How to with Final Cut Pro or Express:
Aim:
Here we will work with an existing Sequence in Final Cut and from there turn it into a 3gpp file.
What will you need:
Hardware: A G4 - G5 Mac that will run Final Cut Pro - Express.
Software: Final Cut Pro - Express - for more info click here.
1. First of all open up Final Cut. Applications > Final Cut Pro or Express
- Tip: A shortcut to Applications folder when in the finder is to press "Shift + Apple key + A"
2. Next we will select the Time Line window/box and then also what Sequence we want. In this case it will be Sequence 1 in my example.
3. Now we can go to File > Export > Using QuickTime Conversion...
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4. You will then see a new window pop-up, if you Save: Movie to 3G > then click "Options..."
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5. Now we can fine-tune our movie to play over the internet for GPRS and 3G phones. Under the Video tab the settings are as follows:
- Video: optional mpeg-4 or H.263
- Date rate: 20 to 25 kbits / second - (if you want your movie to stream to your GPRS and 3G phones)
- Frames per second: 8 to 15
- Key frame every: 24 to 99
- Re-synch markers: tick - (Adds re-sync markers inside the video frames to help with loss recovery when streaming)
- Size: 176 x 144
[ Click here to see movie of how to do the above ]
6. Under the Audio tab, the settings are as follows:
- Audio: AMR-NB (Speech)
- Data Rate: 4.72 kbps note: if your creating audio only files then 12.2 kbps
- Channels: Mono
- Frames per sample: 5
- Silence detection: tick - (Available only with AMR audio, this option detects audio portions with low signal levels and adjusts the data rate of the output accordingly)
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7. Last but not least we will hint our movie. Under the Streaming tab here are the settings:
- Enable streaming: tick
- Maximum packet size: 380 up to 480 bytes - (This is aimed at GPRS packet size and will work on anything else above)
- Maximum packet duration: 100 msec
- Optimise for server: tick - (helps the server to process the file faster, but increases the file size)
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8. Now you can click "OK" then name your file and save it, ready to be put up on your streaming server or direct to your phone.
