Page 2 of 21. If the movie is of action genre or rich photography, where there is more movements, go for "Video for Broadband NTSC 768Kbps". A movie of 2 hrs & 30 minutes may fit in one VCD with a file size of 680 ~ 700 MB. If the movie is still more longer, go for the same with 384 Kbps. After trying other frequencies, finally I encoded "Paheli" movie in 768Kbps ~ 684 MB because of its painiting like visuals.
2. If the movie is a drama based with more emphasis on expressions and lesser camera movements, choose "Video for Broadband NTSC 256Kbps" a 2 1/2 hour movie will be encoded in 170 ~ 230 Mb. My encoded file of "My wife's murder" with a running time of 1 hrs & 50 minutes was mere 168 MB while "Murder (2 hrs & 26 min) " was about 230 MB. The general size for this configuration is like 90 MB per hour of video.
3. Sometimes even the "Original" VCD has poor encoded clips, in such cases go for "Video for Broadband NTSC 384Kbps" even for the dramas. In this case, my source of inspiration "Ninne Pelladtha" which was the guinea pig for all of my testings, I finally settled at 384Kbps with a file size of 375 MB, same goes for "Niram" with 350 MB. Infact the encoded version of "Niram" had the least or almost no difference from the original VCD quality.
DIV Format:
If you have decided to try the DivX format, you'll need the DivX plugins to enable playback of DivX clips in Windows Media Player.
Encoding Configurations goes like this:-
For Video Codec, choose "DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Low Motion" and for Audio Codec, choose "MPEG Layer-3". This configuration normally works by encoding a movie of 2 hrs 10 minutes to about a large size of 580 MB, and also the quality leaves a lot to be desired. So I personally don't recommend this format.
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We may need to encode certain parts of the movie or song only, or particular segment of the video. How to seperate it? Here comes handy a small software called "VCD Clipper (662 KB Zip file, Google search for its location....)" basically to cut from VCD. [ Since it works on DAT file only, for a MPEG clip to be chopped, it needs to be converted into DAT. VCD Gear can do it for you. Choose "mpeg -> DAT" format and proceed as usual.
To cut the clip, open the DAT clip, when the needed starting point comes, in the "Clip" menu, choose "Select Start" and at the desired end point, in the "Clip Menu" choose "Select End". Now in the "File" menu, click "Save", you'll be prompted for a destination in your Hard Disk. You got the desired "DAT" clip and proceed to MPEG as usual with VCD gear.
One Major Hitch in the whole process..... :-( Since the video files are encoded on frame to frame basis, the time taken to encode the file is equal or more than the duration of the clip. Say... to encode a 2 1/2 hr movie, it will take anything between 3 ~ 3 1/2 hrs to create a file. Thats why I had given the "Presets" based on my experiences. (Normally I initiate the encoding process before going to bed at night, so that it will be completed at its own pace without straining me)
I hope this article will be useful when you share the marriage videos & your picnic videos over the net. And Video Blogging is catching up fastly on the net, so when you want to post your video blog over the net, this articlew will surely be useful. My previous article on online file storage will be helpful in hosting your small video clips.
I hope this article will be useful when you share the marriage videos & your picnic videos over the net. And Video Blogging is catching up fastly on the net, so when you want to post your video blog over the net, this articlew will surely be useful. My previous article on online file storage will be helpful in hosting your small video clips.
