Hi guys, This is my first post on the creative cow forums and I'm hoping that you can help! (Save me getting anymore headaches).
Firstly I've spent the last couple of years creating a website that will teach in depth how to play by ear.
I've mainly spent the last 2 or so years learning about video!
The videos themselves will be from 2 - 12 minutes in length and will be viewed from the members area of my site via Progressive download.
The reason i'm going progressive rather than streaming is that I will have a large number of lessons on the site(starting with about 300) which would cost a fortune if I went through a streaming service!
Before I get to the problems, heres my workflow:
I record the videos with an homemade overhead tripod using a CANON HV30 camcorder.
Im from the Uk, so I record in 1440X1080, anamorphic 25P.
I also record the sound seperate and sync them up seperately however thats another problem altogether!!!
Once ive recorded the vids, I then put them to my pc via premiere pro cs5 as uncommpressed avi files.
I then edit the videos and export them to Quicktime animation files.
Which a 2 minute video is around 13gb.
This is where my problems begin.
I want to beable to offer high quality videos on my website.
Im using Sorenson Squeeze 6 to encode my videos and im using a licenced version of JW Player.
All of the videos are in MP4 (H.264 Codec) format so they will play on ipods, ipads, mac and pc.
Here is the link to my test page, with the problems im having written below :)
http://www.simplepiano.com/final.html
The problems im having are:
1, on most, the videos seem to stop at about 3 seconds in, even though the progress bar shows that the video has loaded past that point.
Any ideas as to why?
2, All the videos on my test page are only 20 seconds in length however still manage to be 1 - 2 Mb long!
(so a 2 minute video could end up being 15 - 20 MB)
Does anyone know what size (around) a high quality MP4 video should be on the web?
Ive bought many training videos from creative cow members in the past and a 7 minute high quality video can be around 3mb!
3, My main problem is that if you look at the piano keys on the main piano at the bottom of each video, the line in between the keys appear to be zig zagged in shape! This seems to be on nearly every video regardless of size!
Can anyone shed some light on this or have a solution?
If anyone can give me advice on any of these issues I would greatly appreciate it :)
Also any advice on best size, etc for video for the web etc.
Also can anyone explain something thats been confusing me for awhile.
In sorenson squeeze both the 360p and 480p presets have the same resolution size! can anyone explain why this is?
Also is 360p 480p etc only for those in the usa? Is it different for those in the UK.
And finally, if you had a look at my video tests, you will notice that the sound is very low.
This was a massive error i made by having my headphones very loud!
Last question.
When im recording audio, how loud should i have my headphones (im working with audition 3)
When i edit in audition, i edit to around -3 db but when I bring the sound file into premiere pro its volume depends on how loud my headphones are.
Turn them up and the sounds peaks. turn it down and the sound is very low!!!
Should I go by the db bar in audition?
Sorry for all of the questions, and if you managed to read this far without falling asleep, thanks very much :)
Daz
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