James_Porter Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 when exporting which on of these do i need to have it on...there are about that many again other options aswell...someone that uses it, can you help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Doesn't really matter, but obviously the quality goes up and the file size goes up. So pick one that makes it about the size you want. The higher the better really. But check out the encoding guide in sites, vids and pics. That works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The enchanted broomstick Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 i would suggest watching a video of a quality you like, as your watching a video any trials video etc. make sure you watch it in media player at the bottom left it will tell you what kbps it is playing at, normally around 156kbps these days is fairly good quality.So this can then give you an idea on what quality you can produce, say if you want it better quality you go for one like the 256kbps, however this dramatically increases file size. If you choose a lower one like 100kbps you end up with the smaller file size but thus you loose a bit of quality.hope that helped a bit mate, stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 100kbps is VERY low for video. It's decent for mp3 in small speakers or crap headphones.Around 500-1500kbps is about right, depending on what file format you're going for (.mov, wmv, mpg, divx).your long video with the finch song was divx and very nice quality, why not compress this at the same settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The enchanted broomstick Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 yeah i dont quite know what i was thinking there, must of been thinking music at the time. Janson is quite right it is more towards the 1500kbps mark Cheers for correcting me Janson stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 i'd stay away from 1000+ because then some people on shit computers wont be able to watch it very well 800 ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I would say dont botherDo it as raw avi (if you have the room) then use something else to convert it to DivX or summt non windows media as its rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I would say dont botherDo it as raw avi (if you have the room) then use something else to convert it to DivX or summt non windows media as its rubbish.Except exporting to WMV is quicker as it means only 1 conversion. Also 99% of the PC population have a WMV decoder therefore it makes more senseI do agree DivX is great...but meh WMV works fine for a lot of videos if you set it up rightAs for JamesI do a compile test video, a short clip of footage and fiddle around with the settings so I get the best quality for the smallest size possible. I obviously got it wrong the first time as a 4 minute video came out at 83mb but luckily that was saved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Windows Media Video 8 for Local Area Network (768 Kbps)Windows Media Video 8 for Broadband (NTSC, 700 Kbps)One of them two. Although i'm not sure if its PAL or NTSC, could never remember. I always used custom settings though, put the sound quality down, and the video up.Just test a few, see which is best quality for the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I use WM8 Download PAL 1024. Works very well for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 put the sound quality down, and the video up.audio is in my books more important than video. a good sound quality with a half-decent video is nicer than crisp video and shoddy sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Except exporting to WMV is quicker as it means only 1 conversion. Also 99% of the PC population have a WMV decoder therefore it makes more senseI do agree DivX is great...but meh WMV works fine for a lot of videos if you set it up rightAs for JamesI do a compile test video, a short clip of footage and fiddle around with the settings so I get the best quality for the smallest size possible. I obviously got it wrong the first time as a 4 minute video came out at 83mb but luckily that was saved WMV videos looks shit to me though, exporting as avi and then re-encoding (like Rowan said) is great. And it doesn't have to be DivX, it can be just MPEG2 or something. MUCH better than wmv, although it's slightly more effort on your part. It's all HERE, but the pics don't work, so some of it is HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Windows Media Video 8 for Local Area Network (768 Kbps)Windows Media Video 8 for Broadband (NTSC, 700 Kbps)One of them two. Although i'm not sure if its PAL or NTSC, could never remember. I always used custom settings though, put the sound quality down, and the video up.Just test a few, see which is best quality for the size.yer you defo want to use pal cos with NTSC you dont get as many lines of resolution.I told him to use the Broadband PAL 700kbps setting then edit that setting and change it to 1100kbps and decresae the sound quality that will give you the best settings.but I dont think he could manage that he's too ginger and stupid, haha Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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