Upload Quality

[Fractal Grinder]

Hey I tried uploading a few of my performances with Magic to Vimeo and I feel like there is much to be desired with the quality. Does anyone have any advice on how to post really high quality videos with no distortion, I really want to share my work and I spoke with some Musicians over the weekend that seem interested in collaborating with me. Are Vimeo and Youtube out of the question? If I want to share perfect quality videos, should I just put them on a private torrent and share that torrent or is streaming still worth looking into?

Any help is appreciated

[Terry Payman]

Vimeo allows download of the original file, so a collaborator or potential client can see an un-degraded version.

I needed to upgrade to a Vimeo Pro subscription before I had sufficient upload allowance for a full HD high-bitrate file, and even then I am very unhappy with the degradation when streaming.

I'm currently using Dropbox for collaborations, and find it very convenient to use. All types of files can be in one shared directory structure. The Dropbox browser works very well on a mobile phone too, handy for a quick look or selection without need to download. Yet another monthly subscription to get me enough space, but a Terabyte goes a long way.

Clients also find it a very convenient delivery format, and those with Dropbox accounts themselves can almost instantly copy across to their own account.

I have read of filmmakers using a 4k up-res of their HD footage for YouTube, where (currently at least) they report that a higher bit rate is assigned for an HD stream from 4k than from HD source material. May be useful for a final release of work, but It doesn't easily give the option of download.

[Fractal Grinder]

Vimeo allows download of the original file, so a collaborator or potential client can see an un-degraded version.

I needed to upgrade to a Vimeo Pro subscription before I had sufficient upload allowance for a full HD high-bitrate file, and even then I am very unhappy with the degradation when streaming.

I'm currently using Dropbox for collaborations, and find it very convenient to use. All types of files can be in one shared directory structure. The Dropbox browser works very well on a mobile phone too, handy for a quick look or selection without need to download. Yet another monthly subscription to get me enough space, but a Terabyte goes a long way.

Clients also find it a very convenient delivery format, and those with Dropbox accounts themselves can almost instantly copy across to their own account.

I have read of filmmakers using a 4k up-res of their HD footage for YouTube, where (currently at least) they report that a higher bit rate is assigned for an HD stream from 4k than from HD source material. May be useful for a final release of work, but It doesn't easily give the option of download.

Thanks Terry, I actually just installed Dropbox again right before I read this, I figured people will feel a little more comfortable with Dropbox then torrenting, but thanks for the response glad to know I'm not the only one thats not fully content with how vimeo steams turn out.

[Magic]

One thing worth mentioning is that most web browsers now support direct playback of .mp4 files, which automatically start streaming when you go to the URL, for example: http://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4

I got that link from this page: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp

So if you have a web server somewhere, you can just upload your video file, and give someone the link. The advantage is that it's your own file, with no re-encoding, so you can make the quality as good as you want.

The problem with YouTube/Vimeo is that their data rates are designed for naturalistic footage like what you'd get from a camera recording, which is easy to compress because it has a lot less detail than the kind of animation Magic creates.