Need to compress, I guess......

Banass · Post by **Banass** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:15 pm

Well, I'm using Vegas, and my vid is about 10 sec long, but has 810 mo!

I'm using my deinterlaced ripped file, but I guess I have to compress them.

Can someone tell me how do I compress my .avs file?

Thanks

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:06 am

Ok, you're going to have to elaborate a lot more here. And what do you mean by 810 "mo"? I assume that's a typo and you mean MB, in which case I assume you mean that when you export your video from Vegas it's 810 MB, in which case you'll have to tell us your export settings.

You can't compress an .avs file, the file is probably only a few KB in size because it's technically a text file.

So, like I said...elaborate.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:25 am

CrackTheSky wrote:Ok, you're going to have to elaborate a lot more here. And what do you mean by 810 "mo"? I assume that's a typo and you mean MB...

No, I'm pretty sure that was intentional. I think I've seen this before, where people from countries other than the USA use "mo" instead of "MB".

Sereenie · Post by **Sereenie** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:58 am

Yep, it's French (look at his location). It's probably also used in other languages.

S.

Rapture** · Post by Rapture** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:28 pm

why are you solving his language problems?

i think i know where is his problem.

default Export setings on vegas goes like Uncompressed NTSC DV file,720*480 pixels,32 bit,29,970i FPS, 0,909 Aspect Ratio, Lower Fields First (Fields Order), and 48 000 Hz PCM Uncompressed Audio.

at least it was like that on my Vegas until i changed it. Uncompressed video Export is changeable in all Options,like FPS,Aspect Ratio,size and etc.

when i'm exporting ucompressed file from Vegas with those settings,my 30 secs vid becomes like 1.1 GB. and when i export with that NTSC DV thingy,it suddenly becomes 2,10 GB , and despites that,XviD exported file had much better view,since that NTSC DV instead of simple pixels,uses LINES! that is sure not a good thing if you use a lot of effects - believe me,i waited for 3 hours to export my 1:16 lenght vid (it took 4GB of free space o.O) adn guess what? it was such a crap that i deleted it after seeing how crappy all effects,and whole vid looked like. then i made Uncompressed version - it took me 1 and half of hour, 2GB of space,and gave me wonderful quality!

Moral? Always check your Export Setings in Vegas! If you want to export Uncompressed, never, I say to you - NEVER LEAVE IT EXPORT AS DEFAULTED NTSC DV!

better to choose to Export in : "Default Template (uncompressed)"

so that's what i think.

damn i'm starting to write too long and pointless posts

Banass · Post by **Banass** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:49 pm

rapture16 wrote:why are you solving his language problems?

i think i know where is his problem.

default Export setings on vegas goes like Uncompressed NTSC DV file,720*480 pixels,32 bit,29,970i FPS, 0,909 Aspect Ratio, Lower Fields First (Fields Order), and 48 000 Hz PCM Uncompressed Audio.

at least it was like that on my Vegas until i changed it. Uncompressed video Export is changeable in all Options,like FPS,Aspect Ratio,size and etc.

when i'm exporting ucompressed file from Vegas with those settings,my 30 secs vid becomes like 1.1 GB. and when i export with that NTSC DV thingy,it suddenly becomes 2,10 GB , and despites that,XviD exported file had much better view,since that NTSC DV instead of simple pixels,uses LINES! that is sure not a good thing if you use a lot of effects - believe me,i waited for 3 hours to export my 1:16 lenght vid (it took 4GB of free space o.O) adn guess what? it was such a crap that i deleted it after seeing how crappy all effects,and whole vid looked like. then i made Uncompressed version - it took me 1 and half of hour, 2GB of space,and gave me wonderful quality!

Moral? Always check your Export Setings in Vegas! If you want to export Uncompressed, never, I say to you - NEVER LEAVE IT EXPORT AS DEFAULTED NTSC DV!

better to choose to Export in : "Default Template (uncompressed)"

so that's what i think.

damn i'm starting to write too long and pointless posts

Yep I'm French and I meant MB.

Thank for the info, raptor. I'll check that out.

Yeah, I wasn't so clear, so I'll explain again.

I ripped my DVD files (.VOB and damn they are big!) Then, I put them and arranged them on VDub (deinterlacing, etc)<--the files are still taking a lot of space! Then, I use a converter software (Super, so don't laugh at me

) to convert the "polished" .AVS file into .AVI (With that operation, my files are now 275mb instead of 1gb).

Now, I'm using my latest converted . avi files in Vegas, but a 10 sec long video= still 1gb!

Help! (But I'll test what rapture said)

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:55 pm

Your experience is typical if not small for that much video. Editing sometimes takes up a lot of HDD space. My clip folder for my last project is over 60GB. That's not how big your damned export is going to be, so stop worrying.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:19 pm

primeking wrote:Now, I'm using my latest converted . avi files in Vegas, but a 10 sec long video= still 1gb!

Help! (But I'll test what rapture said)

It sounds like you're exporting uncompressed. Try using a lossless codec, such as HuffYUV or Lagarith, instead.

More on that here (for an older version of Vegas, at least):
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... xport.html

Banass · Post by **Banass** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:34 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Your experience is typical if not small for that much video. Editing sometimes takes up a lot of HDD space. My clip folder for my last project is over 60GB. That's not how big your damned export is going to be, so stop worrying.

Whoa!!! and a-m-v.org can support such a big upload????
Usually, I put my vid on my amv and youtube account, but oh well, I'll forget for the you-tube part.

I tried it already, scintilla. But after 4 gb, it says that I reach the limits or something like that.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:28 pm

primeking wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:Your experience is typical if not small for that much video. Editing sometimes takes up a lot of HDD space. My clip folder for my last project is over 60GB. That's not how big your damned export is going to be, so stop worrying.
Whoa!!! and a-m-v.org can support such a big upload????

No, it can't. You'd take the huge file from Vegas and compress it to a more reasonable size with another program, such as VirtualDub(/Mod), and a codec meant for distribution, such as XviD or DivX.