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Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Batch compression options
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:52:29 -0500
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I can suggest a couple of options. =20

Flip4Mac doesn't work with Adobe Mac products.  I checked with =
Telestream, and they said to take it up with Adobe.

Compressor may be your best bet, because you can save preset templates =
there, and IIRC (haven't used it in a long time), it's fairly good with =
multiple cores.

I have Squeeze, and it's the most overpriced software ever.  It makes =
nice looking movies, saves presets, but it only uses one of my 8-cores.  =
Boo.  It does Watch Folders, which could be handy, depending on your =
flow.

There's freeware called QT Amateur that lets you do batch exports, but =
there's no way to save settings. =20

You can do batches in MPEGStreamclip, and save settings.  I believe it =
uses one core per queue item.  Set the "Simultaneous Tasks" setting to =
the number of cores on your computer.  It's free.

So, I'd recommend Compressor or MPEGStreamclip because they're efficient =
and support presets. =20

Compressor supports cluster/network rendering, too, but I've never even =
tried to set that up.=20


On Jul 21, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Chris Zwar wrote:

> Hi,
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> This is a bit OT, but compression isn't normally my thing.
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> I'm working on a project where we will be supplying roughly 1000 =
individual clips as wmvs.  We're all working on Macs with no Windows =
machines around, and rendering from After Effects to image sequences.
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> Just wondering what the best tool is to convert / compress the image =
sequences to wmvs.  The main thing we want is one where we can save the =
render queue and selectively re-queue items as they are revised.  I =
guess in my mind I think of the After Effects render queue, where you =
can tick and un-tick items, or re-queue items to render again and so on. =
 The thing is that these clips will be tweaked, rendered, revised, =
re-rendered and so on.  So it's not just a matter of doing a batch =
conversion once, it's a matter of selectively revising and re-delivering =
over a period of weeks.  We will always be rendering the image sequences =
to the same "final" folder, so the source files won't be moving.
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> We will purchase flip-4-mac licences to render to wmvs, but not really =
sure about what the options are to work from image sequences and being =
able to save a batch compression queue.  We have compressor somewhere, =
and can easily download MPEG streamclip.  I haven't really played around =
with the Adobe Media Encoder to know what it's capable of.  Not sure if =
I can convince them to spring for something like Squeeze, but if it's =
really awesome then maybe I can.
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> It will be tedious to set up 1000 compressions so I really only want =
to do it once... any suggestions are welcome.
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> Cheers,
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> -Chris
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