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Video compression

tyler811

tyler811

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I have a JVC GR-D750 Digitail video camera. I recorded my sons band concert in a bit of a lowlight indoor setting. I transferred the video to my computer with no compression or as DV and the size came out as 9.78 gigs. What format will me the best look but yet fit onto a Blank DVD 4.7 gigs?


I tried mpeg4 but I can see a difference between the two as the faces are a bit blurry. thanks.
 
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Thats strange, thats only a sd camera, so 4.7gb of mpeg4 should be more than enough to retain quality. Course this assumes you don't care if dvd players can't play the files back. If you really need highest quality possible h.264 high profile is best, but i think you need video editing software that supports it, i'm not sure if handbrake can take a dv file. it might.

how big was the mpeg4 file you produced? perhaps the bitrate was set way too low. a very generous bitrate for mpeg 4 over 2 hours or whatever can be done at 4.7GB.
 
0roo0roo said:
Thats strange, thats only a sd camera, so 4.7gb of mpeg4 should be more than enough to retain quality. Course this assumes you don't care if dvd players can't play the files back. If you really need highest quality possible h.264 high profile is best, but i think you need video editing software that supports it, i'm not sure if handbrake can take a dv file. it might.

how big was the mpeg4 file you produced? perhaps the bitrate was set way too low. a very generous bitrate for mpeg 4 over 2 hours or whatever can be done at 4.7GB.
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It was 1.7 gigs. So do it again and raise the video bitrate?
 
i have no idea what length your video is, but yes, its all about the bitrate. you doing 2 pass? what encoder? that matters as well.
 
On 22 June 2009, Format Factory was listed on FFmpeg's Hall Of Shame web page.[3] An associated issue tracker message asserts Format Factory to be in violation of FFmpeg LGPL license.[4] There has been no response from the developers. The issue remains unresolved.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormatFactory
no idea on their encode quality. generally not respected as an encoder software😛
 
0roo0roo said:
On 22 June 2009, Format Factory was listed on FFmpeg's Hall Of Shame web page.[3] An associated issue tracker message asserts Format Factory to be in violation of FFmpeg LGPL license.[4] There has been no response from the developers. The issue remains unresolved.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormatFactory
no idea on their encode quality. generally not respected as an encoder software😛
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UGH so what freeware do you recommend?
 
Try sonyvegas for video editing. There are many options given for output file. however you will need a high power pc to compress this, else it can take some hours to compress.
 
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