H264 export for Vimeo question

[John Hooper]

My project in Edius 6.08 is 1920x1080 50i PAL.

I want to export this finished project to Vimeo. I have used the H264 exporter, but the resulting Mp4 file says it is 50p.

What am I doing wrong here?

[David Clarke]

Nothing. The M4 exporter in EDIUS 6.08 always does progressive. MP4 files are generally progressive and for viewing on a computer screen progressive is best.

In EDIUS 7 the AVC exporter can do interlace but I still do my MP4s as progressive and only use interlace if making a Blu-ray.

[John Hooper]

Thank you David......I will have to book in for one of your tutorials.

The reason I asked the question was that Vimeo reported back that they do not handle such a frame rate. What should I change in the exporter to comply?

I also note that Vimeo say that Edius Canopus HQ is not compliant as well, although that probably does not apply in this case?

[David Clarke]

I have uploaded all my stuff to YouTube not Vimeo so without looking at the page on acceptable formats I can't be sure, although I suspect the best option is 25P. YouTube let me upload 50P.

HQ would not be a good format as their machines won't understand it without the HQ codec and it would be far too big anyway.

[alanlacey]

Hi John,

I've just been asked to upload an edit to Vimeo. It's 1080 25p and the client has a Vimeo Pro account so I can render out at full rez.

Did you finally decide on your optimum export format and parameters? And if so could you share them?

Many thanks

Alan