FairUse Help

beetle · 04-17-05, 12:02 AM

Hi, I am using the FairUse to convert my DVD to the format which I can play use BetaPlayer. But it seems to me that the size of the final file is very large. For a 20 mins show, the final size is 700M. :rolling:
Is there a setting which I can choose the size of the final file? I still want reasonable quality of the movie, but just not 700M for a 20mins show.

please...

04-17-05, 12:18 AM

What I do is encode using FairUse LE to get the 700MB file. Then I use PocketDivxEncoder to size down the file for my pocket pc. Which comes to less then 250MB depending how good of a quality you want.

http://divx.ppccool.com/

The FairUse LE is free to use but limits its output to 700MB files so you would require the PocketDivxEncoder to be used.

Your other option is to purchase FairUse which I believe allows you to determine the size of the file output.

chasgood · 04-18-05, 12:07 AM

You can set the file size and res all in fairuse. To figure the file size use 3 or 4 megabytes for each minute of video. How does 80Mb sound for the 20 minute shows. For the x50v choose in the 640 or 480 range of resolution. Not over 640x.
when I do a movie at 4 Mb per minute fairuse picks 480 resolution by default. The program doesnt know the file will be used on such a small screen. 640 looks pretty darn good.

Fruit
AVI is like jpg. Every time you do anything to it, it recompresses each frame again. It is a lossy compression. Each time more video info is thrown out and picture quality goes down. Why do 2 encodings when it can be done in one step? Fairuse limits the files to a maximum of 700Mb. There is no minimum file size in the program.

Choirguy · 04-18-05, 12:37 AM

I noticed Fairuse 1.1 doesn't open to the "options" window if you go "full automatic" The full automatic mode uses the last "custom" setting (i.e. the default setting if you never set a custom setting) when you use it.

So, on that first screen, click on the "options" button...set the file size to whatever you want. I suggest audio at 80kps and file sizes of 250MB. The larger the rip, the better the quality. I'd guess that 700 MB movies are practically flawless. I'm okay with some pixelation.

beetle · 04-18-05, 08:24 AM

Thanks, Choirguy, any ideas about this problem?
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=80534

silver99 · 04-18-05, 08:50 AM

In FairUse you can type in the Final Size in MB and the quality is adjusted to fit to that size. I always go with 470 MB - the quality is awesome and leaves me a bit of room on my 512 MB card for any small extras.

04-18-05, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by chasgood

Fruit
AVI is like jpg. Every time you do anything to it, it recompresses each frame again. It is a lossy compression. Each time more video info is thrown out and picture quality goes down. Why do 2 encodings when it can be done in one step? Fairuse limits the files to a maximum of 700Mb. There is no minimum file size in the program.

Thanks for telling me about this. Maybe that's why my videos arent that great.

This will be a nice saving of step :)

HollyCat · 04-18-05, 01:09 PM

Sorry to be a party pooper but I just wasted a whole week-end with FairUse and all that entails. Files too big, not humble end-user friendly and it took soooooooo long. Ok, so I'm a relative beginner at media but I'm a fairly adept power user, set up wi-fi LAN while husband down pub etc etc.

At 11:30 on Sunday night I took the plunge and bought Pocketdvdstudio (http://www.pqdvd.com/). It does exactly what it says on the tin, very, very easy to user, intuitative interface, and sooooooo QUICK and files much more compact. Worth every penny to back up my collection. "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom" said Shirley Conran. Same could be said for a lot of shareware. Free does not mean cheap, especially if you think about the extra time you spend ripping, then converting etc etc.

Dowloaded and success within minutes of first time of use. :approve: Now all I need is a waterproof cover so I can watch chick-flick trash in the bath....

Don't Panic! · 04-18-05, 02:24 PM

How compact HollyCat, and how quick?

How long does it take to do a 2 hour movie and what kind of PC do you have? System processors and onboard RAM makes a huge difference in encoding time.

beetle · 04-18-05, 02:28 PM

Is it a free software or you have to buy it?

Don't Panic! · 04-18-05, 02:30 PM

It costs beetle.

HollyCat · 04-21-05, 08:32 AM

Advent 3517, 3.2GHz Pentium 4, 1GB of RAM, Goldstar GMA-4020B DVD-R/RW/RAM drive, 200GB Western Digital hard drive. So not exactly under-powered.

The 2 hour movie I left running overnight I think it took 3 hours all told and yes it was Fair-Use Lite. The file sizes were coming out nearly 1mb - could be the films - Moulin Rouge, lot of action & music.

I'm happy I went with PocketDVDStudio, it's so easy I've got my kids starting to back up our DVD collection on the basis that my 13 yr old son has my old Jornada 568, my daughter 18 has her own ipaq h4150. Luckily due to a shortage of SD/CF cards in the house they can only look at one at a time - don't want to break copyright!

Don't Panic! · 04-21-05, 09:09 AM

I was asking about PocketDVDStudio. How long does that take per 2 hour movie?

HollyCat · 04-22-05, 05:02 PM

Sorry, about 20 mins and I was left with just the output file, none of the other temporary files that FairUse seemed to leave around.