Pro currently offers 5 flavors of ProRes. The set of Apple ProRes codecs provides all the necessary data rates for most professionals.
ProRes 422 has a data rate of 145 Mbps.
Data Rates for Pro-Res is measured in Mbps. So, what exactly does Mbps mean? How does it relate to 'real-world' storage requirements for the 'non-geek'?
For starters..... 1 byte equals 8 bits of data. Hence, that's why everything works with a base of 8 in terms of computer processors. 8 bit processing, 16 bit processing, 32 bit processing, and so on......
Mbps: stands for 1 Megabit per second, and 1 Megabit is 8,000 bytes. This also means that 1 MBps (megabyte per second) = 8 mbps (megabits per second).
Whew! make sense? Don't worry.
Honestly, talking in bits and bytes starts to make my head spin. I personally tend to think of things in terms of Gigabytes and Terabytes. If you're like me, you want to know how many minutes of ProRes storage will fit on your new 500GB, or 1TB drive.
So here it is: A one terabyte drive will hold roughly 1,000 minutes of ProRes 422 media. Yes, that's pretty easy math!
or 500 Gigs = 500 minutes. Got it?
However, this calculation is only an approximate. The amount of storage will also depend on things like the number of audio tracks, and image complexity when it's being encoded into ProRes.
However, if you are curious how to get to that number, here's the math:
ProRes 422 has a data rate of 145 Mbps.
Data Rates for Pro-Res is measured in Mbps. So, what exactly does Mbps mean? How does it relate to 'real-world' storage requirements for the 'non-geek'?
For starters..... 1 byte equals 8 bits of data. Hence, that's why everything works with a base of 8 in terms of computer processors. 8 bit processing, 16 bit processing, 32 bit processing, and so on......
Mbps: stands for 1 Megabit per second, and 1 Megabit is 8,000 bytes. This also means that 1 MBps (megabyte per second) = 8 mbps (megabits per second).
Whew! make sense? Don't worry.
Honestly, talking in bits and bytes starts to make my head spin. I personally tend to think of things in terms of Gigabytes and Terabytes. If you're like me, you want to know how many minutes of ProRes storage will fit on your new 500GB, or 1TB drive.
So here it is: A one terabyte drive will hold roughly 1,000 minutes of ProRes 422 media. Yes, that's pretty easy math!
or 500 Gigs = 500 minutes. Got it?
However, this calculation is only an approximate. The amount of storage will also depend on things like the number of audio tracks, and image complexity when it's being encoded into ProRes.
However, if you are curious how to get to that number, here's the math:
Continue reading Apple Pro Res Codec Storage Requirements.
Funny thing I ran across today; I was trying to create an archive of my YouTube videos for a friend, and quickly discovered that YouTube will only allow you to download a video as an MP4 at a limit of 2 per hour. Not very convenient when I want to send him over 125 videos! Solution? Savevid.com. SaveVid is a tool which gives you the ability to download videos from streaming video sites. You can download videos from YouTube, Google Videos, Metacafe and more in FLV, AVI, MOV, MPG or WMV formats. It's completely free and easy to use.Simply paste the URL of the video from your browsers address bar into the green box and click the "download" button.
Note that this is really convenient if you have short little 1-3 minute videos to download. If you have a 30 minute video, it could take up to 30 minutes to actually download. My guess on why it takes so long is because it's encoding the actual stream. Therefore a 15 minute video will not download any faster than 15 minutes.
Continue reading How to Download Multiple YouTube Videos.
Registration is open for the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas. IF you have never gone before, you should go this year! The NAB show is always a great opportunity to learn more about the industry, network with others, and blow of a little steam.
The show floor is open from April 11 -14, and there are activities the weekend prior as well.
This Exhibits Only pass includes:
- Access to the Opening Keynote and State of the Industry Address
- Info Sessions
- Content Theater & Destination Broadband Theater
Compression using Encoding.com Desktop is very handy if you subscribe to the Encoding.com service. The Encoding.com Desktop Uploader is available for both Mac and PC users. This tutorial will get you familiar with using Encoding.com Desktop as you learn how to encode downloadable streaming videos for Flash using the On2VP6 codec. To help with this tutorial please sign-up for a free trial account at Encoding.com and install Encoding.com Desktop. The benefit of Encoding.com Desktop is it allows you to upload you videos to the Encoding.com Cloud for encoding instead of compressing videos on your desktop.
OK. Let’s begin.
Open up Encoding.com Desktop. Notice that in the image above it’s labeled encoding.com desktop uploader.app.
When Encoding.com Desktop opens go to the File Pull-down menu and click on Preferences.
OK. Let’s begin.
Open up Encoding.com Desktop. Notice that in the image above it’s labeled encoding.com desktop uploader.app.
When Encoding.com Desktop opens go to the File Pull-down menu and click on Preferences.
Continue reading Compression using Encoding.com Desktop.
Authoring a Web Page for Flash Linked Downloadable Streaming with Dreamweaver CS4 is the topic of this tutorial. The Flash Linked .SWF and .FLV files we’ll be using in this tutorial were creating during encoding with Sorenson Squeeze 6. It will be helpful to first complete the Tutorial - Encoding Flash Linked Downloadable Streaming Videos with Squeeze 6 on GeniusDV.com
So in this tutorial you’ll learn how to author a .FLV video file that has a .SWF player/skin surrounding it. What’s nice about Squeeze is you can use it to create your .SWF and .FLV files but it also creates an .HTML page with coding that you can use to Author your Web Page in Dreamweaver.
OK. Enough for the introductory items. Time to get started with the tutorial.
At the start-up screen in Dreamweaver in the center column click the Create New HTML button. Before you do anything else click the Split screen button at the top of your web page. This way you can see the Code view and the Design view.
So in this tutorial you’ll learn how to author a .FLV video file that has a .SWF player/skin surrounding it. What’s nice about Squeeze is you can use it to create your .SWF and .FLV files but it also creates an .HTML page with coding that you can use to Author your Web Page in Dreamweaver.
OK. Enough for the introductory items. Time to get started with the tutorial.
At the start-up screen in Dreamweaver in the center column click the Create New HTML button. Before you do anything else click the Split screen button at the top of your web page. This way you can see the Code view and the Design view.
