About Mpeg; To Render To Mpeg-2 Or Mpeg-2 Dvd (Windows Only) - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Choose either Windows Media or RealMedia from the Format menu.
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Do one of the following in the Windows Media or RealMedia dialog box:
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Choose a Preset from the Preset menu.
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Load a preset by clicking the Import Preset icon.
Select Export Video and Export Audio, and choose options in the lower area of the Windows Media or RealMedia
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dialog box. Your ability to modify these options is based on the preset and codec you've selected.
6 Click OK, set render options, and then click Render.

About MPEG

MPEG is the name of a family of file formats specified by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group. MPEG
formats include several compression methods. It requires significant processing power and time to generate these
keyframe-based file formats from other video formats.
Generally used for the Internet and CD-ROM, providing picture quality comparable with VHS quality at
MPEG-1
quarter-screen frame size.
Delivers higher quality video than MPEG-1. A specific form of MPEG-2 was chosen as the standard for
MPEG-2
compressing video for DVD video. This is called DVD-compliant MPEG-2.
Includes many of the features of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, and adds support for interactivity. It offers better
MPEG-4
compression and reduces file size while maintaining the same perceptual quality level as MPEG-2. MPEG-4 part 10
is the HD DVD standard.
After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro offer a number of MPEG presets to optimize the output quality for various
project types. If you're experienced with MPEG encoding, you can further fine-tune projects for specific playback
situations by customizing the presets in the Export Settings dialog box.
In After Effects, you can create MPEG-2 and MPEG-2 DVD video. In Adobe Premiere Pro, you can create various
types of MPEG video by using the File > Export > Adobe Media Encoder command or export directly to DVD-
compliant video by using the Export To DVD command (any video you export to DVD is automatically transcoded
to MPEG-2 if it isn't already in that format).
After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro add metadata to MPEG-2 files that Adobe Encore DVD can read for aid in
authoring and building DVDs. This metadata contains information that enables Adobe Encore DVD to multiplex
audio and video, automatically generate DVD chapter points, and generate Edit Original information. For more infor-
mation, see Adobe Encore DVD Help.

To render to MPEG-2 or MPEG-2 DVD (Windows only)

1 Select the file or composition in the Project panel, and choose Composition > Add To Render Queue.
In the Render Queue panel, click the underlined Output Module setting.
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Choose MPEG2 or MPEG2-DVD from the Format menu.
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4 Do one of the following in the MPEG2 or MPEG2-DVD dialog box:
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Choose a Preset from the Preset menu.
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Load a preset by clicking the Import Preset icon.
Select Export Video or Export Audio and then choose options in the lower area of the MPEG2 or MPEG2-DVD
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dialog box. Your ability to modify these options is based on the preset and codec you've selected. The MPEG2 preset
displays advanced MPEG parameters, while the MPEG2-DVD preset displays only DVD-legal MPEG-2 parameters.
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