BEST QUALITY Under 100MB

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Ricpolitics

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What kind of compression should I use to create the best quality 3-5 minute video for under 100MB. I plan to post this video on myspace, youtube, etc. and am not sure what kind of compression works best. I'm sure the Adobe Encoder works, but what kind of settings should I use?
 
quicktime is the best, I would suggest exporting it as DV AVi and then using a converter such as Conopus Pro Coder to export it as quicktime file, you can also use Quicktime Pro itself for that.
 
I use EDIUS, so I can't help you with the Premiere part. but I export to Quicktime w/ H.264 compression. I just did a 5:24 file, that originated from dvcproHD 720p. It was a 640x360 size and it came out to around 50megs. Looked and sounded nice too.

The main thing is the sound. It can eat up some MB's if your not careful. I think I used 24bit (little Endian) 22kh'z 16bit stereo, or something.

You can also get some good quality compression with wmv9

Jason
 
Export your video as DV AVI from your editor.

I assume you have QT Pro, if not its a good buy for only $30.

1) Open it in QT
2) File>export
3) Export: Movie to Quicktime Movie
4) Click Options button
5) Click Video Settings Button
6) Compression Type: H264
7) Data Rate (Restrict To):

4:3 - 300-350kb/s for 320x240 video
16:9 - 400-550kb/s for 480x270 video

8) Optimzed for: Streaming (since you are putting it on a web page mostly)
9) Keyframes (every): 120 (assuming its NTSC video, if it was 24fps it would be 48)
10) click ok
11) Click Size Button
12) Resize to (custom):

4:3 - 320x240
16:9 - 480x270

Obviously this one is negociable, just ballpark the bitrate according to how it relates to either size. Deinterlace the video (if its interlaced) Click OK

13) Click Sound Settings Button
14) Format: AAC
15) channels: Stereo
16) Rate: 32000Khz
17) Quality: Normal
18) Data Rate: 96-128kbps
19) click ok
20) Prepare for Internet streaming checked
21) Choose Fast Start

Click ok and export with the name you want!

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-Kyle
 
Hi Ric,

Looks like Kyle's got some good settings and the H.264 is an efficient wrapper (not really a codec) if you're lucky enough to have an audience that can use it (compatability issues).

Some time ago I recall reading Andrew Baron's great write-up of compression settings associated with his RocketBoom videocast. Since this *is* Andrew's business, it's well worth seeing how the "big boys" do it (he has hundreds of thousands of subscribers to his daily videocast):

http://www.rocketboom.com/extra/video_tools/

But if you're going to be submitting to youtube, you can forget proprietary formats like H.264 Here's what youtube says:

http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_makevideo
We specifically recommend the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 320x240 resolution with MP3 audio.

Best, I suggest you search our dvxuser forum for prior articles like this:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=72309

Have fun, Michael
 
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