TCXD300 Poor MP4 Renders

[BLOCKJOCKS]

Hello,

I am using the TCXD300 to capture multicamera ultrasound guided regional anesthesia procedures at Duke Medical Center. The video playbacks in the DDR and live 720p streams to the web look phenomenal. However, my talents end there, and when I try to render an MP4/h.264 using Speed Edit (2 I presume?) there is substantial worsening of the video quality. And the still text and fixed lines on the screen flicker constantly. Naturally, I am not expecting uncompressed quality from a compressed video render, but clearly there is something I am doing wrong in the workflow. I have tried every method of MP4 render I could think of in Speed Edit, and adjusted the bitrate and resolution, and interlaced vs. progressive output. Please keep in mind, though, that I am a physician with no formal video production education, and I am certain that the shortcomings are on my end rather then the software/hardware.

Can someone please tell me their succesful workflow for rendering TCXD300 video files to MP4 h.264 (with or without Speed Edit) so that I can upload these high quality renders to the web? I will post this to the Speed Edit and the Tricaster troubleshooting forums, since some users of the Tricaster do not use Speed Edit in their workflows.

Thanks for any help!

Brandon

[rcartermd]

Hi Dr. Winchester. I was wondering if you have tried to render the video stream out as another format such as an AVI etc and either had the same problem or not. It would be worth a try to see what another format would look like vs what you're trying to do presently. If you have any further information about the current problem please email me or even a sample of what you have outputted to my email address rodney@lecontefp.com. I'll see what I can do to help you.

Rodney Carter, M.D.

[radams]

Hi Dr Winchester,

You've come to the right place for SE questions and issues.
Note: that there are some updates that John Perkins (NewTek) is working on to resolve some bugs and issues.

So are the issues you are seeing...just with Text or with other material and elements?

Also can you list the settings you are using?

What is the original footage recorded in...XD300's High Profile Mpeg2 or some other format?

If you can send us a sample of the original footage...and the Mp4 you are recording to...that would help us see what is going on.

John is great at dealing with issues once it can be duplicated.

Cheers,