Which delivery format to choose?

[Zorro]

and Blu-ray is a total failure and waste of time so far, I can count the customers asking for BD on my little finger if the little finger is missing

Customers here are often asked by their clients if they can have the master on a provided external harddisk because they like to play the master back via a media player, so no need for a BD.

[antonsvideo]

I like your logic ;-)))

Anyway, plan has changed, the stuff will be delivered in SD instead of HD. MPEG2 stream on a normal DVD.

sounds like Australian free to air TV stations

they ask for HD and broadcast in SD, pretty sad

I never see any HD I give them, it is almost as if HD is still light years away from becoming the norm

and Blu-ray is a total failure and waste of time so far, I can count the customers asking for BD on my little finger if the little finger is missing

[Zorro]

mpeg2 will be fine for all for sure

at least in Australia, and Austria has a similar name, so should be ok also

I like your logic ;-)))

Anyway, plan has changed, the stuff will be delivered in SD instead of HD. MPEG2 stream on a normal DVD.

[antonsvideo]

mpeg2 will be fine for all for sure

at least in Australia, and Austria has a similar name, so should be ok also

[Zorro]

mpeg2 export uses all cores at 100% and is the fastest way

you will need about 14GB of storage space, UDF data BD-R or USB stick NTFS formatted or small WD passport drives NTFS formatted

also, you could move to South Korea where they have the fastest INTERNET in the world, 80000 down/40000 up

Hi Anton, I forgot to mention that the stream will probably be encoded on the fly during capturing. The question about the format is a general one: which format will be ok for most of the stations?

[shueardm]

also, you could move to South Korea where they have the fastest INTERNET in the world, 80000 down/40000 up

Great [only] if you don't want to pull from servers outside South Korea.

[antonsvideo]

mpeg2 export uses all cores at 100% and is the fastest way

you will need about 14GB of storage space, UDF data BD-R or USB stick NTFS formatted or small WD passport drives NTFS formatted

also, you could move to South Korea where they have the fastest INTERNET in the world, 80000 down/40000 up

[Zorro]

I've already posted this in the lounge section with little success so maybe I get my answers here (moderators, please feel free to delete my lounge thread). So here we go:

Imagine you are the only one allowed to film an event and you have to deliver the material (about 1 hour 15 min) a few hours later to a lot of stations (30+) which need the footage for the news the next morning. The event will be shot in 720p, most of the stations prefer HD over SD.

So what to do? Which delivery format? MPEG2, H.264? Where to store it? BD is not very popular. 30+ External drives too expensive for distribution. USB sticks and SD cards may not be fast enough to copy the material in the limited time.

So the two main problems are lack of time (encoding and copying within about three hours) and money (cost of distribution media).

Please post your suggestions. Any tip is welcome!