Video+Compression

//**This is a brief exchange from the [|Webheads list] between Mike Marzio and Teresa Almedia d'Eça about how to get the best compression results with contemporary tools**//.

In [|evonline2002_ webheads@ yahoogroups. com], "Teresa Almeida d'Eca"  wrote:
> Hi, Michael! > > I'd like to know more about these video compression tools and where to download them. TIA. > Hugs, Teresa

Re: Short videos by internet
===Posted by: "Michael Marzio" [| marzio-school@wanadoo.fr] [| mmmarzio]=== Tue Aug 1, 2006 2:55 am (PST) Hi Tere and other webheads interested in this thread,

The Real Media site seems to hide its best freebies, but I found the page where you can download the free "basic" Real Producer:

[|http://forms. real.com/ rnforms/products /tools/producerb asic/index. html] or [|http://tinyurl. com/3x2a4]

These people are a pain in the neck, obliging you to fill out a form before being able to click on the "Download Now" button. After installation, things look complicated but it's really very simple.

Browse for your original video. For best results, this video should be an UNcompressed AVI.

After choosing "Audiences" I suggest you remove the 256 kbs default and choose "384 DSL or cable". Curiously, this setting seems to provide the same results in terms of video quality as the 512 kbs setting in Movie Maker when making WMV video files.

Don't change anything in the Video Filters settings, but click on Clip information if you want the title of your video (or any info you choose) to scroll under the video when it plays.

Then just click on the "encode" button.

For WMV clips, just use movie maker and choose 512 kbs for output.

For MOV files (Quicktime for Windows), it's a question of us$30 at [|http://www.apple. com/quicktime/ download/ win.html]

If you want to compare my own results __with these same settings__, you can see for yourself at

[|http://tinyurl. com/7gqe2] and [|http://tinyurl. com/r6znk]

After all, video quality is largely a subjective affair.

Finally, many people in the video community detest the Real Player because it comes with the "regular junk" (popups, spyware, etc). I don't use it. Instead I use the Real Alternative which plays RM files (and most everything else), WITHOUT any of the junk, available at:

[|http://www.free- codecs.com/ download/ Real_Alternative .htm] or [|http://tinyurl. com/2f8gp]

Bises, Mike

Re: Short videos by internet
===Posted by: "Teresa Almeida d'Eca" [| tmvaz@mail.telepac.pt] [| teca2002pt]=== Tue Aug 1, 2006 4:10 am (PST) Hi, Mike!

I've just followed your suggestion and have been able to reduce the video file I sent Dennis from 7.1 MB to 1.2 MB. Wow!!! And I didn't notice any change in quality. Here's the link where you can see it. [|http://teresadeca. motime.com/]

Thank you, Mike!

My question now is: are .rv files Mac compatible?

Hugs, Teresa

[|http://forms. real.com/ rnforms/products /tools/producerb asic/index. html] or [|http://tinyurl. com/3x2a4]

If you want to compare my own results __with these same settings__, you can see for yourself at [|http://tinyurl. com/7gqe2] and [|http://tinyurl. com/r6znk]