Paul Forwood Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Hi This file is a heavily compressed version of my entry to the April Competition at 10secondclub.com. I missed the deadline due to last minute compression problems. I was taking a 640x320 avi file, (13+ Mb), and attempting to get a 320x240 MPEG-1 file which fell between 1.5Mb and 1.8Mb. In the end I failed. The file shown here has been compressed as follows: 640x480 to 200x180pixels compressed with Sorenson3 at 20%. Audio compressed to 8bit mono using MACE 6:1 The results are not good so I am hoping that one of you wizards out there will be able to offer some advice. What is the best way of creating an MPEG-1 at 320x240 with decent sound and a legible video? Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks. Paul Forwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aminator Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I think you can find help with this on the 10-second club forums, but here's my advice: 1. Render your animation frames to targa files 2. Use whatever editor/compositor you like to assemble to an uncompressed AVI (with sound) 3. Use the free TMPGenc to convert the AVI to MPEG-1. Bypass the Wizard and configure settings directly. To get 1.5MB for 10 seconds, do the math - you need a bit rate of 1500*8/10 kbps = 1200 kpbs. Go to the Video tab and set the proper size (320x240), frame rate (probably 30), rate mode (2-pass VBR), and click the rate mode "Setting" button to set the bit rate. Try average=900 and max=1200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Forwood Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 Thanks for the suggestions, Jack. I will try them and see what the results are like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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