stanb17

I recall many folks posting problems with the FAT and FAT32 file size limitation when creating AVI's larger than 3.9Gigs. For those with PC's the answer is simple "Buy another drive and format it for NTFS". Problem solved.
For those with notebooks, the issue was more serious. So... here's a 120 Gig, USB 2.0 external harddrive for $89!!!!!!

I don't resell for these folks, but I've bought a lot of stuff from Buy.com over the years. Here's the link.
120 Gigs will give you the massive storage and NTFS that you need to turn your notebook into the A/V production studio you're looking for.... cheap.

Stan

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rack04

Has any tried to play these .avi files on your home PC using WMP or DivX Player? The video is extremely "grainy". I am wondering if this is just related to the PC and video playback will be fine on the X50V. I can't test this because my X50V is still in route from Dell. I used a custom size of 250MB for the 3.89GB movie. Thanks.

stanb17

Well... if you went and crunched them down for a target display of 640X480 (as with your AXIM) and your PC monitor is set at 800X600 or 1024X768 DPI... then of course it will be "grainy".

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Gokuu_Elemental

Originally Posted by rack04

Has any tried to play these .avi files on your home PC using WMP or DivX Player? The video is extremely "grainy". I am wondering if this is just related to the PC and video playback will be fine on the X50V. I can't test this because my X50V is still in route from Dell. I used a custom size of 250MB for the 3.89GB movie. Thanks.

Plus, with just 250mb movie, the encoding bitrate is horrible! I don't really like the look of a 400mb movie, I would prefer a 550MB-700MB movie. The file size is bigger but the bitrate is higher and the general quality of the video seems to improve greatly. Of course, as Stan mentioned, resolution has a big thing to do with that...

Gokuu_Elemental

Okay, have another question, I'm wondering how fast some of us are encoding movies, since I'm thinking about building a computer. Does anyone have a Pentium 4, around 3GHz computer with 512MB DDR RAM? If so, how long does it take you to encode a 1.5 or 2 hour movie?

Thanks!

ooosadface

Originally Posted by Gokuu_Elemental

Okay, have another question, I'm wondering how fast some of us are encoding movies, since I'm thinking about building a computer. Does anyone have a Pentium 4, around 3GHz computer with 512MB DDR RAM? If so, how long does it take you to encode a 1.5 or 2 hour movie? Thanks!

Dell Precision 450
2.66 GHZ
1.5 GB RAM

5.xx hours for Young Frankenstein with a target file size of 700 mb and a fixed width of 640.

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ooosadface

Originally Posted by rack04

Has any tried to play these .avi files on your home PC using WMP or DivX Player? The video is extremely "grainy". I am wondering if this is just related to the PC and video playback will be fine on the X50V. I can't test this because my X50V is still in route from Dell. I used a custom size of 250MB for the 3.89GB movie. Thanks.

On the PC don't view it at full screen or zoomed. View it at original aspect ration and at 100% zoom to see the actual quality of the movie at its actual size. It should be very crisp...

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rack04

Originally Posted by ooosadface

On the PC don't view it at full screen or zoomed. View it at original aspect ration and at 100% zoom to see the actual quality of the movie at its actual size. It should be very crisp...

The .avi that I viewed on my PC wasn't viewed at full screen or zoomed. I'm not familiar enough with WMP settings to know if when I double clicked on the .avi that it was viewed at original aspect ratio. I've also tried to view the .avi with DivX Player but still experienced "grainy" video playback. I guess I can test the same movie at 500MB vs. 250MB target size and see if the "grainy" problem still persits. FYI, the LCD screen resolution is set to 1024x768 pixels.

EDIT: Seems to view fine 320*180 on my PC using this guide. I think the problem is in the resolution, as stated above.

Gokuu_Elemental

Originally Posted by ooosadface

Dell Precision 450 2.66 GHZ 1.5 GB RAM 5.xx hours for Young Frankenstein with a target file size of 700 mb and a fixed width of 640.

That's not bad, the 700MB file size is really good. I'm looking to build a 3.0GHz with a Pentium 4 660 Socket LGA 775 Processor and probably 512MB DDR2 RAM for about $600. Would the video card have anything to do with the encoding?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot it's not a 660 (that's the 3.6GHz processor) it's the 630, which is the base processor that comes with the 2MB L2 Cache. I'm sure that might have some effect on video editing and re-encoding.

rack04

Originally Posted by rack04

The .avi that I viewed on my PC wasn't viewed at full screen or zoomed. I'm not familiar enough with WMP settings to know if when I double clicked on the .avi that it was viewed at original aspect ratio. I've also tried to view the .avi with DivX Player but still experienced "grainy" video playback. I guess I can test the same movie at 500MB vs. 250MB target size and see if the "grainy" problem still persits. FYI, the LCD screen resolution is set to 1024x768 pixels. EDIT: Seems to view fine 320*180 on my PC using this guide. I think the problem is in the resolution, as stated above.

Turns out the "grainy" video playback was the quality of 250MB target size. I viewed the same movie encoded at 475MB and 700MB and all is well. I just wish I could fit more than two movies on a 1GB card.

chasgood

Gokuu elemental
If you wait a bit the dual core chips will be out. Just think what 2 cpu's on 1 chip will do to encoding speeds. The AMD model hits the street on May 31st. Intel is a few months behind. They pretty much had to do it because faster clock speeds cant be done right now.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050509/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/business...419/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050405/index.html

This is interesting to all. A chart of all cpu's video encoding times. First chart is mpeg1 to mpeg2. Second chart on the page is mpeg2 to mpeg4 Divx. find your cpu, bus and memory type and see how it compares.
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/2004...charts-18.html

what I found a eye opener is how my 2.4 P4 with 200mhz bus and dual memory channel DDR400 ram scored the same as a 2.8 P4 with 133 bus with DDR333 ram. Get the fastest bus and memory clock speed you can.

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chasgood

here is another cpu chart using divx as the test.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/index.html

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Master_Scythe

EWWW! STAY AWAY FROM GUARDIAN KNOT!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:

THIS SOFTWARE RELAYS YOUR WEB SURFING PERFORMANCE METRICS TO RESPONSETARGET TO GENERATE PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR THIRD PARTIES. AS SUCH, YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION WILL BE USED PERIODICALLY TO SEND AND RECEIVE DATA.
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thats shit, damn spyware....

i'm sure theres a free version WITHOUT the spyware

Gokuu_Elemental

Actually, I remember looking on the internet and seeing that 2.8 or 3.0GHz Dual-Cores for $240, that's not bad, when will they ship? I just want to have a estimate on the time frame. Also, isn't Intel a little more advanced when it comes to video processing and video re-encoding versus AMD? AMD processors are just cheaper and they perform just as well according to benchmarks (at least in most areas) I'm just looking for good deals and want to know when I can start building my computer!! I don't want to wait too long, so when will the dual-core processors be out from Intel? (Just a good time estimate, exact date is not necessary)

Thanks for the information!

tancerman

This way just seems to confusing. (not personally for me, but members here in general)
If find ripping the dvd with dvd shrink (or dvd dycryptor) and encoding it with virtualdub the most effective method...