Author Topic: clueless with video compression (Read 173 times)

SFRT - Frenchy · « **on:** February 26, 2006, 06:07:19 PM »

I recorded a couple of short racing clips from GT Legends using FRAPS. Even if the clips are fairly short (30 sec max), they come out as 150 to 200 MB files.

I'm trying to reduc their size using VirtualDub so I can post them here. It seems I can reduce their size to 10% (10 to 20 MB) each, but I loose quite a lot in video quality. Any words of wisdom, before I post a couple of 30 sec 50 meg clips?

ramzey · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2006, 12:38:48 AM »

have you try divix?

SOB · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2006, 12:41:22 AM »

I've had good luck with this in the past:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

Good luck meaning that I'm lazy, it was easy, and it compressed fairly well for me. I bet Divx would do a better job though, quality-wise.

moot · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2006, 02:45:08 AM »

I've only used Adobe Premiere, once, and VBR was the cheapest single compression I found, in terms of quality loss.
This is from fraps, ~40fps, 1024x, wmv codec, 75% VBR quality.
Divx was at least as good, but I couldn't get it to work.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2006, 08:39:19 AM »

Thank you, I couldn't get good quality AND low MBs with fraps. I found a program on my computer called Windows Movie Maker, that allowed me to insert all my clips, insert text and transitions and compressed my700 megs to a 50 megs with a fairly good quality. (See racing is fun thread).

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2006, 08:50:32 AM »

Download RAD video tools from http://www.radgametools.com

With the free utility you can pack computer graphics practically losslessly with a huge compression rate. It has its own codec so ppl who view the files can either install the codec or you can compile the movies to .exe files that have a built in viewer.