Tommy L

Does anyone know of a good mpeg1 compressor for premire? We are using the Panasonic compressor and its not cuitting the mustard.

manta

Hello,
why are you using mpeg1 ?
If its for DVD, you should be using mpeg2, most DVD software will convert it automatically, so start with uncompressed video...
If its for something else I would suggest using Divx or quicktime with sorenson.

Ernest Burden

Which version of Premiere?

MPEG1 is built-in, certainly in 6.5 or Pro1 or 1.5

I use MPEG1 over MPEG2 because with 1 I can set whatever size and aspect I want. I find 2 forces the pixel aspect ratio, and will resize my video.

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AcmeDigital
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rpancake

You could export an avi uncompressed and then convert to mpeg1 in Tsunami (tmpeg). You can download it here:

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html

Let me know if you need help using it.

Robert

http://www.robertpancake.com

Tommy L

Im using mpeg1 because its universal and will open on any computer. We're still on Prem 5.1

Aaron2004

I'm a fan of Bink....well..I really shouldn't say 'Fan'...I've used it once and had good results. It compresses small and at high quality...better than Divx.

HOWEVER YOU DON"T NEED A CODEC to look at it. The video file is saved as an .exe, meaning that the codec is built into the movie file. It worked fine for me. The only down side is you need to save the movie from premiere, and then open it up in Bink tools to save it as a bink file. That part isn't complicated...just one more step.


Aaron

Here's the address:
http://www.radgametools.com/default.htm

Another thing that I just thought of...it might be hard to convince clients to download .exe's on the internet.