Thanks NIK for the YouTube pointer. I had intended posting teasers there sometime ... so much to do on this rubbish and I'm clocking 12 to 16 hour days on it already!!
Thanks Brandon, your post is hard data that is invaluable. There is another factor in the web sizing which is that I'm not sure I want to place it there. Thinking to leave the public in the dark and talk directly to potential markets if any such thing exists of course. In which case a DVD in full 1280x720 is the go. Hoping about that market thing of course ... dreams :-) N. On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:43:32 -0700, Brandon Moon <rsl...@silvergravity.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> 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
