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Old 01-23-05, 04:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Using windows media encoder and instead of using the pocket pc codec, choose streaming media and then 148K. I encoded supertroopers from an 648mb avi to a 100mb wmv. Originally it was widescreen but it formatted it 4:3 and now it takes up the full screen which is a plus. That means its a little distorted, but nothing too bad and yes its somewhat pixelated, but for only being 100mb for a full movie its damn good. Plus I would have to imagine that a smaller file is going to equal more battery life. And having 9 full movies on my memory card is a lot more appealing than only 1. Of course this is only going to make you happy if you want quantity over quality.
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Old 01-23-05, 05:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by insomniac8400
Using windows media encoder and instead of using the pocket pc codec, choose streaming media and then 148K. I encoded supertroopers from an 648mb avi to a 100mb wmv. Originally it was widescreen but it formatted it 4:3 and now it takes up the full screen which is a plus. That means its a little distorted, but nothing too bad and yes its somewhat pixelated, but for only being 100mb for a full movie its damn good. Plus I would have to imagine that a smaller file is going to equal more battery life. And having 9 full movies on my memory card is a lot more appealing than only 1. Of course this is only going to make you happy if you want quantity over quality.
thanks for the info i will have to try this out for myself. as of now. Ill let you know my relsults
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Old 01-23-05, 07:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I used windows media encoder for a while. Then I learned how to encode to divx format, which provides better quality for the same size.

You might like the results from the program FairUse Wizard. Give it a try. Very easy to use and good quality video.
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I am reecoding avi to wmv, it would seem fairuse is for ripping movies from dvds and making them xvid.
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Old 01-24-05, 12:51 AM   #6 (permalink)
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If you are encoding directly from an avi file you could use PocketDivxEncoder.

Though you would need to use either Beta Player or Pocket MVP to play the movies.

I no longer use Windows Media Player as I prefer the quality of divx encoded avi movies.
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Old 01-24-05, 01:21 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I just encoded american pie 2 and it is 100 megabytes but it degrades sound quality a ton and and picture some, ill stick to the original 177 mb file that i thought was pretty good quality, thanks though!! JDH
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PocketDivxEcoder failed

I used it and lowered the video quality down to "0" in order for he final product to hit 100mb, but the file was corrupt or something. If I tried to even view the directory with the video in it, it froze up. I had to delete the video through command prompt just to get rid of it.
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Old 01-24-05, 04:34 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Tried it without selecting xvid and it worked. I upped the quality setting a little and got a file of 110mb. The file when compared to wmv showed almost no difference. It definitely was quicker converting with PocketDivxEncoder.
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