Canon T2i - Render/Transcode/Compression Test

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This is the very first shot I shot with my new Canon T2i. Having already transcoded and rendered some other footage, I'm seeing what a new, more time-intensive process yields.

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• reese
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• ben
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[TheNBTshow]

how do i import the video to my mac

[ben3308]

@TheNBTshow Without transcoding, you don't. Only Sony Vegas 9 and 10 and Adobe Premiere CS5 on PC can edit the T2i's h.264 .movs natively. For anything else, you'll need to transcode using a program like Cineform's NeoScene HD ($100) or MPEGStreamClip (free, but extremely slow).

[TheNBTshow]

@ben3308 hello, i have final cut express, imovie 11 , quicktime 7 and after effects for color and Mpegstreamclip. what do u mean by extremely slow. i just want to know how to get the my video with out the dots appear and super clear. thanks (check out my series)

[ben3308]

@TheNBTshow Yeah, I've never really used Macs, so I honestly have bonuses. I don't know what 'circles and clear' refers to, although I'll guess it's format issues - in which case you need to transcode the footage you shoot before editing, using a program like MPEGStreamclip for Mac. Again, though, I have a PC so I don't need to transcode, and when I have - as in this video - it was using NeoScene by Cineform, which I paid around 100 bucks for.

[ben3308]

@TheNBTshow Also, I render using the Windows Media 720p template in Sony Vegas for all the videos Inupload - source files are 720p, medium-bitrate WMV files.

[thatniggbeme7]

hi can u tell me what ure doin to get ur video so sharp & crisp on youtube? mine looks good till it gets to the youtube stage the it looks over compressed

[KarateSteph]

what compression type

[1000BCtv]

The quality on this is great. Can you post your shooting settings? Is it 720 or 1080 etc. thanks

[TheNBTshow]

@ben3308 thanks i got the MPEG FOR FREE what do u mean extremely slow. u mean convert the files and it will take longer or slow as bad video render when it finish. tell me what do u mean by slow thanks

[keembro]

@TheNBTshow i have an imac and just plug my card in and pull import files directly into final cut express

[TheNBTshow]

@ben3308 hello, what is your best setting you use on canon to record good. maybe thats my problem i think the setting is not correct. i record some night scene for my promo show.