WebDVD approach to H.264?

[Ron Hunter]

I originally produced a company training video in "WebDVD" HD format to utilize its "scene selection" capability. This is handy because it lets our sales force jump to specific training topics without having to watch the entire movie (54min).

Some of our users complained that the video quality wasn't great and that the images on screen (PowerPoint slides) were jittery.

Sidd and Rob recently helped me understand how to output the video in H.264 "Vimeo-friendly" format. That worked great and has been well received (great quality and much less PPT slide jitter).

However, I like the "scene selection" capability of the WebDVD format and I'm wondering if there is a way I can get that capability in the H.264 Vimeo-friendly movie?

My understanding is that the WebDVD format takes the timeline and compresses it to the FLV format, then applies its DVD interface to the output. So even if I place the H.264 movie on the timeline and output it as WebDVD, the quality will suffer.

Is there a middle ground?

Thanks!

[Steve Grisetti]

The bigger issue, as I said in your other post, may be using PowerPoint slides in the video.

Since the slides are graphics and not true text, they end up getting compressed in the transition to a web format -- and that degrades their readability.

The best solution is to recreate the text in the slides using Premiere Elements titler tool.

I know that's a lot of work, but there really is not way to get a really smooth transition from PowerPoint to video to web. It's the nature of using text graphics rather than true text in a video slideshow.

[Ron Hunter]

Thanks Steve. Now I know what is required to move forward. And thanks again for going above and beyond the call on those templates!!

[Steve Grisetti]

Always glad to be a part of your projects, Ron!