100MB full movie

insomniac8400 · 01-23-05, 04:47 PM

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.

Gigi · 01-23-05, 04:50 PM

Moved to Multimedia.

jdh1415 · 01-23-05, 05:04 PM

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

jpmarth · 01-23-05, 07:10 PM

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.

insomniac8400 · 01-24-05, 12:39 AM

I am reecoding avi to wmv, it would seem fairuse is for ripping movies from dvds and making them xvid.

jpmarth · 01-24-05, 12:51 AM

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.

jdh1415 · 01-24-05, 01:21 AM

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

insomniac8400 · 01-24-05, 03:04 PM

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.

insomniac8400 · 01-24-05, 04:34 PM

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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