Is Xvid the best compressor for this job?

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:27 pm

I've got a video with frame size 720x480, 29.97fps, 6'12", all that comes to about 1.3 GB. I ran it through VirtualDub using Xvid compression, but the filesize is still too high to upload here. (137MB) I tried adding a 2:1 reduction filter, but that made the video quality a whole lot lower than what I'd like. Is there a better compressor or better way to go about this?

~JOSH

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:59 pm

dont forget to compress the audio as well, it will dramatically lower the size

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:12 pm

That's a good point, it did comprise about 35-40% of the overall size. I'll try it out.

~JOSH

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:12 pm

gunhoe86 wrote:I've got a video with frame size 720x480, 29.97fps, 6'12", all that comes to about 1.3 GB. I ran it through VirtualDub using Xvid compression, but the filesize is still too high to upload here. (137MB) I tried adding a 2:1 reduction filter, but that made the video quality a whole lot lower than what I'd like. Is there a better compressor or better way to go about this?

~JOSH

720x480 and 360x240 are not appropriate resolutions for online distribution because neither resolution maintains a proper display aspect ratio on computer monitors, and you're encoding more pixels than you really need.

Also, the encoder can't do a good job if its input is of mediocre quality.

Read these in their entirety:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... tqual.html
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... atios.html
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/xvid.html

They will most likely answer all of your questions; if you have more, come back here and we can work on those.

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:02 pm

also try to use filters to make the video mor compitable w/ xvid which will reduce its size...

Zaphod_Beeblebrox · Post by **Zaphod_Beeblebrox** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:05 pm

CHAMELEON_D_H wrote:also try to use filters to make the video mor compitable w/ xvid which will reduce its size...

Thats basically what tythril just said

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:10 pm

Thanks for the help, I'll read/re-read these pages and see what I can learn.

~JOSH

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Fri May 13, 2005 9:33 pm

Well, I've gone over these pages and they were a huge help. I've noticed a few missing filters from the AMVapp package like mfrainbow and mftoon. These would be a huge help, but I can't find them anywhere. I went to the AVISynth webiste and got some 404s, does anyone know where they can be found? Other than that, things are going quite nicely thanks to your help!

~JOSH

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri May 13, 2005 9:54 pm

gunhoe86 wrote:I've noticed a few missing filters from the AMVapp package like mfrainbow and mftoon. These would be a huge help, but I can't find them anywhere. I went to the AVISynth webiste and got some 404s, does anyone know where they can be found?

mfrainbow and mftoon are not plugins -- they are scripted functions.
As such, they reside in .AVS files that have to be imported (or in .AVSI files that <i>don't</i> have to be imported if you put them in the plugins folder).

You can find them here:
http://mf.creations.nl/avs/functions/

gunhoe86 · Post by **gunhoe86** » Fri May 13, 2005 10:00 pm

Ah, I see. So I've got them in the AVSI files in the plugins folder, now do I just add them to the code such as:

[code]mftoon(strength=128)

mfrainbow(strength=255)[/code]

That seems to be working..... thanks for the tip.

~JOSH

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Is Xvid the best compressor for this job?

Is Xvid the best compressor for this job?

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