Ripping videos...

[rhino 0]

What is the highest compression video format to create? Best bang for the size I guess?

AVI? MPG?

[TomAiello 26]

Try DivX. It usually gives me the best quality to file size ratio.

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[Clownburner 0]

MPEG4 is VERY good compression for the quality and has broad cross-platform support (I think DivX is a variant of or presets for MPEG4).

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[quade 4]

There is -no- simple answer to this question.

The biggest problem is that all of the major compression formats allow for various compression ratios -- sometimes the compression ratio can dynamically change based on the content (variable bit rate or VBR).

For instance, I have a DVD recorder that can make DVDs of a quality that would be difficult to tell from the orginal full resolution DV25 input. I can also cram a hell of a lot more information onto a disk if I turn on variable bit rate encoding and turn down the quality -- 6 hours of full screen video playback on a 4.7 gig DVD and this is just using the "normal" mpeg2 found on DVDs.

I think the best answer to your question begins with another question, "what exactly are you trying to do?"

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[Deuce 1]

I am very satisfied with the quality I get out of Premiere by copying to recorder at least compression. The best TV it's been viewed on, to my knowledge is Loudiamonds 50 inch plasma, and he commented on the sharpness.

I go right from my PC to my DVD recorder via firewire.

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Try DivX. It usually gives me the best quality to file size ratio.

Ugh.

What he said.

Harju like DivX...Ugh.



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[quade 4]

BTW -- http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/

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[rhino 0]

Cool... I'm putting videos on the net so I need to make the quality / size realistic..

[rhino 0]

What type of video compression is best to use?

[AndyMan 7]

I've had really good luck with the Microsoft Media Encoder. It's free, too.

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[rhino 0]

Cool.. I'll check that out.. Mucho appreciated :)

[rhino 0]

What is the standard video frame rate?

[PhreeZone 20]

Encode it at the same frame rate recorded.

I use 250-300kbs VBR, FM quality sound and progressive downloading for all my movies. It ends up being about 1 meg for 45-50 seconds. Good enough for free web downloads.

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[quade 4]

Ok, for wide distribution stuff on the net, as much as it hurts me to say this, Windows Media Player files are probably the "best" only because they are the lowest common denominator and you'll receive the fewest complaints.

For frame rates, on the net, 30 frames per second is kind of indulgent. 15 frames per second isn't too bad and immediately drops your file size by almost 1/2.

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