Hi ya all. I'm looking to trim/split some video files using FX splitter and trimer and i wondered if any1 could offer any advise on the best codecs to use for compressing the file without ruining the quality, both sound and image wize. Cheers :D
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Hi ya all. I'm looking to trim/split some video files using FX splitter and trimer and i wondered if any1 could offer any advise on the best codecs to use for compressing the file without ruining the quality, both sound and image wize. Cheers :D
This is one of those questions that has infinite answers. Obviously the best quality comes from uncompressed video, but you also get much larger files out of it.
What codec/format are the files right now?
Is your goal to shrink the files to a smaller size?
Do you need the files to be compatible with a video player (like a DVD/DivX/MPEG-4 player)?
xvid/divx or kvcd
depend if you want to watch it on your stand alone dvd player and tv
i've got limited storage on my computer so i frequently burn data onto disk. Most of my video files r just over the limit though so i'm looking to make them smaller. In the end when i want 2 watch them again it'll be on my computer using a player like zoom or vlc so i'm looking for the best combination of image and sound compression to later view on one of these players.... though i do have many more which i use :)
Well then I have to second the DivX recommendation. And as to the audio codec, I like mp3 (if your encoding software allows higher than 56Kbps mp3) or Ogg Vorbis. They offer good sound quality with great compression.
When I convert files from one format (say ASF or WMV) to something useful (DivX), depending on the quality of the source file, I either do 256, 384 or 512Kbps bitrate in the DivX conversion. Sometimes the file size goes up just a bit, but the videos are easier to play in multiple players/OSes here and also easier to seek through (WMV does not seek well at all even in Microsoft's own player). Now when I combine the DivX with say 96Kbps mp3 or Ogg Vorbis audio compression, the file size usually does go down slightly and there's no noticeable drop in quality.
wkd, cheers I'll give it a go, hopefully the end results will be good :D
When your movies are just over 700 MB, you can also just cut of the credits of the movie. That usually saves a couple of MBs.
Use VirtualDub for that.