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Suggesting something new to try or buy might not be what you're looking for


At the moment, it *is* what I'm looking for. Too bad TMPGEnc isn't a free product. I will try the trial version, though, and see how it does for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

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does your camera actually record .MOV files?

Yes, but I'm unsure as to their internal encoding, I never looked closely at it. The example file linked at the top of the thread is directly from the camera, if you wanted to peek.

Your idea that it might be something goofy that confuses transcoders is definitely a possibility, and one I've considered. However, a two-stage encoding process isn't an optimal solution IMHO. Might be worth a try if I don't find another solution.

Mainly, I'm looking for a product that will reliably take a group of movie files from my camera, and batch-encode them to a smaller web-friendly format that's appropriate for putting up in my Gallery page. H.264 seems to be the best size-for-quality tradeoff at the moment, and the MOV file format and the quicktime player seem to be pretty reliable in terms of cross platform compatibility, so those are my desired choices of encoder and file-format.

The reason this is so important is that I always get back from a convention weekend, and this is the sticking point that keeps me from getting my photos/movies/conrept up on my web site quickly. I need something that works fast and reliably. In theory, the three products I've tried (Quicktime Pro, MPEG Streamclip, and Super) should have all satisfied this requirement, but they don't seem to do so, based on the problems I stated above.
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Tony Fabris