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Topic: Converting video to play on server
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 07-10-2013 10:01 AM
DVD-O-Matic works great. It ought to do what you need.
However, whenever I hear somebody say that they want to play self-made content from their video server I always get this cringing feeling. I have to ask what do you want to play and why?
My reason is this: G.I.G.O. (Garbage in. Garbage out.)
You have to be really careful about the video you plan to put on the server and play to the public. If you aren't, the picture and sound on your screen will look and sound like crap. Your customers aren't paying to see crap. It is your job to make your presentation look as good as you possibly can.
DVD-O-Matic will convert, rescale and resample the input picture and sound to fit on your movie screen and make it so your server can play it, like you said, just the way you play a trailer or feature, now. What it won't do (CAN'T do) is make low resolution, low quality video into high quality video fit for presentation to the public. If you give crap to DVD-O-Matic, it will give you back crap. G.I.G.O!
Most people don't understand the complexities of video codecs and compression schemes. Many people who work in the movie business barely understand how their machines operate. Many of those people won't hesitate to just throw some video up on the screen but, then, when they get complaints about how bad it looks, they'll blame the equipment or blame the software or even blame the person who sent them the video.
I absolutely encourage you to use DVD-O-Matic to make video promos and other content to go on your cinema server but I also encourage you to be extremely picky about the quality of the content you present. Be really picky. Be a "hatchet man." Be an asshole if you have to but, whatever you decide upon in terms of your quality standards, draw a line in the sand and don't back down.
In my opinion, a resolution of 720p is BARE MINIMUM for conversion to DCP. It will look "okay." Just "okay."
Personally, that's my "cringe level." I will only put video on my screen that is 720p or better and I will definitely bitch about it unless I am forced to do it.
If your input video format is 1080p, you'll get decent results if your bitrates are high enough. Mind your P's and Q's and you can get some decent results.
I often have people who come to me and ask to have their video put on my screens. These people have no freakin' clue what it takes. They think it is as easy as putting a DVD into a the player and pressing "Play." You and I both know that it is nothing of the sort. Most people who I deal with can't even tell a DVD from a CD-R from a Blu-Ray. All round, flat, donut shaped things are "movies" and they are convinced that their "movie" should be played on your big, shiny movie screen. When you tell them, "No," because the quality isn't good enough, they get all huffy at you.
My advice is to fib a little bit. When anybody asks you to play their video on your screen, tell them that it has to be in a "special format" and that it is very hard to make videos in that "special format."
Look at any "alternative content" that you are asked to present on your cinema server with a jaundiced eye. G.I.G.O!
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