qvga or vga...high quality or low...large file size or small..(video encoding & x50v)

OC Noob · 11-28-04, 02:32 PM

I've always been a low quality/small file size guy. I use wmv and crank up the sharpness. 20-25 minute shows run about 25 mb and the quality is very nice unless there is a lot of movement on the screen then I get the fuzzy blocky pixelation.

Now, with VGA, the 2700g and beta player looking so good I can't decide if coding my videos differently is would be good or not. I'd love higher quality/res, but want to maintain atleast 2mb/minute ratio for file size.

I know how to encode, but if you have a particular file type and player that offer great quality with small file size I'd love to hear about it. Also, if there is a special setting you use when encoding (like sharpness in wmv) please share that also.

What do you do for video?

Thanks for the advise:)

mishaq · 11-28-04, 02:43 PM

I'd also like to know myself. I'm just like you, small file kinda guy, so I can get my TV show episodes around 35 MB. I use windows media encoder 9 which has a special template just for pocket pc, which has suprisingly good quality for animated video. I can get an episode of family guy or futurama down to 35 MB and look pretty damn good, except like you mentioned during fast movement when it gets blocky. I tried encoding non-animated shows with the same settings and for some reason I cant get the sound to be consistent with the video, which gets very choppy.

OC Noob · 11-28-04, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by mishaq

I'd also like to know myself. I'm just like you, small file kinda guy, so I can get my TV show episodes around 35 MB. I use windows media encoder 9 which has a special template just for pocket pc, which has suprisingly good quality for animated video. I can get an episode of family guy or futurama down to 35 MB and look pretty damn good, except like you mentioned during fast movement when it gets blocky. I tried encoding non-animated shows with the same settings and for some reason I cant get the sound to be consistent with the video, which gets very choppy.

lol, I am watching Family Guy and Futurama on my PPC too(Simspons also). Us small file guys must think alike.

I did encode a season of MASH and it seems fine for sound.

mishaq · 11-28-04, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by OC Noob

lol, I am watching Family Guy and Futurama on my PPC too(Simspons also). Us small file guys must think alike.

I did encode a season of MASH and it seems fine for sound.

Do you use windows media encoder 9? I found that to give the best quality at the smallest size (wmv compression) or have you found a better way bitrate wise etc?

Tala · 11-28-04, 07:01 PM

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Do you use windows media encoder 9? I found that to give the best quality at the smallest size (wmv compression) or have you found a better way bitrate wise etc?

I think WMV 9+ gives you the best image quality per data size. So if you want to get the best quality for a given bitrate use WMV. The h.264 codec (which recently got added to mpeg4) gives a similar quality but i dont know a player for that format on PPC.

Tala