Can not get under 100 MB :/

lostuchiha · Post by **lostuchiha** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:58 pm

Hey, i can not get my Mpeg-1 (using TMPGEnc) to get under 100 MB. I am using 320x240, I am not even doing the highest quality, only normal with a Constant 8000 bit rate. It is still 237 MB. The amv is around 4 minutes long, any suggestions? Thanks

risk one · Post by **risk one** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:09 pm

You shouldn't use constant bitrate. Use a variable bitrate and encode it with two passes, as is explained here:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... mpeg1.html
or here:
http://www.digvid.info/tmpgenc/settings_video.php

lostuchiha · Post by **lostuchiha** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:13 pm

ok I will give them a look, I finally found the a-m-v.org template so Im trying that now, if that does not do it, I will do the variable one. Thanks for the fast reply.

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:06 pm

Well isnt 8k bitrate a tad too much? If it were about 1k or even 2k you should see a big drop in the file size.

DeinReich · Post by **DeinReich** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:16 pm

CerebralAssamite wrote:Well isnt 8k bitrate a tad too much? If it were about 1k or even 2k you should see a big drop in the file size.

Yea, 8k is pretty big, most of the videos on here are about 1k or less and they dont ave very much quality loss to them.

lostuchiha · Post by **lostuchiha** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:16 pm

yea i have 1 something now and it looks fine, thanks for the help.

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:10 pm

Just as an example for future reference, the first time I learn to use a dvd to avi converter I converted Akira in a 10k bitrate the file was over a Gig, changed it to 2k, looked the same but was about 300-400Mg *shrugs* just thought it might interest those few who read my posts..

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:26 am

CerebralAssamite wrote:Just as an example for future reference, the first time I learn to use a dvd to avi converter I converted Akira in a 10k bitrate the file was over a Gig, changed it to 2k, looked the same but was about 300-400Mg *shrugs* just thought it might interest those few who read my posts..

In video editing, what the footage looks like means jack shit. The computer can recognize and work with more data than it can output, so you'd be wise to avoid transcoding MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or whatnot.