Avisynth newbie. resizing videos. need help with encoding.

[OMGapotato]

i literally just now downloaded avisynth, trying to resize my videos to make them smaller. i found out how to make them smaller, then i went to encode and almost had a brain aneurysm. can somebody explain to me what an exe path is? how do i know what aspect ratio it is?

[Kariudo]

which program are you using to encode?

the exe path is the location of the program. Something along the lines of C:\program files\program xyz\glorious_program.exe

The aspect ratio is width/height. (640/480 = 4:3 = 4/3 = 1.333333)

You may want to read AbsoluteDestiny & ErMaC's Technical Guides to All Things Audio and Video
it's got sections on avisynth, aspect ratios and more. It's not the end-all guide for the technical aspects of videos, but it's a good start.

[OMGapotato]

thanks alot. there's a section about resizing.i think i understand now

[OMGapotato]

just to clarify, the exe path should be the program i use to encode such as adobe media encoder?

[Mister Hatt]

No, don't EVER use Adobe Media Encoder. Not sure why exactly you need to know what an exe path is but it's what Windows refers to as $PATH. It's a string telling the system where to look for executable files. Still not seeing why you'd need to know that though.

For your encoding, you need nothing other than x264.exe and VirtualDub, I guess with UT Video installed so that you can use it in vdub but it isn't strictly necessary. MKVToolNix is helpful as well for releasing glorious MKV files when you're done.

[OMGapotato]

it was asking for an exe path because it was the first time i've done something (can't remember from the top of my head).

thanks for the suggestion. is there an efficient way of converting mkv, avi, wmv files into .mp4? i've had to convert all my files to mp4 because of adobe premiere pro unless there's a way adobe premiere pro can read avi, mkb, wmv files.

[Mister Hatt]

It can read avi files... It also sucks at reading MP4, but is reasonably good with m2ts as far as I can recall.