Most asked question: Best codec?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:03 pm

Well, part of your problem is that you are trying to compress directly with Premiere.

If you read the EADBAG, you'll learn how to compress outside of Premiere, especially into XviD.

The most relevent section starts here.

lefty · Post by **lefty** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:14 pm

I thought I was supposed to do it with premiere ><
Thanks Kalium

Kajino Rei · Post by **Kajino Rei** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:16 pm

In AMV terms I’m not a maker but a viewer.

So in my side of the equation...

Quicktime has to be the most troublesome in front of the Real Media.

Not many good video exist on these formats, in fact, think only one video was worth it. ONE.

When I do start making AMV's, I'll probably steer clear of both Quicktime and Real.

OtakuMegane · Post by **OtakuMegane** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:02 am

I wish Quicktime was more widely accepted, would make things much easier on me, and let me get better quality out. Never used the Quicktime Player on PC very much, so I can't judge personally on its problems. All I know is when I've been at school and downloaded Quicktime stuff, it seems to play just fine.

Anyway, if you want quality, MPEG-2, XViD or DivX are your best choices. MPEG-2 however is a bit large for online distribution, but great for convention submissions and such. For compatibility, MPEG-1 is best of everything. If the computer was made in the last 10 years, it can play MPEG-1.

And Mac users are limited from playing in full screen as well without the Pro version of Quicktime. Mac users do have a way around if you have Quicktime Player 2.5, which was out before they charged for the editing and full screen features.