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Inspiring
April 1, 2018
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Export for Vimeo (feature film screener)

  • April 1, 2018
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Good morning,

I’m hoping someone can help me as I’m really struggling.

I need to upload a screener for a feature film so I can send out a private link, I plan on using Vimeo but I’m not having much luck in creating a video which is high enough quality.

I’ve had no issues with the DCP and Prores 422 files but obviously the file size is too much for upload. I’ve tried the h264 Vimeo option with variable bit rate of 15 to 20 but it is still looking quite pixelated. The file is coming in around 10gb and the film has a running time of 84 minute

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h15c0r3rAuthor
Inspiring
April 6, 2018

Apologies for the delay, I've been locked away with little access to the internet for a few days....

Here's my settings, any help is very much appreciated. I'm also going to give DNx a try, it's not a format I'm familiar with so thanks for the info.

Legend
April 6, 2018

I still recommend exporting to DNx (or Cineform).  Both are excellent quality options.

h15c0r3rAuthor
Inspiring
April 6, 2018

Hi Jim,

just having a look look at this now, is this the DNxHD option? Apologies if it’s a silly question but it’s not a format I’m familiar with.

Also there’s a few sub options such as 8 bit etc, anything I need to be aware of?

Once again many thanks.

h15c0r3rAuthor
Inspiring
April 2, 2018

It’s quite frustrating, we’ve had 4 cinema showings 3 of which used a DCP file and one a Prores 422 and it looked great. I’ve now been asked to upload to a private link for some media reviews and I can’t seem to get anything that does it justice.

Inspiring
April 2, 2018

Please post a screen shot of your Export Settings summary, like this example shot below:

MtD

h15c0r3rAuthor
Inspiring
April 7, 2018

I’ve posted a screenshot of my export settings, can anyone spot anything I’ve missed or got wrong?

h15c0r3rAuthor
Inspiring
April 2, 2018

Morning all and many thanks for your replies.

My issue is with the quality being exported from Premiere, I haven’t produced anything good enough to upload to Vimeo yet. I’ve tried several things which includes VBR (10 to 20) and CBR at 20.

Legend
April 2, 2018

I still recommend exporting to DNx (or Cineform).  Both are excellent quality options.

Inspiring
April 1, 2018

When you upload a video to Vimeo, it will take a while for the higher quality versions to display. Vimeo prepares versions that are quality appropriate to the device viewing them, and in my experience after uploading, the lower quality files (meant for quick and easy download to mobile devices) are first to come online.

Click the cog on the bottom right of the Vimeo viewer and you'll see the display options that are available for your file, you may have to wait a while for the highest quality files (since you program is so large) to become available for streaming:

I load programs to Vimeo that run 40-45 minutes in H.264 1080p compressed to 12 to 14 Mb/s and they look ok.

MtD

chrisw44157881
Inspiring
April 1, 2018

check their recommended specs for upload. vimeo has been legal video levels in the past 16-235. it doesn't say if they have changed to

full 0-255. I'd upload two color charts as video and choose the one that looks the best.

Compression Guidelines on Vimeo

Legend
April 1, 2018

Try YouTube.  I upload DNx files to them exclusively.  They also have a Private function.