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Originally Posted by Lenny2
What he said.
If you're willing to pay for it almost any broker will do encoding for you to your specs so you can basically just plug the content into your server and go.
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Exactly.
Barring .avi or raw files, specs presented to the producar and delivered as stated is a huge deal. I have somewhere around 40k worth of content that would work in a member's area (basic, one res/speed option), but it would take me months to break it down into all the correct resolustions and file sizes for use for promotion, caps, and multi-speed offerings.
If a producer only offers a deal on one setting, I would rather it be .avi so I could dupe it down to whatever I need to for my MA and promotional materials. If the producer was willing to negotiate, I would provide a list of every use/option I would need for a turn-key solution.
One way or another it would cost them or me time or money, and those things are directly affecting the cost of the original content.