To .zip or not to .zip?

[LivItUp]

Okay-

Here's the short: How do I cram a 250MB amv into 100MB or less to upload here WITHOUT using tmpeg? AND without .zipping so that the video can remain on a-m-v.org? (I don't have a host yet.)
I re-recorded the .avi file into an .mpg file using Studio 7, but I'm still at 110MB.

-"Shoot to kill? No. I shoot to torture."

[jonmartensen]

Take the original file and encode it to Divx/Xvid with Vdub. I would also recomend shrinking the resolution if it's still the same size as the original DVD rip.

[koronoru]

AND without .zipping so that the video can remain on the Org?

Zipping shouldn't work anyway - the file is already compressed, zip is lossless, and it shouldn't be possible to losslessly compress an already-compressed file by any significant amount.

[Sir_Lagsalot]

Also make sure you are using compressed audio, I hate it when I download an AMV only to find that the video quality is lacking while the audio is uncompressed and taking up more file-space than the video itself.

[Sir_Lagsalot]

Also make sure you are using compressed audio, I hate it when I download an AMV only to find that the video quality is lacking while the audio is uncompressed and taking up more file-space than the video itself.

[Farlo]

try compression set at

640x480 avi divx 5.1
using 128 lamemp3 for the audio

but it depends also on how long the video is

[bum]

Okay-

Here's the short: How do I cram a 250MB amv into 100MB or less to upload here WITHOUT using tmpeg? AND without .zipping so that the video can remain on the Org? (I don't have a host yet.)
I re-recorded the .avi file into an .mpg file using Studio 7, but I'm still at 110MB.

-"Shoot to kill? No. I shoot to torture."

im just wondering why the hell the amv has to be more than 50 megs in the firs place. seriosly, with the way some people talk about image quality here, it sounds like they'd break down in tears if they ever saw the slightest hint of pixelisation

[Scintilla]

im just wondering why the hell the amv has to be more than 50 megs in the firs place. seriosly, with the way some people talk about image quality here, it sounds like they'd break down in tears if they ever saw the slightest hint of pixelisation

It doesn't need to be that big, if you can make it smaller and still keep the quality reasonable.

I think it's safe to say that while image quality and overall quality of a vid are not always equal, the image quality is going to have a definite impact on many people's viewing pleasure. So naturally, one wants to make it as good as possible while keeping the file size reasonable.

And then there are some people who toss file size out the window and post a 720x480 MPEG-2 file to the Donut... *coughbogocough*

[Tab.]

im just wondering why the hell the amv has to be more than 50 megs in the firs place. seriosly, with the way some people talk about image quality here, it sounds like they'd break down in tears if they ever saw the slightest hint of pixelisation

That's funny, I've never seen a codec that causes pixelization.

[Scintilla]

im just wondering why the hell the amv has to be more than 50 megs in the firs place. seriosly, with the way some people talk about image quality here, it sounds like they'd break down in tears if they ever saw the slightest hint of pixelisation

That's funny, I've never seen a codec that causes pixelization.

Maybe she meant "block noise"?