Need good compression software ASAP

SD Black Angel · Post by **SD Black Angel** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:57 pm

Ok, i have this new editing software Magix movie edit pro 12. Its great. Just one problem. When I export the file size is HUGE!!! as an AVI its almost 200mb. As mpg 2 its 103mb. Thats the lowest I can get it. I want it to look exactly the same but with less memory. Im trying to enter it in a contest and the due date is friday. Im not very good at compression So someone help me please!!!

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:13 pm

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtechbeta/

In specific (but please still have a look at the guide):
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... /xvid.html
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... 64gui.html
(h.264 will give you the best compression possible on an easy, simpel way. Don´t forget to check if the contests accepts this codec).

SD Black Angel · Post by **SD Black Angel** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:44 pm

Ok what I did was take my original mpeg2 file and opened it in virtual dub. Then I just save as and used the DivX 6.5 Codec encorder thing. As for the options I kept it the same. Rate Control = 1 pass quality based and target quantizer = 4 and quality = 8.

Now the size isnt a problem, it went from 103mb to 66mb. And ive seen it a few more times and to me it looks the same (although Im a bit skeptical with all the loss of memory, but im hoping thats normal). The contest I want to send it to accepts avi files, but would prefer it in mpeg 2 files.

So should i just send it as an avi, or try to convert it to mpeg 2? If u think I should convert it then this is where I need help.

SD Black Angel · Post by **SD Black Angel** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:39 am

well thx anyway bauzi, I was able to upload my video to the org site now. Thx a lot. If u wanna check it out its http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=148843 Again thx for the compression tips

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:33 pm

You shouldn't be compressing video that was already compressed. =/

SD Black Angel · Post by **SD Black Angel** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:49 pm

oh no it was just so it would have less memory but look the same. My video had a total of 103 mb, which is too much for the site. Hence needing to recompress, but its all solved now. Thx

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:17 am

That is the only reason you would recompress, but still don't. If you have the original uncompressed export, work on that. Lossy -> lossy always results in (further) loss of quality, so you should avoid it when possible.

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:54 pm

You can compress it in MPEG-2 with the same size as the DivX. File size isn't a guessing game like you seem to think... it's something you set in the encoder.

poing · Post by **poing** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:10 am

use VidCrop
http://www.geovid.com/VidCrop/

this tool is able to convert, compress & crop videos