pi-dickens_project Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 I was wondering how to compress video files. I tv captured a few things and really dont like the fact that one of them is 60GB of space. How can i cut that amount down?!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigen Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 i use video mach or vegas video or u can zip or .rar them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 there are 2 main types of compression (IMHO) * mpeg 1 and 2 (VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc) * mpeg 4 (AVI: DivX, XviD; MP4, OGM, etc) head on over to one of the following sites to find out how to convert your captured video into one of the above formats: http://www.videohelp.com http://www.doom9.org Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 try dr divx - very easy to use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 oh yeah, and i think all of those are best used for the final compression, like if you are doing video editing then i think one of the cinepak/indeo/something low-compression codecs is better, it's to do with keyframes and i- and b- frames and a whole buncha stuff... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 If you plan on doing some further editing, you don't want to compress your videos too much (idealy not at all i reckon). Just use the high compression for your final completed videos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 yeah but noone wants to be editing a 60gb file and keeping it on HD for too long! some programs that record will encode into mpeg2 automatically on the fly and thus 2 hours of film should only be around 4 gig depending on quality. either way, it'll be a fraction of 60gb, lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureghetto Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 You're recompressing avi, right? Get virtualdub and install xvid or divx codecs, and you can just save the avi as either xvid or divx encoded avi. As a general rule I use 1000kbps for animated stuff and *maybe but rarely* 1500kbps for live action stuff. But that's just me and I'm insane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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