compress h264
 

Got a bunch of HD content I need to compress, I'll give a quick example:

I used Gilisoft to watermark a 2Gb mp4 (1920x1080), original is 12,500kbps, output file is obviously very nice and crisp, and it has that built-in pseudo stream skip to any point thingo, which is also what I want. Output size is 2.1Gb

No option though to change the bitrate to ~5k (2k or original are the highest options), and 2gb is obviously way too big to stick in a members area for streaming.

Need some help here, and this part is very important: I am a tech idiot

Ideally I want someone to say: use this piece of software, it will get your bitrate to 'insert what I should be aiming for here' and keeps the skip-to-any-point-while-streaming thingo as well.

Thanks :)

We use sorenson squeeze pro if that helps.

Great quality and you can change all specs for the output file.

+1

You can also use ffmpeg...

Youtube has a bunch or videos that will help you sort the settings out and there are a number of AV forums that can help you with playing with teh settings to get the best quality out of it.

sorenson looks a bit overkill for my needs tbh. ffmpeg - ok, when I say I am a tech idiot, this cannot be overstated. I need a program where I input, tick a box or 2, and get an output :)

Handbrake is a GUI for ffmpeg.

https://handbrake.fr/

Sorensen squeeze is idiot proof

Gonna go with this as it happens. What formats do I need to cover all device scenarios?

Use Adobe Media Encoder fella.

This is what I use;
MP4 - HD 4Mb 1920x1080 (High) setting (download only)
MP4 - HD 2Mb 1280x720 (baseline) for streaming HD - (should work with most modern tablets too!)
3GP - SD 0.8Mb 640x480 (baseline) for most mobiles
3GP - SD 0.5Mb 320x240 (baseline) for basic mobiles

Hope that helps!

heh, I'd gone with sorenson :) though used your parameters as a guideline mate, so cheers :thumbsup

just need to check on an ipad, but so far so good in IE, safari, chrome, android, and iphone, using the html5 presets and tweaking slightly.

Thanks all :)

I spoke too soon... I can't get videos to play on android... anyone able to tell me which format I need in sorenson? The gen3 preset thingo spits out an m4v file, and that doesn't play (at least not on a galaxy S), and the mp4/webm file from the html5 setting isn't playing on that device either :(

ok solved the android thing (was my phone), but....

neither android (using dolphin browser) nor IE10 will allow videos to be skipped ahead..

anyone using sorenson experienced this issue, and solved it? And if so, how?

ok in case anyone finds this thread while searching for the same problem with skipping forward/back:

the fault was having gzip encoding enabled on the server. Needs to have this in your htaccess to disable it:


that was a cunt and a half to track down lol. It applies to all mp4 for IE10/android users btw, so if you've had this problem and could never find the fix, there it is.

Also the choppiness with IE10 is down to some kind of compatability issue with it and apache, so if you have an older version, get it upgraded :thumbsup