Hi Neil,
For all of my DVD/HDDVD/BLURAY encoding for network playback, I use the
open source Handbrake and put everything in H264 under the .mkv
container type. This is one of the two most popular formats for home
networks, and has great file size and quality thanks to the advanced
H264 encoding. It supports full AC3/DTS soundtracks with 5.1/7.1 or
simply mono/stereo if you choose. Note that Handbrake does not encode
or create your soundtracks, but will pass it through to the new file
during video encoding. The latest version has a new feature (constant
quality setting) that is essentially like VBR mp3 encoding, where teh
bitrate will adjust as needed to maintain the quality level you set. It
will read most formats out there, but I don't know what your original
format is at this point, so you will have to check. As an example of
file size, a typical 2 hr action movie encoded from DVD with AC3 sound,
in full resolution, is about 1GB, give or take a little. I encoded my
Swordfish HDDVD, reduced to 720p from 1080p, and it is under 2GB,
compared to the bulky >70GB source.
Encoding time for a ripped DVD (2 hr movie) to my HD is about 25-30
minutes on my 8 core system.
Runs on Windows/Mac OS X/ and Linux
http://handbrake.fr
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
The player of choice for me is also free: VLC Media Player. It has many
nice features to sync A/V for playback from out of sync sources, and
will play nearly every AV format under the sun.
http://www.videolan.org
http://www.videolan.org/mirror-geo.php?file=vlc/1.0.3/win32/vlc-1.0.3-win32.exe
This may or may not be useful in your case, but it is good to remember
for that one time when needed. =)
regards,
Brandon
Neil Cooke wrote:
Thanks for the nice word NIK and Mark,
>see a bigger version with sound
The whole thing is a huge file in it's current format and I dont know
how to get it down to web size.
Anyway, some re-takes on this one and then on to Episode Two now :-)
N.
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*From:* Mark <atha...@casema.nl>
*To:* user-list@light.realsoft3d.com
*Sent:* Fri, 8 January, 2010 2:50:59 AM
*Subject:* Re: Trailer - QuickTime
Impressive work Neil! Always nice to see a new RS animation, I'd love
to see a bigger version with sound some day.
congrats,
Mark H
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My intention is to work comfortably within the skills I have. This is
the fastest and obviously the easiest. Within this I am hoping to
produce a marketable result.
http://www.dimensionzero.co.nz/dz-vids/DZStudios_EventAtScraper_Trailer100107.mov
No sound. Any comments appreciated but I realise there is very little
here to form any kind of opinion on. The current cut is 10 minutes and
the Trailer is just a bunch of takes. No characters in the Trailer
which is intentional at this stage. Thanks Neil Cooke
