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WMV vs H.264
I recently prepared and uploaded this video:
It is in a H.264 format. For some reason, when trying to upload a WMV version (for comparison), it did not work. Any thoughts as to why that might be?
Is there any quality differences from videos uploaded in WMV vs H.264?
Also, is there any way to search "the hood" for topics - the search feature does not seem to allow this?
It's been awhile ... and I could be wrong, but I seem to recall a time when you could search the hood. (The context was that at the time I wanted to know if any post(s) / comment(s) anywhere on The Hood referenced a certain camera ... as in ... had anyone on The Hood ever talked about the Canon HFS10, Nikon D90 ... or whatever.)
But I agree that on the surface the "Search The Hood" functionality doesn't presently seem to exist.
I’ve discovered though that if you:
1. Click “The Hood” tab and let the page load.
a. Notice there’s something like 542 threads on The Hood.
2. Type the keyword text for your search in the box next to the dropdown choice that includes “Members / Group Channels / Filmmakers”.
a. Example: “stabilizer”
3. Then go change the “Sort By” choice (“Most Recent Post/Comment” … or … “Most Commented”)
a. That will actually re-sort the list while applying your “filter” (i.e. the keyword search)
b. Using the “stabilizer” example, you now see 27 Posts listed.
c. If you wanted “the other sort order”, just re-sort the list one more time.
It’s not exactly obvious … or pretty … but seems to do the job.
I hope that helps.
PS: I’ll also re-post this as a new thread to possibly catch a few more eyeballs.
OK, it's time for me to sound extra-geeky here.
H.264 is an encoding standard which is used by other filetypes (MP4, M4V, .MOV, etc.). It's quality (much like WMV) is dependent on the bitrate that is used. If you use the same bitrate in both, the image should have similar quality.
Where the difference comes in (IMO) is in versatility. An MP4 for instance is more versatile in that it can be uploaded to any of the video sites (WellcomeMat, YouTube, Blip, etc.), but it can also be uploaded to iTunes for use on iPods, iPads, iPhones.
When I export a video, I export to mp4 at a bitrate of 3000, which I upload to all the sites. This provides a small enough file for upload, but also keeps the quality up when the various sites do their encoding magic.
Hope that helps!
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