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whr76
29th September 2007, 01:39
Noob says: I'm guessing this may be the best sub-forum for this question, but if not, please move it as needed to get best reply...
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Anyway, I've shot a few variants of quick tours of my rental home using my CoolPix P&S in video mode...yes, the quality is not so good, but for a 1min preview on web site, it'll be good enough to supplement the still pix...

Anyway, I know how to convert them to FLV for web, but the problem is: Which version/variant is the best one? I'm wondering if there is some easy way to have two files playing at same time so I can see whether file 1 or 2 looks better...having two sessions of Quick Time going means that I have to try and get both started and stopped at same time, which isn't that easy.

And...with about 6 or so attempts at each video, keeping track of which version had what good/bad about it is quite hard for me.

So...is there any free (or shareware) software that might allow me to just view (not edit) two MOV files at same time in one session with combined playback controls? Thanks!

BTW, I'm limited to what will work on an older W2K system...so any XP/Vista built-ins are out of bounds.

Dark Shikari
29th September 2007, 01:47
MSU Perceptual Quality Tool (http://compression.ru/video/quality_measure/perceptual_video_quality_tool_en.html), freeware.

If you want to know what FLV converter is the best in terms of maximum possible quality, the answer is probably Mencoder on max settings.