Okay, here's the scenario; everybody and their dog keeps mentioning to me the quality of my videos ( and, to be fair, I dont say that sarcastically or in any mean-spirited way, its true <_< ) and the standard is seemingly the H.264 codec.
Understandable.
However, 90% of the AMV's I am downloading are .AVI files and here is my problem
MPEG Streamclip, seemingly the only MAC encoder I have been made aware of ( which has worked extremely well in-so-far ) seems to not like exporting a H.264 AVI file.
Here's what i have tried simply as an experiment ---
1:46 seconds of footage from a VOB file of an anime.
Test #1 -
EXPORT TO AVI.
ENCODE USEING: H.264
option for MULTIPASS used
QUALITY - 100%
FRAME SIZE - 640 x 480
Option for DEINTERLACE clicked
The file renderd and yeilded a 156 MB file. When I try to play it any player, even VLC, I hear SOUND but no video plays. The window never opens.
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test #2 -
EXPORT TO AVI.
ENCODE USEING: H.264
option for MULTIPASS not used
QUALITY - 100%
FRAME SIZE - 640 x 480
Option for DEINTERLACE clicked
The file created is 0 KB and again, the same thing in VLC - I hear sound but no video
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test #3
EXPORT TO MPEG-4.
ENCODE USEING: H.264
option for MULTIPASS not used
QUALITY - 100%
FRAME SIZE - 320 x 240
Option for DEINTERLACE clicked
The file this one made was playable in all players and was 41.7 MB. However it was a .MP4 file and from what I understand not really used/supported?
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test #4
EXPORT TO MPEG-4.
ENCODE USEING: H.264
option for MULTIPASS not used
QUALITY - 100%
FRAME SIZE - 640 x 480
Option for DEINTERLACE clicked
The resulting file size for 1 minute and 48 seconds was over 100 MB, totaling in at 139.5 MB and, honnestly, some of the edges around a few of the frames looked ... odd, not 'pixelated' but certainly they showed signs of compression.
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Thats what I've been seeing so far and I know there is a step I have to be missing, or am doing wrong?
Any help is greatly appreciated




