video compression question

108 · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: video compression question

hello lol

we did a beauuuuuutiful FFDog over here

and it's 1.1 GB

is there some kind of magical thing i can do to decrease the size to something reasonable?
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newave · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

Mac or PC?

If mac ARRR quicktime pro (or use final cut or somehting) and file/export - Movie to Quicktime Movie. CHoose options:

Video Settings:

Compression - H.264
Dimensions - 320x240

Sound:

Format: AAC
Sample Rate: 44.1
Bit Rate: 128 kbps

Felix · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:14 pm

on windows, the red kawa stuff (wii/psp/ps3 video converter) really isn't so bad at all considering it's free and you can change the settings within reason, and of course divx it.

oligophagy · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

The ffmpegX mac frontend to, uh, ffmpeg and a dozen so other open source A/V tools is nice and free except for like two features you don't need. The documentation is good, or just plug in newave's settings.

gooktime · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: no

Also, if you want to make something suitable for iPod/portable resolutions, try iSquint.

Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

As the man pointed out earlier, H.264 with AAC is what you want.

That's pretty much as good as it gets.

So, aside from using H.264, if you really want to get it lower... you could convert the frame rate to something lower with blending and whatnot... you could interlace it... you could lower the resolution... free tools (VirtualDub yay!) will do all of that for you with the highest quality.

Once you've done that, then compress it.

Converting to H.264 is kind of a mess these days. QuickTime Pro is really the easiest way to do it, quite honestly, but there are free tools out there too...

108 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:24 am

BotageL · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:34 am

Don't use Quicktime. Quicktime fucking sucks on Windows. Use Xvid or something.
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108 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:00 am

yeah i don't have windoze though
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Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

No.

XviD is a mediocre format compared to H.264.

Use H.264.

QuickTime Pro is a piece of software that can convert video to H.264.

It does a fine job at it.

Using some free software to convert to H.264 wouldn't be any different than using QuickTime Pro to do it -- except the latter would be simpler.

oligophagy · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

ffmpegX

isn't difficult.

Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Last I tried ffmpegX I remember it being a big pain in the ass.

Mainly, I remember having to install lots of other software and point ffmpegX to all of it and finding that a little annoying. Though that was a long time ago and I haven't had a chance to use it since...

...still nicer than all the windows solutions I suppose.

I dunno, might be nicer now!

oligophagy · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Yeah, the installation is a little weird because license technicalities break it up, but it's only two pieces you need to download. That's not a big number!

BotageL · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:04 am

H.264 is nice and all but fuck why would you wrap it in that Quicktime shit? I can play H.264 files that aren't in a Fucking Quicktime container but the moment that .mov gets involved that fucker Quicktime takes over and can't keep the frame rate up at 30fps in a 640x480 video on my 2.4ghz machine.
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Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Yeah, that's why you would select the option to save it an MPEG-4 container instead.

BotageL · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:56 am

I think that's a solution everyone can agree with.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

google video allows long movie uploads, doesn't it?
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BotageL · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:47 pm

Seriously, man, Quicktime is fucking terrible on Windows, because Apple really doesn't care. What is wrong with my computer, from their perspective, is it's not a Mac running Mac OS X 10.Newest.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

The quicktime implementation on Windows has never been good. It's still not good, though at least less horrible than five years ago or whatever.

Still, something h.264 is good. If you can make it an AVI, that would be spiffy.
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