Compression Question

FurorDraconis · Post by **FurorDraconis** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:05 pm

Just a simple question I hope.
I am having issues with compressing this file to fit the 100MB allowed for a-m-v.org. I swear I have downloaded many AMV's from others that were larger than 100MB but I have no clue how they got them to work. Do you have to ask special permission?
My AMV was made with Huffyvu and Adobe Premiere and it was compressed from a 4Gig vid down to a 314MB vid. I can't seem to get it to compress more than that and I use TMPGEnc.
If anyone could give me advice that would be great. I just want to get my poor video onto my account so others can finally download my vid and this is all that stands in my way.

~Arigato for your time~

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:11 pm

The best advice I can give is this guide:

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

If you haven't read all of it, you should. However, if you're generally familiar with the process, just check out the stuff near the bottom about final processing and stuff.

Hope that helps.

- Jen

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:22 pm

Try xvid, a larger font, and the proper forum.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:10 pm

Or Mp4.

FurorDraconis · Post by **FurorDraconis** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:46 pm

Thank you Jen for the advice.
I have already viewed that link and just so you know, I followed Vicbond's guide as well. Therefore I of course have used not only Huffyvu but xvid and/or divx and all are still too large. I appreciate you all replying. And as far as Mpeg4, my adobe won't let me use it without the proper plugin that I have been unable to locate so I just don't use it.
I will keep trying other options for now and gomen for posting on the wrong forum Orwell. I am not a forum person per say as it is too judgmental in my opinion but I realize that is no excuse.
Once more, thank you for your time

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:53 pm

how long is your video?

and did you try a second pass on XVID?

FurorDraconis · Post by **FurorDraconis** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:55 pm

It was a video made in dedication to my anime club members, it's 11 minutes long. (the longest I have ever done and I am glad it's done *phew*) Therefore it is rather large but they asked me to put it on a-m-v.org so they could download it but so far... you know my issues.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:56 pm

FurorDraconis wrote:It was a video made in dedication to my anime club members, it's 11 minutes long. (the longest I have ever done and I am glad it's done *phew*) Therefore it is rather large but they asked me to put it on a-m-v.org so they could download it but so far... you know my issues.

You know, for longer AMVs you CAN ask permission to upload a larger video.

FurorDraconis · Post by **FurorDraconis** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:03 am

I was guessing so, but being I have never made such a long video before I never looked into who I need to contact about that nor if I even could ask someone. Now that I know I can, might I ask whom I contact if my last effort I am trying atm doesn't work? Once more, thank you for your time.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:08 am

FurorDraconis wrote:I was guessing so, but being I have never made such a long video before I never looked into who I need to contact about that nor if I even could ask someone. Now that I know I can, might I ask whom I contact if my last effort I am trying atm doesn't work? Once more, thank you for your time.

You can do it right in the uploading process:

A-M-V.Org wrote:* Video files larger than 100M. This should be more than enough: the average video size on the org is ~30M. Special permission to upload larger files may be requested on the next page. Special conditions include things like very long videos and multi-editor videos.