My first attempt at a stereoscopic rendering from within Blender.

Stare at the animation. Squint/cross your eyes until a 3rd image is created between the two.

If you have trouble, try to vary the distance you sit away from the monitor/screen. ;)

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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15815) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (CABAC, 2 Re-Frames, & No B-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 25fps
Running Time: 0:16
Source Filesize: 10.3MB
Audio Format: 256Kb/s 44.1KHz Stereo AAC

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Attribution:

Original clip sourced from:
http://ourmedia.org/allmedia&u id=12380

Used under CC License courtesy I believe from VASST - http://www.vasst.com
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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15815) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (CABAC, 2 Re-Frames, & No B-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 25fps
Running Time: 0:22
Source Filesize: 13.9MB
Audio Format: 256Kb/s 44.1KHz Stereo AAC

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Attribution:

Original clip sourced from:
http://ourmedia.org/allmedia&u id=12380

Used under CC License courtesy I believe from VASST - http://www.vasst.com
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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15815) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (CABAC, 2 Re-Frames, & No B-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 25fps
Running Time: 0:15
Source Filesize: 9.6MB
Audio Format: 256Kb/s 44.1KHz Stereo AAC

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Attribution:

Original clip sourced from:
http://ourmedia.org/allmedia&u id=12380

Used under CC License courtesy I believe from VASST - http://www.vasst.com
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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15625) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.0
B-Frames: No
Re-Frames: 2
CABAC: Yes
Bitrate: 2000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 640x360 16:9 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 0:15
Source Filesize: 3.7MB

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WHAT YOUTUBE COMPRESSED

Codec: H263/FLV-1
Profile: N/A
B-Frames: N/A
Re-Frames: N/A
CABAC: N/A
Bitrate: 410Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 480x270 16:9 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 0:15
Source Filesize: 774KB

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WHAT THIS MEANS

It means that YouTube are using older &fmt=18 settings to create 16:9 material.

Despite the presence of a "Watch In High Quality" link... it means that 480x270 16:9 material stretched to 640x360 during playback will look worse than the exact same video compressed in 4:3 (480x360) form!

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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15625) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L2.1
B-Frames: No
Re-Frames: 2
CABAC: Yes
Bitrate: 2000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 480x360 4:3 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 0:15
Source Filesize: 3.7MB
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WHAT YOUTUBE COMPRESSED

Codec: H263/FLV-1
Profile: N/A
B-Frames: N/A
Re-Frames: N/A
CABAC: N/A
Bitrate: 410Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 480x360 4:3 Square-Pixel
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 0:15
Source Filesize: 553KB

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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15815) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (CABAC, 2 Re-Frames, & No B-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel Format
Framerate: 25fps
Running Time: 0:29
Source Filesize: 19.6MB
Audio Format: 320Kb/s 44.1KHz Stereo CBR AAC Audio

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Creation Notes:

The original .blend file was downloaded from Matt's site/blog, and then rendered with Blender 2.48a into full resolution HD 1280x720 PNG files.

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Attribution:

Original .blend material used courtesy...
Matt (Ebb?) - http://mke3.net/weblog/array-m odifier-demo/

'Intro Loop 127-05' music used courtesy...
Echotek - http://www.soundsnap.com/
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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15625) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (No B-Frames, 2 Re-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel Format
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 9:56
Source Filesize: 397MB
Audio Format: 320Kb/s 48KHz Stereo CBR AAC

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Notes:

Video constructed from an original 1920x1080p HD file.

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Attribution:

Media/footage/material used under CC licensing courtesy...

(c) copyright Blender Foundation | http://www.bigbuckbunny.org
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UPLOAD FORMAT DETAILS

Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Build 15625) (AVC/H264)
Profile: Main@L3.1 (No B-Frames, 2 Re-Frames)
Bitrate: 5000Kb/s (Variable)
Resolution: 1280x720 16:9 Square-Pixel Format
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 10:53
Source Filesize: 421MB
Audio Format: 320Kb/s 48KHz Stereo CBR AAC

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Notes:

Video constructed from an original 1920x1080p HD file.

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Attribution:

Media/footage/material used under CC licensing courtesy...

© Copyright 2006, Blender Foundation / Netherlands Media Art Institute / http://www.elephantsdream.org
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Codec: FFmpeg x264 (Baseline@3.0 - No B-Frames or CABAC) (AVC/H264)
Bitrate: ~1000Kb/s
Resolution: 480x360 4:3 Square-Pixel Format
Framerate: 25fps
Running Time: 6:25
Audio: 320Kb/s 44.1Khz 16-Bit Stereo AAC (CBR)
Source Filesize: 66.3MB

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Video Stream is a single 480x360 JPG held static throughout the duration of the song.

Audio Stream is from a high-quality 16-bit 44.1Khz file (see attribution below).

Avanti GUI + FFmpeg 15625 was used to create the constant-bitrate x264 video with a 1000Kb/s bitrate limit.

MPEG Streamclip was used to create a constant-bitrate AAC 320Kb/s stereo 16-bit 44.1Khz audio file.

The raw x264 MP4 video stream was then muxed with the raw AAC audio stream into an MP4 container.

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Attribution:

Music from OverClocked Remix, featuring the track: "The Glass Moon (e1m8)"

from the Doom Remix Project http://doom.ocremix.org
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Codec: Apple MPEG-4
Bitrate: ~1073Kb/s
Resolution: 854x480 16:9 Square-Pixel Format
Framerate: 24fps
Running Time: 4:33
Audio: 320Kb/s 44.1Khz 16-Bit Stereo MP3
Source Filesize: 45.6MB

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Notes:

Video is a single 854x480 JPG held static throughout the duration of the song.

The Apple MPEG-4 compressor maintained by itself and without manual intervention - an average bitrate near 1080Kb/s which was sufficient enough to generate a HQ version once uploaded.

HQ YouTube version is a single-track Mono 96Kb/s CBR 44.1Khz 16-Bit MP3 file.

HQ Stereo (&fmt=18) version is a Stereo 125-140Kb/s VBR 44.1Khz 16-Bit AAC file.

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Attribution:

Music by (Tryad) http://www.tryad.org/, used under CC Share-alike License for test purposes.
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If you use H264, I now recommend that you DE-SELECT "B-Frames" as it appears to cause YouTube to take longer when reprocessing clips.

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Details:

This is a guide for getting high quality material from an Avid timeline (Xpress Pro or Media Composer), into MPEG Streamclip, and then finally on to YouTube so that you can make use of their recent "High Quality" feature.

The guide has been split into two parts as it is 18-mins total in duration.

This YouTube version of the guide was not compressed using the guide's technique, but rather another method.

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Links:

MPEG Streamclip
http://www.squared5.com/

Avid Community Forums
http://community.avid.com/foru ms/

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Copyright & Attribution:

Tutorial content:
Copyright maLeFunKtion (MelonCollie Studios ©2008)

Big Buck Bunny media/footage/material:
Used under CC licensing courtesy...
(c) copyright Blender Foundation | http://www.bigbuckbunny.org
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