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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 07:12 PM |
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I am totally new to video editing so a little patients please.
was just wondering how to convert a file of my digi camcorder to a smaller size???
Not to bothered about loosing quality as i just want to reduce thing so i cn send them or post them on the internet.
For instance if i download a film it might be 800mb for 1 and a half hours but with my camcorder i only get about 15 mins if i am lucky
Thankx in advance
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| Cyberman |
| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 07:17 PM |
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No need to post in Off-Topic ;-)
Your digicam probably uses Mpeg1. Iīd use DivX for encoding the files, itīs a good compression, and widely used. Downloading and installing it isnīt really a problem either, so it wonīt be a problem for others.
The image dimensions have to be divideable by 16, ideally. Use Multipass, thatīll give better results than 1Pass.
Donīt forget Audio compression.
Also, you might think about doing some filtering before encoding. The cleaner the image, the better the compression - thus the better the quality.
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 08:08 PM |
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Thanks greatly
It does work but guess what!! Not on my vdeo files.lol
It opens all my video files except the ones that i am trying to reduce in size.
Geeeeeee you really have to know your stuff on this don't you.
But i am getting there thanks to people like you.
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| i4004 |
| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 08:37 PM |
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if you're using dv camcorder, you'll need dv codec for it to open in vdub
http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?postid=265418
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 09:55 PM |
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still learning thanks
when i click on that link it save and opens up 2 files but they dont do anythnig
Ooooo by the way i have a jvc camcorder.
i hate to sound stupid but what are codecs and what do they do?
i have downloaded so many of them but i dont really know what to do with them.
Sorry to be a pain in the bum
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| Posted: Oct 30 2004, 10:58 PM |
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That link should be a ZIP file, probably containing a codec.
A codec is a program(plug-in rather) to COmpress and DECompress data. Uncompressed Video(or audio) is huge. Thus codecs exist.
Not all are equal, though. Some are better, some are worse. Most are lossy, meaning that theyīll discard some information every time you encode the video.
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 10:37 AM |
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hey now i am learning,lol.
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 10:45 AM |
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so what do i do with the codec when i get it? I do i stick it anywhere??
or just save and open it whereever i want
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| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 11:01 AM |
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Usually a codec comes with an installer. So just run it.
If not, it should at least have an INF file with it - right-click and select INSTALL, that should install it.
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| i4004 |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 11:25 AM |
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extract both files, then right-click on the .inf file and 'install'...
edit/cy was faster
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 11:44 AM |
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Hmmmm thats what i thought you did but when i right clcik it doesnt give me an option of install i am running xp.
Am i missing something
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| Cyberman |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 12:09 PM |
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I just downloaded the file. It contains a REG file. I guess itīs essentially the same as an INF file, so right-click and select whatever says "install" or "run".
(On my computer, Win2K, German, it says "zusammenfuehren" - must be one of the brilliant translations we often see. Should be something like "merge" I think.)
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 12:47 PM |
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i dont have run option either.
gee bloomin eck this is hard work,lol
But i really do appreciate your time and effort in this.
I have had soem computer problems in the past and just wonder if something is missing.
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| tedfat |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 01:12 PM |
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i am learning though,
Just realised if i go up to video and compression you can select programmes to change things
Just converted one to black and white,lol
Did try to run one in divx but it says there was something missing to play it.
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| i4004 |
| Posted: Oct 31 2004, 02:34 PM |
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drop that; vdub 160 should open DV files directly.
so if 160 doesn't open it, it's not DV.
also you didn't said what the error was (on opening attempt)
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