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Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:38 pm
by balancelighting
I've got a library that spans several years and contains clips using different codecs and resolutions. I'm in the process of trying to re-index these clips to a standard 640x480 resolution as well as similar codecs.
Question:
Is there a codec that works best for Modul8? I've ready that DV works well as well as Photo-JPEG. Anyone have any words of wisdom as to which works best?
Thanks,
Jason
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Re: Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:02 pm
by te-c
Use Photo JPEG at 85% and PNG if you need Alpha Channel.
Re: Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:18 pm
by vanakaru
te-c wrote:Use Photo JPEG at 85% and PNG if you need Alpha Channel.
DXV+(alpha preserved) is good alternative to PNG.
Re: Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:36 pm
by vjsvns
I use PJPEG (Photo Jpeg with %85 quality) and very happy with it. It makes 0 lag with all my videos.
And I use a software called MPEG Streamclip for converting the codecs.
Re: Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:55 pm
by Basic
I know just encode with apple intermidate codec and works fine for me
Re: Preferred Codec for Modul8?
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:18 pm
by lotech
DXV is only optimised for Resolume and could actually run worse than other standardised codecs like photoJPEG as other apps like Modul8 don't have the optimisations builtin. HAP is now supported in the newest Beta of Modul8 and is very similar to DXV except its supported by a lot of apps (including Resolume).
Personally I like using ProRes when I can as its still in a format that can be quickly edited/messed with and keep its quality. In fact I generally have 3 copies of each clip - ProRes, PhotoJPEG and DXV so it doesn't really matter which app I may be using - it will just play properly.