Video rendering

[Kurt Silvey]

I have a video, 1:34 long, that I would like to post, problem is I can not get the file size down small enough. I've change the window size and tried different formats when rendering, but the smallest I can get to is ~ 22 mb. Any sugestions?

[Court Hubbard]

Depending on what format the video is, Windows Movie Maker will compress the file to make it smaller. You could give that a try. Just import the video, drag the segments onto the storyboard, then go to file>save movie. Give that a try, but like I said, it its pretty picky on what format the file is.

[fplowman]

I have a video, 1:34 long, that I would like to post, problem is I can not get the file size down small enough. I've change the window size and tried different formats when rendering, but the smallest I can get to is ~ 22 mb. Any sugestions?

That is the best that i think you can do roughly.. Media Player codec at 256k is the most I would go down too..

Basically means if soemone wants to view your video they need broadband connection..

[Tony Laubach]

Movie Maker will give you the option to render into lower quality files. I primarily use Premeire for that kind of thing, but I know when you create new "story boards", you should have the option right at the start to choose the format for which you want to render out.

[Kurt Silvey]

Thanks for the input. I did manage to get it to ~ 13 mb using mpeg and playing with frame rates, and still had pretty good quality. But then I used the media player codec @ 512k, and slower frame rates, and crunched it to ~ 5 mb. I posted it in Weather & Chasing under “Dbl Rainbow”. If you get a chance please take a look and let me know what you think about the quality. I know it’s not going to be DVD, but I would like to post some clips this year if I can keep the file sizes down, and still be viewable.

[David Schuttler]

For videos just for the internet I went back to using Windows Movie Maker , just for simpler and an easier time.

I stick with the 512k at 320x240. I still lose qaulity but it gets the job done for the internet. Of course since your trying to show a rainbow it's defiantley harder to compress and still show the colors and keep a lower bandwidth.

some wmv video at 512k here http://www.stormdriven.com/290504video.html

[fplowman]

wow dave 512 is nice.. I like it.. i think for a project fo his size though a 256k render may be better..

A 512 I feel is real nice when viewed at 100% hard to beat that quality for webstreaming in my opinion.

[Bill Tabor]

I use Windows Media Encoder which has numerous options and settings along with a wizard to help out with basic setup.

Here is a video I did last night from a storm near Brownwood, Tx. The original Avi was 325Mbytes and this Wmv version set to 1000 bit rate and full screen deinterlaced is about 12.5 Mbytes! That's a huge difference - eh? Before this I did it in lower quality and it was only 7Mbytes - so you can shrink them down. For best results start off with the highest quality non-compressed video.

http://www.tornadoxtreme.com/Current_Activ...tormlight-1.wmv (http://www.tornadoxtreme.com/Current_Activities/Feb22stormlight-1.wmv)

[David Schuttler]

Originally posted by Bill Tabor
I use Windows Media Encoder which has numerous options and settings along with a wizard to help out with basic setup.

Here is a video I did last night from a storm near Brownwood, Tx. The original Avi was 325Mbytes and this Wmv version set to 1000 bit rate and full screen deinterlaced is about 12.5 Mbytes! That's a huge difference - eh? Before this I did it in lower quality and it was only 7Mbytes - so you can shrink them down. For best results start off with the highest quality non-compressed video.

http://www.tornadoxtreme.com/Current_Activities/Feb22stormlight-1.wmv

What's your opinion on the 2 pass vs. 1 pass?

I use it when I want to mess with Media Encoder. But I've had problems with the music from the radio at times and just end up leaving it out when encoding. I have less problems with the radio music using Movie maker