Supplement: Is It Better To Use A Baseline Or Main Profile For H.264 Encoding - NewTek TriCaster 850 User Manual

4. Click the Resolution drop down menu, and slide the pointer all the way down to the
bottom to select Browse.
5. Navigate to the custom profile, select it and click Open.
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION:
Q: Is it better to use a Baseline or Main profile for H.264 encoding?
A: Flash Media Live Encoder lets you choose either Baseline or Main type profiles in the
Advanced Encoder Settings that opens when you click the Configure (wrench) button beside the
Format menu (in the Video section of FMLE's Encoding Options tab). At the time of writing, all
NewTek H.264 profiles use the Baseline option as it seems to be the best supported by various
online services, and produces excellent results.
CREATING A CUSTOM WINDOWS MEDIA PROFILE
1. From TriCaster's Startup Screen, click the Shutdown icon, and select Exit to Windows.
2. Click the Exit to Windows button in the confirmation dialog that pops up.
3. Double-click the My Computer icon, and navigate to C:\TriCaster\Streaming
Profiles\WMVPRofiles.
4. Identify a profile (.prx file) similar to the one you wish to create inside the appropriate
sub-folder at that location.
5. Copy the file, and paste the copy in at the same location.
6. Double-click the new profile to open it in the Windows Media Profile Editor.
7. Make such changes to the settings as you see fit, then click the Save and Close button.
8. Rename the modified profile to differentiate it from the others in the same folder.
9. Close the folder, and re-launch TriCaster.
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