H.264 Export

[jshaw300]

I love the Canopus HQ codec and when I'm editing, I end up with files in that format. I need to export them to H.264 for web use. I know that it is possible to do this from Edius by going to Procoder, choosing Generic Target> Quicktime Export and then selecting H.264 - but a 3min piece is showing 3-4 hours to export. It uses 100 passes to do it!

I have quicktime Pro which can export H.264 files in a fraction of the time, but does not like Canopus HQ. I also struggle with the lossless codecs including the Quicktime animation which seem to crash. Any suggestions to ease my workflow?

Many thanks.

[THoff]

Any suggestions to ease my workflow?

Yes -- give Procoder a chance to finish.

It won't make 100 passes, that's just an overly pessimistic guestimate. Procoder doesn't know how many passes QuickTime will ultimately make, and the 3-4 hour export duration is based on 100 passes. In practice it will only take five or six passes, the last of which is substantially faster than the previous ones.

[jshaw300]

Ah...

Thanks for that!

[STORMDAVE]

100 passes? Not sure that H264 is even capable of that.

Export your 3 minute piece to uncompressed AVI and use QTPro to export to H264.

[jshaw300]

Thanks, but THoff was quite correct. Procoder does 5-6 passes then it's done. Saves me an extra step in my workflow.