bigfritz 0 #1 October 8, 2003 I just got this capture card so I could put some of my skydiving videos onto the net. I have one problem, though. File size!! All my videos are huge! What's the best way to encode videos so they're as small as possible? I just used Premiere 6 to encode a 5:45 min long video in .AVI format with DivX Pro and the file size is huge. I just paid 20 bucks for the Pro version of DivX thinking it would help, which it did somewhat. It brought the file size down from 57mb to 32mb, but the file is still huge! I've seen 6 minute videos around 3-5mb! I know AVI's are bigger than mpgs, or movs, but I didn't see an option to use the DivX codec with those formats, unless I'm missing something? Thanks for any help! ------------------------ Freefly, baby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #2 October 8, 2003 Encode the avi (or mpeg) with Windows Media. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mofo554 0 #3 October 8, 2003 Dude...32 MB for a 6 minute video is pretty damn good. Anything lower than that and you're seriously sacrificing quality. Where are you posting your videos? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisky 2 #4 October 8, 2003 Well, first thing you might consider lowering the data rate available for encoding and setting a lower keyframe value (This will immediately loose you quality, tho). Another thing you could try is decreasing the resolution, setting it half of the original size. This will also loose quality of course, but it might be acceptable. Ultimately comes down to what you want the video for. Just to show it to your friends, reduce the image size. Or make a small LowQ and a big HQ file. My 5 (5:XX?) minute snippet excerpt from the DVD i made is about 19 Megs, but it's only half res, if i remember right... Btw, good tool to Check your Avi.The mind is like a parachute - it only works once it's open. From the edge you just see more. ... Not every Swooper hooks & not every Hooker swoops ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gus 1 #5 October 8, 2003 If you halve the resolution you can quarter the filesize. Have a look at some of the 6 minute/5 mb vids you've seen, what settings are they using? GusOutpatientsOnline.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #6 October 8, 2003 also de-interlace before putting it online...looks better JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poohbeer 0 #7 October 8, 2003 Quote also de-interlace before putting it online...looks better Only if you have an interlaced source offcourse! ------- SIGNATURE BELOW ------- Complete newbie at skydiving, so be critical about what I say!! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #8 October 8, 2003 Get windows media encoder. I just encoded my latest video last night: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/dl.php?f=RW/dave_8way.wmv. (5 megs) Same video uncompressed in premier is 296 megs with very little difference in quality. When you get the file sizes down, feel free to upload them to skydivingmovies.com! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigfritz 0 #9 October 8, 2003 Sweet, thanks for the info! I'll link to the video when I'm done if you guys want to see. ------------------------ Freefly, baby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigfritz 0 #10 October 9, 2003 Ok, here's the video! http://www.outersph3re.com/skydiving/videos/tom_1st_freefly.avi (18mb) ------------------------ Freefly, baby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #11 October 9, 2003 Holy crap thats a fast server. Downloaded in 36 seconds. Cool video. That opening in reverse looked like a nasty mal for a few seconds. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #12 October 9, 2003 That VID isn't coming through my proxy server at work. There must be something "sexual" typed on the page to not allow passage. Oh well - wish I could view it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigfritz 0 #13 October 9, 2003 Quote Holy crap thats a fast server. Downloaded in 36 seconds. Cool video. That opening in reverse looked like a nasty mal for a few seconds. Dave I uploaded it to your website, but I'm not sure if it went through all the way since I can't see any of the files in the upload folder. But yeah, put it on your site. ------------------------ Freefly, baby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #14 October 9, 2003 hmm - I can't see the video, just hear the sound. Any thoughts on why? I'd love to see it! JenniferArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigfritz 0 #15 October 9, 2003 You need the XViD Codec to play it. ------------------------ Freefly, baby. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #16 October 9, 2003 I use Premiere 6 as well. I have a dozen or so videos posted on my site. Its a trade off of quality. Full screen AVI's are around 4mb per second. On my site, I have some 5 minute videos that are about 10 megs in size (but the quality shows it). I create WMV files (Windows Media Video I think). So try this. Select FILE, then EXPORT TIMELINE, then ADVANCED WINDOWS MEDIA, then choose VIDEO FOR BROADBAND NTSC 256 KBPS. You get acceptable quality. If you'd like to see some examples, check out my videos at www.manifestmaster.com/video Hope this helps Doc Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #17 October 10, 2003 Yup, it uploaded fine: http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ftp/public/freefly/tom_1st_freefly.avi. THANKS! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
