Exporting Video from US to RUSSIA ...

[adamnark]

Hello, not sure if this is where this should be posted. Any help that could be given with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 3-4 minute commercial built in final cut/shake. I've resized and exported it previously for American media, but I'm faced with a new problem that's proving difficult to troubleshoot. Basically, I need to get a file over to Russia in a clear, usable format. The end media is going to be displayed on a 52" Samsung LE-52A556P1 and it will be streaming from a laptop, so no worries about dvd conversion and region coding. The clip is 1920x1080 in PAL @ 25fps.

Does anyone have any tips for what format / codec / compressor is compatible with a Russian system?

Many thanks, comrades!

Adam

[Nelson37]

If it is going to be played on a computer, there is no "compatibility" issue. The only limitation would be the playback capability of the laptop in handling hi-res clips. They got the same playback software there as we use.

[Alex_ander]

Almost any encoding will suit but mpeg2 would be better than mp4, since most people in Russia use Windows.

[Chrushev]

<-- russian

Yeah most use Windows, and formats such as Xvid/Divx with AVI/Mp4 containers are very common and are widely used.

They use Pal/Secam on their TVs, but 99% of the TVs will play all PAL/NTSC/SECAM videos as will the players.

If you need region for a DVD or something, either make it region free or make it region 5.