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Video file types.

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KyD
post #1
31 January 2006, 01:26 UTC#1
What is the best format for a streaming video? Seems like whatever I do it ends up being a huge ass file.
Doyle
post #2
31 January 2006, 01:29 UTC#2
Depends man. It all depends on how good you want it to look. Alot of people use quicktime formats... And RM formats are real good. There are some new RM formats that are half the size of DivX and look the same. But it all depends on how good you need it to look
KyD
post #3
31 January 2006, 01:32 UTC#3
JUst need it to like stream on Dfilms or and my website but I like keep making big ass files and its pissing me off.
Wilbur
post #5
31 January 2006, 01:42 UTC#5
Quicktime isn't bad, but most people hate it.

.wmv is probably your best bet for hg videos.
KyD
post #6
31 January 2006, 01:46 UTC#6
How many Kbps do I want it to be.
Wilbur
post #7
31 January 2006, 01:53 UTC#7
512 should be good. What are you exporting with?
KyD
post #8
31 January 2006, 01:57 UTC#8
QUOTE(Wilbur @ Jan 30 2006, 08:53 PM) [snapback]274602[/snapback]

512 should be good. What are you exporting with?

Exporting? As in rendering?
Doyle
post #9
31 January 2006, 01:59 UTC#9
I always find WMV is real big and is shit looking. If you can get a good AVI codec it should be good. REAL MEDIA is also very good
THC
post #10
31 January 2006, 05:18 UTC#10
Weak loves mpeg and I love wmv.. we had a debate about it a while back and it came up 50/50 so either one is good.
nowhere
post #11
31 January 2006, 07:46 UTC#11
It depends. Encoding in divx really brings down the file size, but the compression is really noticable. I prefer .wmv, it's an easy file type to work with and even though the physical size tends to be bigger than most, the colours are richer.
Doyle
post #12
31 January 2006, 13:05 UTC#12
QUOTE(nowhere @ Jan 31 2006, 08:46 AM) [snapback]274707[/snapback]

It depends. Encoding in divx really brings down the file size, but the compression is really noticable. I prefer .wmv, it's an easy file type to work with and even though the physical size tends to be bigger than most, the colours are richer.

lol... wtf. DIVX you can harldy tell it is conpressed. You must be doing somthing wrong man.... Its not the most used codec for movies for no reason....
nowhere
post #13
31 January 2006, 13:33 UTC#13
It depends on the settings. Divx encoded films are only like that because they are encoded at 'home theatre' settings. They're mostly around 700mb, that's still a big filesize which would mean less compression. If you watched that film on a large TV, you can notice the compression a lot more.

Then to get really small file sizes (which would be best for streaming videos) there are other settings.

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Divx compression there ^