Comments on: How do I create a Video Podcast? http://www.dvcreators.net/how-to-create-a-video-podcast/ training and resources for digital video creators Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Harold Ek http://www.dvcreators.net/how-to-create-a-video-podcast/#comment-31623 Harold Ek Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:29:56 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=65#comment-31623 I am working with a Community Access TV channel. We currently are generating four or five 10 to 20 minute videos each month. Three of our monthly videos are of an interview type. Currently we are shooting in mini DV and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and encoding directly from Premier into wmv format. For each of our programs we construct one high quality file for broadcasting, and two other wmvs that are streamed on the Internet. One of the Internet files is intended for use by people with dial up connections and the other for broadband connections. I have recently read an article that discusses the use of the Sorenson Squeeze to improve video quality specifically on the Web. Now to my questions. 1. Would like your opinion of whether the Sorenson squeeze would produce significant video quality improvement at approximately the same file size. 2. It is not clear to me whether Squeeze functions as a plug-in for Premier Pro or if it is a standalone application. Would you please comment? 3. From my preliminary investigations there is indication that Squeeze includes Command line control. Would you project that this will allow us to prepare the three output files at one sitting? Would it be necessary to prepare an AVI or other file format of our edited program prior to encoding with Squeeze? 4. Part of the recent discussion seemed to center about improvements of obtained by using Flash format, particularly for the Web. Would you agree that moving to Flash might provide quality improvements in addition to greater usability? Thank you in advance for your efforts. I am working with a Community Access TV channel. We currently are generating four or five 10 to 20 minute videos each month. Three of our monthly videos are of an interview type. Currently we are shooting in mini DV and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and encoding directly from Premier into wmv format. For each of our programs we construct one high quality file for broadcasting, and two other wmvs that are streamed on the Internet. One of the Internet files is intended for use by people with dial up connections and the other for broadband connections.

I have recently read an article that discusses the use of the Sorenson Squeeze to improve video quality specifically on the Web.

Now to my questions.
1. Would like your opinion of whether the Sorenson squeeze would produce significant video quality improvement at approximately the same file size.
2. It is not clear to me whether Squeeze functions as a plug-in for Premier Pro or if it is a standalone application. Would you please comment?
3. From my preliminary investigations there is indication that Squeeze includes Command line control. Would you project that this will allow us to prepare the three output files at one sitting? Would it be necessary to prepare an AVI or other file format of our edited program prior to encoding with Squeeze?
4. Part of the recent discussion seemed to center about improvements of obtained by using Flash format, particularly for the Web. Would you agree that moving to Flash might provide quality improvements in addition to greater usability?

Thank you in advance for your efforts.

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