I captured video from my Hi8 camcorder using ATI's program (I have a Radeon 64MB VIVO) and saved it as 480x360 MPEG-1 file. Loaded it into Premiere, edited it, etc.
The MPEG-1 file I captured is 156 MB. It's about 3 and 1/2 minutes long. I edited the footage and now it's at 2 minutes, 45 seconds. Which is the best codec to used when exporting so the file size is as small as possible. Does anyone know of any webpages explaining the ups/downs of the different codecs? I used Divx Fast Motion and it went down to 16.7 MB. Nothing else I tried (exporting using Indeo 3.2 now) came close to that file size, so I guess I'll use Divx. Now if i send this to someone else to them to view it, do they need the Divx codecs? That's why I prefer using another codec but they all seem to suck compared to Divx. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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The MPEG-1 file I captured is 156 MB. It's about 3 and 1/2 minutes long. I edited the footage and now it's at 2 minutes, 45 seconds. Which is the best codec to used when exporting so the file size is as small as possible. Does anyone know of any webpages explaining the ups/downs of the different codecs? I used Divx Fast Motion and it went down to 16.7 MB. Nothing else I tried (exporting using Indeo 3.2 now) came close to that file size, so I guess I'll use Divx. Now if i send this to someone else to them to view it, do they need the Divx codecs? That's why I prefer using another codec but they all seem to suck compared to Divx. Thanks for any help you can give me.
This is the place to discuss the latest computer hardware issues and technology. Please keep the discussion ON TOPIC, and covering computer hardware ONLY.
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