Re: Compression-FLV workflow

Sorry Craig, I'll be more specific.

We are doing a mix of live and on-demand web video cast for two weeks. There are going to be 5 different cameras that are hooked via firewire to a mini-Mac which will feed out to our webcast provider via ethernet at a time. Simultaneously, we will also record the media. This is all a tapeless workflow we are doing.

Here are the six cameras with the medium the footage will be stored before transfer to the drives:

3 - Panasonic HVX-200 (p2 cards)
1 - Panasonic AG-HPX300 (p2 cards)
1 - JVC GY-HM700 (SDHC memory cards)
1 - Sony HVR-z5u

So for me it is already a workflow nightmare with all the different media formats. I didn't chose them, the producer who hired the shooters and then passes the info down to me. Plus, I think feeding out in HD is out of the question for sure even though that is what the guy upstairs want.

So while much of it is going live, things have to go on-demand in a quick turnaround. Also there will be a lot of quick news style cutting for daily wrap-ups. Oh did I mention, I have to also put lower thirds on a lot of this video?

Also, I'm thinking realistically my computer just can't churn out as much media as the guy upstairs is hoping to churn out...he's talking about 8-10 hours of footage everyday...yikes!

I hope that clarifies some things.

By the way, I've met you before at some of the Mopictive meetings. Mike Vitti speaks highly of you...may he rest in peace.

I have been testing out Sorensen Squeeze 5 and Adobe Media Encoder on a Mac to figure out which is the fastest at the acceptable quality from the big boss upstairs. I know that Sorensen allows to trim heads and tails and adds fades in & out, so that will help get the pre-recorded flv files out the door faster, but when I put QT in Adobe Media Encoder on the Mac it is significantly faster than when I put that same QT through Sorensen Squeeze.

We are churning out a lot of video everyday for two weeks.

As for the editors babysitting, it more like waiting around for files to finish to post after done...they are more assistant editors if anything.

There seems to be a lot of toys, but at the end of the day if I can't deliver on time, that would suck.