I use mp4 for all videos. It's pretty much a standard for compression and quality.
Scott Sent from my iPhone -- Scott Granneman sc...@granneman.com On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:41 PM, Theresa Kehoe <t...@cablemo.net> wrote: > > Hi all, I have a raw video file (1 hour long) that I captured from a > camcorder. In the raw .dv file format it's about 12.2GB ... if I > export > it to type .avi the file size is about the same. If I export it > to .mpeg it compacts down to 1.8GB, but I'm not sure about the quality > -- the video plays just fine in mplayer or vlc, but full screen, it > looks a little grainy. I want to end up with a burned DVD that can be > played in a traditional DVD player, not just in a computer. > > Is there some sort of compromise compression between none (raw) and > maximum (mpeg)? > > I am using kino to do this -- from the export tab, if you're doing DV > File you can choose file types DV AVI Type 1, DV AVI Type 2, OpenDML > AVI, or Raw DV (type 1 and raw are both 12.2GB in size). MPEG gives > more file formats, I tried Generic MPEG2 and DVD. I also set Output > dvdauthor XML to "Create DVD-Video (dvdauthor)". Once I get it to > where > I want it, there is an option I want to try, "Burn to /dev/dvd with > growisofs". > > I'd rather not waste a stack of DVD-R disks, especially since these > are > the more costly 8.5GB size (which is why I'm testing out files first). > > Any advice is most greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Theresa > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To subscribe: cwelug-subscr...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe: cwelug-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
