Problems with a video!

[JakeGallagher]

I'm having some problems with a promotional video a team mate and I created...It's too big...for a 3:24 video, its about 630 MB. I've looking to encode it into something a little smaller, preferrably without having to buy software, but I don't really want one of those little DivX insignias on the corner...is there a way anyone can help us out? Thanks.

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I forgot to tell you that the video is in .mov format, but if the tool you give me can change it to a Windows standard (*shudders*), or if you know of another tool that can do that...I know I'm being picky, but I really want to get this video circulated to everyone I can, and at the moment, it's just not possible.
Thanks again.
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[sanddrag]

If you can put it on CD and mail it to me, there's a chance I can reduce the size, put it on CD and mail it back to you. But I couldn't get to it until at least a couple weeks from now.

[Brian M.]

The RAD Video Tools should be able to convert .mov files into DivX: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

Also, as talked about before, the DivX logo can be disabled from the "Decoder Configuration" dialog box. In the "Quality Settings" tab, check the "Disable Logo" box.

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by JakeGallagher

I'm having some problems with a promotional video a team mate and I created...It's too big...for a 3:24 video, its about 630 MB. I've looking to encode it into something a little smaller, preferrably without having to buy software, but I don't really want one of those little DivX insignias on the corner...is there a way anyone can help us out? Thanks.

[Edit]
I forgot to tell you that the video is in .mov format, but if the tool you give me can change it to a Windows standard (*shudders*), or if you know of another tool that can do that...I know I'm being picky, but I really want to get this video circulated to everyone I can, and at the moment, it's just not possible.
Thanks again.
[/Edit]

If you have Quicktime Pro, you can encode your .mov into any video and audio codec you wish.

I like the 3ivx codec for video and ACC for audio.

The best method, is to use your video editing program to encode it into a smaller file.

[SuperJake]

Depending on what you're looking to achieve (full-screen video playback, or windowed playback), the best thing to do is use a smaller resolution with a higher bitrate. If you check out the videos my crew and I made (http://www.moe365.org/video.php), we went with two versions. The high quality version is about 37MB. That used a variable bitrate setting in the DivX 5.0.1 codec. The low quality version is about 8MB using a set bitrate. Though these movies have a pretty low resolution, when you blow them up to full screen, you don't loose a lot quality wise. Hope this was helpful!

[JakeGallagher]

Thanks for all the help--I should be able to post the encoded version soon enough. I'll get it up somewhere when it's finished.

[MattK]

Just run it through iMovie and set the encoding to a different setting

[JakeGallagher]

*Le Sigh*

I don't have a Mac that can run iMovie! :-C We made the movie in Adobe Premiere on my partner's dad's computer...and that's why it's in .mov. If it were in MPEG I think the file was about 2.6GB.

Ah well, I'll try to track down a recently built Mac...

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by JakeGallagher

*Le Sigh*

I don't have a Mac that can run iMovie! :-C We made the movie in Adobe Premiere on my partner's dad's computer...and that's why it's in .mov. If it were in MPEG I think the file was about 2.6GB.

Ah well, I'll try to track down a recently built Mac...

.MOV is only a wrapper, not a codec. You can select any codec to make it a smaller file.

[MattK]

try exporting it as a mpeg than run it through virtual dub (free- just google it)

If you want to you can also use the windows media encoder (yuck!), its free and makes the file much smaller.

[JAH]

Originally Posted by JakeGallagher

We made the movie in Adobe Premiere on my partner's dad's computer...and that's why it's in .mov.

If you made the movie in Adobe Premiere, wouldn't it be an AVI? But oh well, Premiere comes with a program called Cleaner 5 EZ. In Premiere, go to File--> Export Timeline--> Save for Web... It'll then open up Cleaner 5 EZ and give you some options of file formats and compressions ratios and stuff. IM me at jasfirst234 or email me at jhoff@cyberblue234.com if you need more help.

[RX782]

Cleaner 5 is too expensive, Premiere has poor resizing techniques, and iMovie is Mac only.

My suggestions:

VirtualDubMod for encoding, AVISynth 2.5 for filtering (and linear editing), XviD or x264 (more cpu load) for compression, and the AVI container. Audio should be MP3 only because of MP3's common place amongst users.