Compression again...

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:51 am

Ok, the video is compressed with huffyuv, de-interlaced. (The audio's a bit tweaky, but that's for another time). But....the file is HUGE! It's 551mb! How did that happen? And what else do I need to do to it?

p.s. for those who've been helping me along the way so far, big thanks. And the video quality is way prettier than my other stuff.

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Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:35 am

lossless files are big...it's just the way it is.
to encode for distribution, I suggest compressing with xvid

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:40 am

But, I thought using xvid was no good for WMM? Won't that cause a lot of "crashes"?

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:42 am

Kariudo wrote:lossless files are big...it's just the way it is.
to encode for distribution, I suggest compressing with xvid

distribution = when you upload it to the org
edit with huffyuv (i believe WMM has issues with lagarith)

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:44 am

I understood the distribution part.

And, I did use huffyuv.

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:48 am

then you're all set.
huffy will always be huge

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:51 am

Ok...just so I can be clear (I'm a little slow about this stuff, sorry

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I can use the huffyuv, it looks really good, but...I can't upload it to the org because of its size. But, if I compress with xvid, the size will be smaller, and therefore uploadable, but...since I use WMM, it may not work well or cause it to crash.

Do, I have it straight?

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:55 am

to my knowledge, you cannot export xiv from wmm.
export it at the highest quality it allows, then compress with xvid in vdub.
compress audio too

(Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a>)

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:46 am

you got it mostly right, but it's not just WMM that has issues with divx/xvid footage.
ALL non-linear editing programs have issues with divx/xvid footage
same thing goes for mp3 audio (won't work as well, convert to uncompressed wav for editing, mux the original mp3 with your video after export/encode)

there is a section in eadfag about exporting from WMM

Amo-Chan · Post by **Amo-Chan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:15 am

Well, I think my whole wmm is beyond me at this point. I have officially given up on it. I found a tutorial (on youtube of all places!) that showed me step-by-step what I needed to dofor Vegas. Splitting clips was frustrating me, and I'm a "show-me"kind of person. Thank you for all your help, and maybe this little thread will help others.