Ive finished my AMV, now what do I do? :P

[Scintilla]

So i choose the HDV 720-30p (1280x720, 29.970 fps) one?

When I click that, it changes the field order to 'None(Progressive Scan)' and Pixel Aspect Ratio to '1.000(Square)'. Let me show you:

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Nothing wrong with that, assuming your footage is actually progressive and at 29.97fps.

And, how do I tell if my footage is 30fps?

Open the file in VirtualDub(/Mod) and hit File --> File Information..., which should give you complete stats for both video and audio, including frame rate.

Btw, Im using Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood footage (MKV) from Eclipse Fansubs.

YOU FAIL IT! You were supposed to have read these rules when you signed up.

The penalty for such a transgression is SUPPOSED to be a ban, as you can see, but I don't know when the last time that ever actually happened is.

[ronyap]

It says that it is 23.976, so Ill assume that Ill have to choose the 'HDV 720-24p' one yeh?

And Ill leave everything else as it is ok.

Regarding me using Fansubs, DVDs of Fullmetal Brotherhood arent released yet >.>

Well, let me try it and Ill update you guys later

[ronyap]

Yay its done

Now for encoding. I just do it my normal way, like, put it into VD and click compress. I compressed Video to Xvid and Audio to Mp3, why the hell does my video turn out to be 150MB? That's HUGE!!! Or is that normal?

Lol sorry for being noob. This is my second AMV, I had no problems with the first. But I cant remember how I did the first >.>

Thanks

[AFT]

You might have encoded it with a lossless codec. Unless your video is very long, I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be so big
Try it again, and if it still doesn't work save it in avisynth (i'm assuming you have the AMVapp) and compress the .avs file in VDub, see if that works.

[ronyap]

well, I encoded it in lossless OUT of vegas, which came out with like a 8GB file. That file I then put into VD and encoded with xVid and audio Mp3. I cant have encoded it in lossless again, otherwise it would be definitely more than 150MB. Also, my video is only 4 mins long....hmmm

[Scintilla]

well, I encoded it in lossless OUT of vegas, which came out with like a 8GB file. That file I then put into VD and encoded with xVid and audio Mp3. I cant have encoded it in lossless again, otherwise it would be definitely more than 150MB. Also, my video is only 4 mins long....hmmm

The fact that it's HD probably has something to do with it. If left uncompressed, each 1280x720 frame should take 2.67 times the space of a 720x480 frame (if I've done my math correctly). So if you encoded the file at a non-HD resolution, you might get a file more like 60 MB... theoretically.

You can always force XviD to use a lower bitrate (or lower target bitrate if you're doing a VBR mode). The encoder should have a bitrate calculator that gives you the bitrate you'd need for a given file size.

[ronyap]

but.....the source video has it in HD. And they have it 450Mb for a half hour episode 0_0

Why cant I have it at the same quality and have it at the same ration, ie. 450 = 24 mins (episode length), then 4 mins = 75Mb at max

What happens if I lower the bit rate? What do I sacrifice?

Thanks

[ronyap]

So I guess Ill just drag that bar near the top? Reduce the quality for a smaller file size? But the thing is, Im unwilling to sacrifice quality T_____T

[Scintilla]

but.....the source video has it in HD. And they have it 450Mb for a half hour episode 0_0

Why cant I have it at the same quality and have it at the same ration, ie. 450 = 24 mins (episode length), then 4 mins = 75Mb at max

Well, for one thing, your video probably has more action than a raw episode. AMVs generally do. The more motion you have in the video, the less compressible it is.

If you want to make your video more compressible, you should take a look at filtering it with AVISynth going into the encode.

Of course, you could always encode at a lower resolution...