BrightSign video preparation
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:11 am
These instructions deal ONLY with how to prepare video for use with our BrightSign video controllers.
The assumption is that you are working on a Mac, using Final Cut Pro, and you want to get that video into a playable format to place on an SDHC memory card.
1. Render files direct from Final Cut Pro to Compressor at 1280 x 720, 30fps. You could also use After Effects here.
2. In Compressor, select Settings -> Apple -> Formats -> MPEG-2 -> Transport Stream.
3. Double-check your configuration in the Inspector.
4. Submit.
5. It will render a file with an .m2t suffix. Simply change the suffix from .m2t to .ts
Optionally, using MPEG Streamclip, you can do this:
1. Open .ts file in MPEG Streamclip http://www.squared5.com/ and Convert to MPEG with MP2 Audio to create an mpeg file.
2. Change file suffix to mpg so Windows/BrightSign will recognize it.
This file can be included as part of your BrightSign project and will be played smoothly in HD without problem.
HTH,
Jack
The assumption is that you are working on a Mac, using Final Cut Pro, and you want to get that video into a playable format to place on an SDHC memory card.
1. Render files direct from Final Cut Pro to Compressor at 1280 x 720, 30fps. You could also use After Effects here.
2. In Compressor, select Settings -> Apple -> Formats -> MPEG-2 -> Transport Stream.
3. Double-check your configuration in the Inspector.
4. Submit.
5. It will render a file with an .m2t suffix. Simply change the suffix from .m2t to .ts
Optionally, using MPEG Streamclip, you can do this:
1. Open .ts file in MPEG Streamclip http://www.squared5.com/ and Convert to MPEG with MP2 Audio to create an mpeg file.
2. Change file suffix to mpg so Windows/BrightSign will recognize it.
This file can be included as part of your BrightSign project and will be played smoothly in HD without problem.
HTH,
Jack