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Jun
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May
28
comment Re-encoding MP3 reduces quality
I think what the asker is getting at is that the psychoacoustical redundancies would have been removed during generation of the original MP3. When generating a WAV from MP3, technically the MP3 is a lossless compressed version of the generated WAV file, so why isn't the original MP3 produced when the generated WAV is compressed with the same parameters? I don't know any details but I remember reading that the MP3 encoder necessarily applies some sort of rounding off during quantization hence the further quality loss.
May
17
comment Can't export .mov with premiere pro cs5.5?
Which OS are you using? From your Q, it appears that you just want to convert a clip, has it been edited in any way? If not, that opens up non-Premiere possibilities.
May
15
comment Extract section from Premiere without re-compression
What's the source container and AV codec? Is the OS Windows?
May
14
answered Batch conversion of Sounds with Different Format to one Format, how?
May
3
comment Choosing the right program for video editing
Yeah, this is not the place for a discussion. In the answer, your description makes it sound like Vegas is some sort of bizarre hybrid. Just wanted to clarify that it's not. It's a NLE like Premiere, and does everything needed to sequence and stack audio/video/image files. It just happens to provide track-level compositing modes like in AE, and its audio tools are unusually strong for a NLE.
May
2
comment Choosing the right program for video editing
Did you have anything specific in mind? Because all the capabilities you listed for PPro apply to Vegas as well. Till recently, Vegas had limited ability for plugins, but with OFX support, I suspect that will change in a year or two.
May
2
comment Choosing the right program for video editing
Vegas is a NLE, the same as Premiere, so I'm confused as to what you think Premiere can do that Vegas can't.
May
2
comment How do I remove audio from all files in a directory with ffmpeg?
My apologies. My original answer was Avanti, which would do the job very simply. Then I saw that you were running linux, and Avanti is Win-only. I had used WinFF a long time ago and is cross-platform and has a job queue. However, you have to form a preset by manually inputting the command line (not the case in Avanti). The reason for suggesting a frontend is that you don't need to worry about quirky syntax issues such as parameter sequencing or flag overrides or the like. If you can do this on Win, Avanti will do the job easy.
May
1
answered How do I remove audio from all files in a directory with ffmpeg?
Apr
18
awarded  Critic
Apr
17
comment How to join 2 youtube videos with different ratios (16:9 and 4:3)?
The default Youtube player is 16:9, and the Youtube video editor creates a new video, so there's no harm in just trying and making a new merged video. If it's not fine just delete it.
Apr
17
comment How can I add mp3 audio to an mp4 video?
Both solutions allow you to specify an audio offset. When exporting, the length maintained is that of the video. So longer audio clips are clipped.
Apr
17
answered How can I add mp3 audio to an mp4 video?
Apr
14
comment Changing position creates loss of quality in Premiere Pro CS5
Can you link to some samples of before and after for both moved and unmoved video?
Apr
14
comment Sony Vegas 10 Video made from smaller quicktime mov videos look crap on youtube
This should be an action of last resort. Youtube is by far the largest video hosting site on the net, and I've rarely seen problems of the sort shown in this case. This is most likely the result of some undesirable encoding parameters in the video sent to YT, most likely the scheme of I/B/P frames used.
Apr
12
comment What video codecs can provide “adaptive quality”?
You can't get both quality and computational efficiency. There's a tradeoff.
Apr
12
comment Sony Vegas 10 Video made from smaller quicktime mov videos look crap on youtube
Looks like compression artifacts. Try rendering from Vegas to uncompressed AVI in native resolution i.e. 848x480 @ 24 fps. Then convert in SUPER to mp4 at a bitrate of about 2500 kbps; keep the native resolution and frame rate. Note that your source footage isn't HD, so it will look blurred if upscaled.
Apr
12
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Apr
12
revised Sony Vegas 10 Video made from smaller quicktime mov videos look crap on youtube
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