"inbetween" Codec

Jas113 · Post by **Jas113** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 2:47 am

Hey, Basiclly I am looking for the best codec to use between the DVD and the final cut of my AMV. It is what all of my source footage is going to be encoded into before i work on them. I was reccomended Indeo but i have never used indeo ( Is the quality good but size low) I am sorta space limited. Also, does Indeo or the codec u reccomend work well in premiere

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 3:14 am

Indeo is crap, don't use it. May have been good at the time, but very sucky by todays standards. Also very slow.

If you're low on space, then you will not want to convert your clips to huffYUV, which is the only inbetween codec that you'd really want to use.

Take the AVS file directly into Premiere, or follow the guides and make a "dummy" low-kwality mjpeg file, then replace it with the AVS when you're done editing it. This allows for faster editing, with the least amount of overhead.

If you do clip out, then you'll want to use huffYUV. Also I would reccomend you do IVTC + aspect ratio correction & border cropping all before hand. Get it out of the way first to remove headaches later.

~klinky

ErMaC · Post by **ErMaC** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 3:31 am

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

Jas113 · Post by **Jas113** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:01 am

Don't You need a codec for Mjpeg? Where can I get it?
Also, From what i have been recomended I should rip the entire series and import it all into premiere and then go through the eps and pick which scenes i want and drag to timeline. If i replace the mjpeg files w/ avs files, will it keep those scenes. Also, To replace... I just delete the mjpeg files and when it askes for where it is i point it to the avs file? Thanks

Jas113 · Post by **Jas113** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:03 am

Alsom I dont have the space to rip every ep in DVD form to HD, I have like 40 GB i can use. Any other suggestions?

Jas113 · Post by **Jas113** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:16 am

MJpeg is still big and the quality is horrible. Any other codecs? Thanks

Aetherfukz · Post by **Aetherfukz** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:34 am

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

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Every of the 3 last questions you've asked will be answered there!
You can delete the big .vob's when you have the MJPEGs, but only if you are able to get them back the same way there are now.
You can also adjust the MJPEG quality / size via the options. And it doesn't matter if its bad quality, cause you're gonna switch back to da good files eventually.

Jas113 · Post by **Jas113** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 12:59 pm

No, My problem is that I can't have all the VOB files on my drive, i dont have enough space so thats why originally i went to indeo so i could recompress all the files. Mjpeg is still huge when the quality is on low. so im looking for another codec that i can use instead. Ermacs guide says to use huffy, which is to big for me

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 1:03 pm

To use DVDs, you're going to need to use alot of space. HuffYUV is even larger then MJPEG.

You can make a project file of a DVD and then make clips directly off the DVD w/o ripping it to your hard drive. This is kinda slow and you will have to swap DVDs, in the end you may use just as much space as you would have otherwise and it's a pain when you forgot something on one disc and have to re-insert it and seek through the file and then wait for it to encode again.

~klinky