The Master
11th August 2003, 19:48
I want to take my camcorder movies (DV) convert them to a online streamable format and also send them to some friends on Cd's
I assume that DivX is probably the best format for this (if there's a better one fire away.. but SVCD is a lot of work and DVD is too expensive right now)
The movies on average are 30-60 minutes to 2 hour movies.. I guess I wouldn't want less then 30 minutes per cd
The Camcorder = Sony Hi8 (1990-2)
Pure Source = DV Format Type 2
I guess I'm having some confusion as well because the Guide seems to contradict some evidence and some tests..
Tools I used
- DVIO
- VirtualDub 1.5.4
- DivX 5.05
- AviSynth 2.5
(I used the guides base settings and suggestions)
Here are my test samples
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test.avi
Pure Source Material DV Type 2 (may need a codec for this one I don't really know)
16.6 Mb
4 Seconds
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test2_divx.avi
7.6 Mb
35 Seconds (I added more material just to give a better sense)
Divx - Recrop to 320x 240 and basic guide settings 32kbit, Stereo (as I understand it when you go this low no deinterlace is required)
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test3_divx.avi
4.68 Mb
35 Seconds (same clip above)
Divx - No Recrop, basic settings + 1 pass in Divx Audio is 32kbit, Stereo
I guess the contradictory evidence is this post
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57468
Neo's personalized post seems to correlate right.. because the 2nd conversion has no recrop or deinterlace but surprisingly it looks fine as I understand it.. at 720 x 480 in divx + the 2nd test comes out smaller.. so I guess I'm am confused..
Basically this is what I want to know.. If this was your pure video above what would you do to keep it in the best format (with minimal work)?
The last question I have too is.. I've taken some outside shots and converted them to DivX and they appear blocky.. I kind of expect this because DivX does poor on action shots sometimes and or water.. now I know from doing some test DVD > DivX encodes you can do the movie twice and combine it (at least this was 1-2 years ago) would this fix the outside blockiness and what is the name of the best tool to use right now?
Thanks to anyone who can help and I hope I haven't given too much detail on this post or too little.. in all honesty I would like to get 4 hours of encodes done by tomorrow for a friend so if you have a suggestion or some answers please help.. ;)
I assume that DivX is probably the best format for this (if there's a better one fire away.. but SVCD is a lot of work and DVD is too expensive right now)
The movies on average are 30-60 minutes to 2 hour movies.. I guess I wouldn't want less then 30 minutes per cd
The Camcorder = Sony Hi8 (1990-2)
Pure Source = DV Format Type 2
I guess I'm having some confusion as well because the Guide seems to contradict some evidence and some tests..
Tools I used
- DVIO
- VirtualDub 1.5.4
- DivX 5.05
- AviSynth 2.5
(I used the guides base settings and suggestions)
Here are my test samples
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test.avi
Pure Source Material DV Type 2 (may need a codec for this one I don't really know)
16.6 Mb
4 Seconds
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test2_divx.avi
7.6 Mb
35 Seconds (I added more material just to give a better sense)
Divx - Recrop to 320x 240 and basic guide settings 32kbit, Stereo (as I understand it when you go this low no deinterlace is required)
http://nix2.ophelus.net/~admin5/Family/2003/David/Movies/temp/pure_test3_divx.avi
4.68 Mb
35 Seconds (same clip above)
Divx - No Recrop, basic settings + 1 pass in Divx Audio is 32kbit, Stereo
I guess the contradictory evidence is this post
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57468
Neo's personalized post seems to correlate right.. because the 2nd conversion has no recrop or deinterlace but surprisingly it looks fine as I understand it.. at 720 x 480 in divx + the 2nd test comes out smaller.. so I guess I'm am confused..
Basically this is what I want to know.. If this was your pure video above what would you do to keep it in the best format (with minimal work)?
The last question I have too is.. I've taken some outside shots and converted them to DivX and they appear blocky.. I kind of expect this because DivX does poor on action shots sometimes and or water.. now I know from doing some test DVD > DivX encodes you can do the movie twice and combine it (at least this was 1-2 years ago) would this fix the outside blockiness and what is the name of the best tool to use right now?
Thanks to anyone who can help and I hope I haven't given too much detail on this post or too little.. in all honesty I would like to get 4 hours of encodes done by tomorrow for a friend so if you have a suggestion or some answers please help.. ;)