No more room...please help!

[Dave_911]

I guess this would go under this topic...
Well heres my story
40gb harddrive almost full
Ripping vobs off bebop dvd
now ive got 332MB left and still ive got a couple vobs to go

I guess i could compress theese vobs to avi then delete them?
does anyone know a codec that will compress it to something premeire 6.5 friendly but compress the size of the file ALOT?
Ive got alot of compressors already ive got the gordian knot codec pack to compress with and dvd2avi...just not sure what codec to use
I hear huffyuv is good but leaves the files at a large size so thats not good for my situation

Also dont try reccomending i delete files from my computer, i deleted uneccacary things already and also i have no money for a 2nd harddrive

[Scintilla]

I guess i could compress theese vobs to avi then delete them?
does anyone know a codec that will compress it to something premeire 6.5 friendly but compress the size of the file ALOT?

MJPEG might be your best bet. The quality level is adjustable, so if you find that a file comes out too big, you can reduce the quality. But be warned that at the lower levels, it starts looking kinda ugly.

But really, I can't think of any codecs that retain good quality, compress well, AND are Premiere-friendly.

[AMVfreak]

This might help:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hp?t=33190

[Zarxrax]

I highly recommend AGAINST mjpeg. If you compress to smaller sizes then the vobs, its going to look like utter shit.

Your best bet is a vob cutting tool like mentioned in the thread linked above.

[CHAMELEON_D_H]

[quote="Zarxrax"]I highly recommend AGAINST mjpeg. If you compress to smaller sizes then the vobs, its going to look like utter shit.

not so true... if u only use the monitors in premiere the result is fine, even if its MJPEG quality 6, and they come out smaller than vobs at thet quality...

and besides, u cant get picky when u run out of HD....

[bum]

Ah just convert the file to a 2pass divx5.2 at some bitrate that'l get you a file size of around 200-300MB . People here will complain and blab on forever about how editing with divx sux and the video end up looking horrible when you do a final export, but in reality unless you pause the video and compare it to something like a dvd quality version, then stare and try to find differences, you (and most people) aint gona notice any difference.

*waits to be flamed by videophiles*

[Dave_911]

well im not really a quality-hoor so im gunna go with that....after all ive made 2 amvs out of downloaded fansubs with subtitles, this will be a step in the right direction

[Sir_Lagsalot]

if u only use the monitors in premiere the result is fine, even if its MJPEG quality 6, and they come out smaller than vobs at thet quality...

They also look fine if you squint really hard. Go with cutting up the vob's and just keeping the sections you need. Just cutting out the credits might give you enough room for the rest of the vobs.

*prepares to flame bum*
I may be an extreme, but I can notice artifacting in dvd video while its playing if I look, and certainly in a 300MB divx...

Plus, the real problem with encoding from a lossy source isn't so much that information that you notice was lost durning the 1st pass, but that information that the code notices was lost. Instead of the 2nd encode trying to re-create the dvd source, it is trying to recreate the 1st divx encode, artifacting and all. This can lead to amplifying the errors introduced in the 1st pass... low detail areas become textureless plains, and lines become noise filled blocks..