Difference between revisions of "Avid Media Composer H.264 Export"
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Revision as of 20:13, 15 February 2017
Avid Media Composer v8.7.2
Problem:
When exporting H.264 files from Avid Media Composer, the progress bar appears to encode the file four times before finishing.
Solution:
Avoid using the "Best quality (Multi-Pass)" option in the Quicktime compression settings dialog box. The multi-pass export takes four times longer to do and results in a file that doesn't look any different than the one created using "Faster encode (Single-pass)".
Step by step H.264 exporting:
1. Select the sequence in the bin and from the File menu select Output>Export to file...
2. Select the drive you are exporting to. Select Export Setting "Send to QT Movie. Click Options...