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Title: I got a problem
Post by: jetb123 on June 28, 2004, 03:44:51 PM

Everytime I try to play once I saved as a avi.  Its in a low resalution and it looks horrible. My resalution looked nothing liked that.

Title: I got a problem
Post by: o0Stream140o on June 28, 2004, 04:25:39 PM

What video card, ram and montior size do you have?  What codec did you use to record it...?  What screen size did you save it as?

Title: I got a problem
Post by: Paul33 on June 28, 2004, 04:51:27 PM

Give me a list of the codecs your using jet... That's most likely your problem...

Title: I got a problem
Post by: jetb123 on June 28, 2004, 07:02:49 PM

Okay, I got my resalution on the second to best when i am playing game. I get around 25-30fps but i got a intergrated card, the game played good and i just press Record but when i play it back it looks horrible. The weird thing is my screenshots look good. but my videos sucks.:confused: i got 128mb intel pentium4 celeron. Its a dell 2400 my max fps for my monitor is 85fps.

Title: I got a problem
Post by: o0Stream140o on June 28, 2004, 10:34:00 PM

Here is some information on Codec's and Compression...

http://stream.uen.org/medsol/digvid/html/5C_ingestequip.html
http://www.discreet.com/support/codec/

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General Information

MPEG is a set of international standards for audio and video compression.

MPEG-4 is a the newest MPEG standard, and is designed for the delivery of interactive multimedia across networks. As such, it is more than a single codec, and includes specifications for audio, video, and interactivity. Version 1 of the MPEG-4 spec was approved in 1999. Version 2 is expected to be finalized by the end of 2000.

The video component of MPEG-4 is similiar to H.263, but significantly advanced. The image quality has been significantly improved, and optimized for delivery of video at Internet data rates.

The MPEG-4 file format is based on QuickTime.

Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies provides an implmenentation of this codec which is stated to be standards compliant (as "ISO MPEG-4"). Older versions of Microsoft's MPEG-4 codecs (v1-v3) were produced while the standard was under development, and are not compliant.

Architectures Supported


Windows Media Technologies
An increasing number of devices

Pros, Cons & Tips

Pros


Standard-based; should be widely intercompatible as it catches on
Very good quality at web bitrates

Cons


Not quite as efficient as some proprietary codecs

Ideal source material Low-motion video  
Supported color formats YUV 4:2:0
Compression time Asymmetric
Temporal compression? Yes, including bidirectional (B) frames
Special features MPEG-4 standard includes much more than a single video track (though not all players implement the extra features)  
Encoder availability Video encoder included in Windows Media
Decoder availability Video decoder included in Windows Media  
Algorithm Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) with Motion Prediction based on H.263
Manufacturer Many

 

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• Preparing the Computer for Ingestion
  MINIMAL DISTRACTIONS: The process of ingestion and capture (other than for DV sources) is CPU intensive and requires the entire attention of a computer. Otherwise, frames may be dropped during ingestion. Below are listed some time-tested procedures to help your computer focus on its ingestion tasks, with minimal CPU distractions.

Eliminate any network chatter (no ethernet, no printer, no e-mail, no Internet, no file sharing)
Deactivate all unnecessary control panels, accessories and extensions (no clocks, no custom cursors, no screen savers)
Turn off Virtual Memory (if recommended)
Turn off any memory enhancing or compression programs
Defrag/optimize your video storage drives or arrays
Remove any unnecessary SCSI, Firewire, or USB devices
Quit any unnecessary applications
If audio is not needed during ingestion, set the software to ignore the audio tracks.
If using a hardware, third-party digitizing solution, use its recommended or proprietary codec for lightly compressing the ingested video (usually some form of M-JPEG or DV).

Title: I got a problem
Post by: United on June 28, 2004, 11:47:56 PM

Hey jet, dont mean to be hijacking or anything but, seeing your PC specs there, you have all that good stuff: ram, vid card, but you only have a 40GB HD?  That may need to be fixed.

Title: I got a problem
Post by: jay1988 on June 29, 2004, 12:31:11 AM

Pentium 4 or celeron
2 TOTALY different chips.