BIT RATE QUESTION

VideoPro wrote on 9/21/2021, 3:58 AM

if I click DO NOT ADJUST, what happens to the file? If it is a higher resolution than the movie? If it is a lower resolution than the movie?? Higher Audio? Lower Audio?

emmrecs wrote on 9/21/2021, 4:25 AM

@VideoPro

"Do Not Adjust" means the file will NOT be conformed to the project settings, simple as that! It will not be changed at all to "match" whatever the project settings currently are.

Jeff
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VideoPro wrote on 9/21/2021, 4:36 AM

That is opposite what the previous poster just said.

emmrecs wrote on 9/21/2021, 4:45 AM

@VideoPro

I can't speak for Al, (the previous poster) but i think he may have misread or misunderstood your question.

Jeff

browj2 wrote on 9/21/2021, 7:27 AM

@emmrecs

Hi Jeff,

"Do Not Adjust" means the file will NOT be conformed to the project settings

Actually, Project settings do not change and the imported file is adjusted to the Project settings, is it not?

@VideoPro

if I click DO NOT ADJUST, what happens to the file? If it is a higher resolution than the movie? If it is a lower resolution than the movie?? Higher Audio? Lower Audio?

Nothing happens to the file; MEP is non-destructive and never modifies the original file.

The beauty of a video editor like MEP is that it handles different formats for video and audio and images, from multiple sources and conforms everything to the Project settings to allow you to edit. If you import 2 photos with different resolutions and different from the Project setting, they will be adjusted to fit the window. If you import 2 audio clips, 1 with 44 kHz and the other at 48kHz, they will both work - MEP adjusts one of them within the program. You don't need to worry about it.

Upon import (nothing is really imported, it's just a pointer to the actual file), MEP makes an internal adjustment, if necessary, so that the object conforms to the Project Settings. This is like adjusting the speed or the colour once on the timeline. Nothing happens to the original file.

When you export to the same settings as the Project settings, everything is adjusted and rendered accordingly, both audio and video.

John CB

emmrecs wrote on 9/21/2021, 8:23 AM

@browj2

Hi John.

Yes, you're right; I'm thinking "backwards", again!

Jeff

VideoPro wrote on 9/21/2021, 6:59 PM

If you import 2 audio clips, 1 with 44 kHz and the other at 48kHz, they will both work

Does this mean if my project settings are set at 48kHz, upon final mix down the 44kHz audio file will be upgraded to 48kHz ?

CubeAce wrote on 9/21/2021, 7:37 PM

@VideoPro

Does this mean if my project settings are set at 48kHz, upon final mix down the 44kHz audio file will be upgraded to 48kHz ?

I would be inclined to use the word converted rather than use the word upgraded because there is no audio quality improvement to be had in the conversion, but yes. In fact there may be a little degradation in quality of the signal as the volume curves may no longer be as accurately represented. Whether this is audibly noticeable would depend on the hearing ability of an individual and their experience at detecting such changes and the accuracy of the playback chain.

Ray.