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[Jonathan Thomas <jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx>]

Helen, thanks for jump starting this list of formats and codecs.  I'll put
together a blog entry soon to get more eyes looking at it.

Thanks,
-Jonathan


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Helen McCall <wildnfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I have added in optimum (as far as I can judge) settings for
> Vimeo, Flickr, Picasa and YouTube.
>
> All information is derived directly from these providers. However Vimeo
> is the only one of these 4 who provide comprehensive information on all
> settings for all their resolutions and formats. I only found the High
> Definition information on Flickr. Picasa gives minimal information which
> I had to interpolate. YouTube gives no really useful information on
> optimising settings - but Picasa does state that its optimums are what
> it sends through to YouTube - so I used those.
>
> All these settings are for files to upload to those providers. All these
> providers then process to a standard internal compression and format.
> This is why it is advisable to pick the optimum settings before
> conversion on the site.
>
> Best wishes, Helen
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 00:34 +0100, Helen McCall wrote:
> > Hello Jonathan,
> >
> > I just remembered the other category 7 which is mobile devices.
> >
> > My excuse is I just got back from Plymouth where I was doing some
> > guerrilla filming of some fire-jugglers in a public park! I had to film
> > handheld so I could dodge quickly out of the way because there were fire
> > sticks flying everywhere. Some just missed me by inches! :-)
> >
> > Best wishes, Helen
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 23:38 +0100, Helen McCall wrote:
> > > Hello Jonathan,
> > >
> > > Yes a good little piece about people's TRIED AND TESTED setups, and an
> > > invitation to add them to the table on the wiki. What we need are
> > >
> > > 1)formats both HD and SD for playing on a computer with something like
> > >    VLC
> > > 2) formats both standard and widescreen for DVDs (interlaced) for TV
> > >
> > > 3) low def formats for the various web publishing sites like
> > >    Vimeo, Flickr, U-tube, Google etc
> > >
> > > 4) High Def formats for the web publishing sites.
> > >
> > > 5) A set of valid QuickTime formats at different resolutions
> > >
> > > 6) a set of OpenSource formats eg Ogg Theora etc
> > >
> > > the categories 5 and 6 are like subsets of category 1, but important
> > > enough to have their own categories.
> > >
> > > As soon as I saw that question about this, I suddenly realised we would
> > > be swamped with questions on this and so built that table as quick as I
> > > could ;-)
> > >
> > > Best wishes, Helen
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 12:43 -0500, Jonathan Thomas wrote:
> > > > Very nice.  I just added added 1 to the list.  Should I write a blog
> > > > entry about this and try and recruit some help to fill the table in
> on
> > > > the wikipedia?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > -Jonathan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Helen McCall
> > > > <wildnfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >         Hello folks,
> > > >
> > > >         I am building a table of recommended settings for the
> > > >         different video
> > > >         types, formats and codecs, and their associated audio codecs.
> > > >
> > > >         To allow everyone to add in their own favourite settings, I
> > > >         have put an
> > > >         editable table on the Wikepedia page:
> > > >
> > > >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot_Video_Editor#Video_Formats_.26_Codecs_Supported
> > > >
> > > >         I made the table fully sortable using the little arrow
> widgets
> > > >         in the
> > > >         headings.
> > > >
> > > >         If people could start adding new records in the format I have
> > > >         started it
> > > >         with, then we will end up with a comprehensive collection of
> > > >         valid
> > > >         settings for OpenShot :-)
> > > >
> > > >         I will then be able to add it to the manual! :-)
> > > >
> > > >         Best wishes, Helen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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