Re: Broadcast files for Digital Delivery

[Tim Kolb] "Keep in mind that the ideal settings for output are based on what the playout server is using and getting as close to that as possible to avoid additional transcoding by the station."

Good point. Like Terry, we never got exact specs from any of the stations in our area that accept/require digital delivery so it was a lot of trial and error to get something that worked for us. There's still one station in town that requires MPEG2 layer audio, but the rest are the same. I know some agencies just send Quicktimes and take the transcode hit, but we're trying to avoid that.

That said, I still don't know for sure if additional transcoding takes place on our files. I'm sure it does, but at least what we see on air looks like it does when it leaves our edit bay.

Terry, continue to push for Comcast to nail down some real specs so you can match exactly what their playout server wants. Failing that, try to set some time aside to do a batch delivery and have them test it on their end to see what works best.

It's situations like this where I actual miss Beta tapes.

Michael

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