first off...i know squat about VirtualDub, but i was following what dela had suggested i http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/57563 ....it doesn't finish and i get this big honkin file on my hdd that i couldn't find.....it got to the point that my pc said i had 18mb of memory left and that if i didn't free up some space....*sniff*sniff*...well you know...it was't till i dumped my Norton Protected Recycle Bin that it disappered....what the hell was it and what did i do wrong....and i know i did something wrong - BIG TIME
What you did wrong is not follow the instructions as they were Posted...You did not Select a Codec to compress to and you didn"t choose the Bitrate , That is why the File was so Big and you didn"t save the File to a Place on your PC were you could find it like your desktop...You have to choose a Codec under "Compression" like say the "DivX" codec or any "Mpeg-4" codec then you need to choose a Bitrate in the codec settings, What bitrate you use is up to you but to loow and the Quality will be crap and too high the File size will be to big...And when you save the File save it to a Directory were you can find the File after encodeing....good Luck
actually i did choose the codec but i didn't do anythin to the btirate, cause since i don't know that much about it, i figured leave it as is for now and see how it comes out then figure out the bitrate thing from there, i guess that was my mistake.......so, what is good as far as bitrate?....and thanx for the help so far
Well If you Choose a DivX or Mpeg-4 Codec then say a Bitrate of 1000kbs should Produce fairly good Quality on High resolution Files but the Higher the Bitrate the Better the Quality and the Larger the Size..You can try experimenting with different Bitrates and just encode a 2 minute clip as a Test and find the Bitrate that Looks best at a Low File size....
thanx brotha, will do.... RE: signature i used to say the same thing till somebody asked if i knew that for a fact from experience....i say it no more
Just a question, did you select the "No Compression" codec? ('cuz that's not really a codec) In fact, you can go all the way down to 650KB/s if you are lucky and still have superb quality (it really depends on the movie). A safe but small number is 700-750 for XviD or DivX.
i'm choosing the divx codec...here is what i'm trying to do...i'm trying to get a movie onto vcd to view in my dvd player...it is currently in divx format 578MB...since i was told that a movie in vcd format would take up 2 CD's...i was trying to cut it in half....i chose the divx codec, chose the mpeg for audio and saved as avi since i can't currenlt yopen the movie with TMPGEnc.....i can sense already that i'm gonna get a butt load of replies telling me how dumb i am and what i did wrong....be gentle...please
You do not have to re-encode a File to Cut it in Half, Re-encodeing it will Just Ruin the Quality and if Tmpgenc will not load the File then use Virtual dub to Frameserve to Tmpgenc and if you do it this way you don"t even have to cut the AVI file cuz you can Frameserve to tmpgenc in Parts..
sorry....i told you i was dumb.....i did cut it and get it over to TMPGEnc....and minion's way sounds easier...i actually figured it out this morning..lol....so...thanx all
