Compression again...

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Compression again...

Postby Amo-Chan » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:51 am

Ok, the video is compressed with huffyuv, de-interlaced. (The audio's a bit tweaky, but that's for another time). But....the file is HUGE! It's 551mb! How did that happen? And what else do I need to do to it?

p.s. for those who've been helping me along the way so far, big thanks. And the video quality is way prettier than my other stuff.

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Postby Kariudo » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:35 am

lossless files are big...it's just the way it is.
to encode for distribution, I suggest compressing with xvid
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Postby Amo-Chan » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:40 am

But, I thought using xvid was no good for WMM? Won't that cause a lot of "crashes"?
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Postby Minion » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:42 am

Kariudo wrote:lossless files are big...it's just the way it is.
to encode for distribution, I suggest compressing with xvid


distribution = when you upload it to the org
edit with huffyuv (i believe WMM has issues with lagarith)
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Postby Amo-Chan » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:44 am

I understood the distribution part. :P And, I did use huffyuv.
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Postby Minion » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:48 am

then you're all set.
huffy will always be huge
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Postby Amo-Chan » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:51 am

Ok...just so I can be clear (I'm a little slow about this stuff, sorry :oops: )
I can use the huffyuv, it looks really good, but...I can't upload it to the org because of its size. But, if I compress with xvid, the size will be smaller, and therefore uploadable, but...since I use WMM, it may not work well or cause it to crash.

Do, I have it straight? :)
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Postby Minion » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:55 am

to my knowledge, you cannot export xiv from wmm.
export it at the highest quality it allows, then compress with xvid in vdub.
compress audio too

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Postby Kariudo » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:46 am

you got it mostly right, but it's not just WMM that has issues with divx/xvid footage.
ALL non-linear editing programs have issues with divx/xvid footage
same thing goes for mp3 audio (won't work as well, convert to uncompressed wav for editing, mux the original mp3 with your video after export/encode)

there is a section in eadfag about exporting from WMM
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Postby Amo-Chan » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:15 am

Well, I think my whole wmm is beyond me at this point. I have officially given up on it. I found a tutorial (on youtube of all places!) that showed me step-by-step what I needed to dofor Vegas. Splitting clips was frustrating me, and I'm a "show-me"kind of person. Thank you for all your help, and maybe this little thread will help others.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:33 am

keep that huffy around (on your computer, or burn to a disc) for your final "lossless" coppy... (i have started burning mine to disc)

but you can take that huffy and compress it to XVID for distro on the org! and dont forget to compress your audio too!! :)
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Postby lister007 » Wed May 02, 2007 6:21 am

If you have a large huffy and want to just upload it on the org all you have to do is compress it in virtualdubmod, to as said before preferably, in this case xvid. Is that what your after? If you have the lossless sitting there and you just want to upload why do you need wmm?
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Postby DiVo » Thu May 03, 2007 4:28 pm

I use vdub or Dr. DivX for Huffy's
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