Author Topic: New AVI movie (Read 379 times)

2Late4U · « **on:** April 13, 2002, 02:20:50 AM »

22 megs of Me-262 goodness, watch as an enemy attack is decimated with the help of this skyrocket.

http://www.combathanger.com/movie2late.avi

Be sure you have the DIVX coedec from http://www.divx.com (yes its free)

FDutchmn · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2002, 03:01:36 AM »

eeek 39megs... downloading...downloading...t his is gonna take long...

mipoikel · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2002, 03:16:33 AM »

I did get only 12megs and there is only a 2late4u presents logo in it.

FDutchmn · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2002, 05:59:46 AM »

eh???

Unable to render video; DIV3 decompressor not found.

....

mipoikel · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2002, 06:28:31 AM »

FDutchmn download Playa from here:

http://www.divx.com/products/product_list.php?typeid=2

2Late4U · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2002, 09:35:36 AM »

Never encode at 2 am.....Ive re-compiled the video and reduced the size to 22megs (from 39...damn Im good). Never encode in stereo when file size is important....especially if you only recorded in mono

Ive added more sound effects also, let me know what ya think

Wotan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2002, 10:17:51 AM »

run it through real producer or bink or convert it to .wmv

Even Divx 5 will compress it smaller the that.......

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2002, 11:22:29 AM »

What were you using for the fades? They looked pretty good.

Nice film... but something's wrong with your film player... It didn't display the plane's prop.

Thanks for the film.

AKDejaVu

AKIron · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2002, 02:06:13 PM »

Well done!

Like AKDejaVu, I too wanna know know what you used for the fades?

Chaos68 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2002, 02:38:18 PM »

im using quicktime and all i can hear is just the sound FX, i cant see anything?

What are you guys using to view this?

Octavius · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2002, 03:18:18 PM »

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Originally posted by FDutchmn
eeek 39megs... downloading...downloading...t his is gonna take long...

mu ha haaaaa. Completed download in 49 seconds

2Late4U · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2002, 03:58:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Chaos68
im using quicktime and all i can hear is just the sound FX, i cant see anything?

What are you guys using to view this?

Any player that will play AVI format and supports the DIVX codec...I dont think quicktime does that. Try the "playa" from http://www.divx.com

2Late4U · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2002, 04:01:46 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
Well done!

Like AKDejaVu, I too wanna know know what you used for the fades?

I use Pinnacle Studio SE (as in free with your puter....$99 otherwise). Its got some GREAT fades included and some really awsome ones available for an additional $30-$50. Overall its a decent program WHEN in works. It has some serious compatability issues with some hardware, and seems to be a little picky on my system about the size of each clip and the codec. For me it works great 95% of the time.

Before plunking down $$$ for it, see if theres a demo or something.

weazel · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2002, 05:05:05 PM »

Nice work, but do you know that adding intro screens, fades, or trailers to your clips makes a big difference on the final size and quality of your films?

From the VirtualDub help files:

Use computer generated graphics sparingly when ‘branding’ video. Video compressors are adapted to natural images and perform sub-optimally on the saturated colors and sharp edges of computer graphics. Depending on the video codec, title screens and ‘bugs’ in the video can adversely affect video quality, especially at low bitrates.

If you must include such items:

· Make openings and trailers self-contained. That is, don't use transitions to blend them with the video, and try to have them start and end on keyframe boundaries. That way, your openings and trailers don't interfere with the compression of the actual video. At lower bitrates, this can avoid artifact-plagued transitions.

· Align the position and size of ‘bugs’ to eight- or sixteen-pixel boundaries, and make them opaque.

Most video compression algorithms handle video in "tiles" of 4x4, 8x8, or 16x16 pixels, and perform motion compensation and prediction on those tiles. If your bug is not aligned on tile boundaries, the video codec will devote a lot of data to the border tiles, trying to keep your bug crystal clear while still showing the parts of the original video that show through on those tiles. If you align the logo, the codec will notice that the tiles involved never change, and can ignore them with very little overhead.

For similar reasons, never put holes or transparent regions in the bug. The codec won't be able to tell that you have a odd-shaped static logo floating above a background, and will simply see a complex tile for which it will devote a lot of space.

As a side effect, these steps will often make your bug cleaner, and reduce the "ringing" effects around it.

Mitsu · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2002, 05:23:46 PM »

peekaboo!!!
peekaboo??

Wow, I just downloaded the footage...
Really nice! I liked AKDejav's Waltz video...now I like both.

BTW 2late4u....thank you for using my sounds.

-Mitsu