Back from about a year of absence and need a few tips..

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:16 pm

OK.. here is the story.. i have been gone from this site and amv making for about a year or two now..

I am now looking to get into amv making again.. and i have a few questions about the "new standard" codecs and video sizes..

So i guess my questions are... what is now different from about 2 years ago as far as encoding.. i have heard that there is a new mp4 codec out..

Also i hope adobe premire pro is still the editing software of choice for amv's

Any new tips and junk will be very apreciated. thank you for your time

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:25 pm

James Sharp wrote:OK.. here is the story.. i have been gone from this site and amv making for about a year or two now..

I am now looking to get into amv making again.. and i have a few questions about the "new standard" codecs and video sizes..

So i guess my questions are... what is now different from about 2 years ago as far as encoding.. i have heard that there is a new mp4 codec out..

Also i hope adobe premire pro is still the editing software of choice for amv's

Any new tips and junk will be very apreciated. thank you for your time

quoting so i can remember to answer everything.
well, it's a codec. not just limited to the mp4 container, it's called h.264. has smaller file sizes and better quality than xvid.
some older computers may have playback problems.

premiere is still choice here. the number of vegas users has grown a bit in 2 years. i'd say by now it's almost split down the middle

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:12 am

I should clarify Minion's post.

MP4 is a container for the MPEG-4 codecs which include SP/ASP (DivX, XviD, etc.) and H.264/AVC (x264, Nero Digital, etc.).

The MPEG-4 SP and ASP codecs are currently the standard for distribution, although in the AVI container (again, DivX and XviD) instead of the intended MP4 container. Audio codec is primarily MP3 (sometimes it's uncompressed PCM WAV).

Some of the AMV community is transitioning to the MP4 container and using H.264 as the codec for the video content. Audio codecs are primarily AAC and sometimes MP3.

The benefit of using H.264 is either smaller filesizes compared to the same quality XviD, or better quality/higher resolution video for the same filesizes as XviD, or better quality/higher resolution AND smaller filesizes compared to XviD. But, software will need to be installed to play these videos (codec and file splitter, CCCP is recommended) and older, slower computers have a harder time playing back H.264 files (CoreAVC recommended).

And even rarer (for the AMV community at least), is the use of the MKV container (which can include H.264 content also).

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:47 pm

sweet guys thanks for the good responses..

I will defiantly use the new codec because it sounds amazing..

If you wouldent mind.. could you guys point me in the direction of a nice toutorial for working with that new codec stuff..

I have read all about codecs a year or so ago.. and i also have a very VERY old amv app..

But i bet there are some sweet new tuts out for working with this stuff.. im a tad rusty on the web these days so im having trouble finding it..

again.. any help would rock

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:16 am

Most popular H.264 encoder: x264. You may also want the GUI listed on the same page.

Guides: MeGUI or Zero1's x264 CLI guide.

AnimeMusicVideos.org

Back from about a year of absence and need a few tips..

Back from about a year of absence and need a few tips..

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