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(Possibly) Stupid question about compressing AVIs
Hi all,
I'm new to this world of video editing and came across this forum. I have been capturing AVI's of webcam broadcasts for awhile and was looking for a way to edit/compress the files.
The program I used for capturing was Video Conference Recorder Demo 2.0. This involved placing a "window" over the incoming webcam (usually from Yahoo messenger). Now this program in and of itself is pretty buggy and resource heavy, but it does capture the video (no audio). The only way I can get this program to work is to capture UNCOMPRESSED AVI files, and as such these files take up quite a bit of space.
Due to some searching around, I discovered that the best way to edit these files is using Virtual Dub. It seems to be a great program and I am able to edit these files to my heart's content. I would also like to compress these AVI files so that I can fit more on a CD. I have read that compressing them with Microsoft MPEG-4 codec V 1 or 2, or DivX 5.0 codec is preferred to keep most of the original quality and have the resulting file be a much smaller size.
According to Virtual Dub, the properties of these videos are as follows.
Frame Size, fps 185x153, 3.0 fps
# of frames (time) 4278 (23:46)
Decompressor Uncompressed RGB 16
Number of Key Frames 4278
As I said before, there is no audio on these files and the avi's are uncompressed.
The problem is, when I compress these AIV's using Virtual Dub, I am left with a much smaller file but the video resembles "scrambled cable". By that I mean that the picture is almost devoid of color and is slanted at an angle to the right. This is when I compress using either V 1 or 2 of Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec. The resulting file is a little over 5000 kb from a 232 meg file.
I also compressed the file using the DivX 5.0 codec, but when that was played back all I got was a green screen, and the 232 meg file was 202 kb. I doubt there is a compression to that level yet, one can only hope
Is there a file that I can download to view the compressed file correctly? Is there something I am doing wrong? Please help, I am tired of burning 2-3 movies per CD. There has to be a step I am missing somewhere. All I really want to do is take an uncompressed AVI file and compress it. If someone can recommend a program capable of that I can edit the files using Virtual Dub and then compress with another program. It all seems so simple, and it probably is. Thanks for trying to help a newbie
I'm new to this world of video editing and came across this forum. I have been capturing AVI's of webcam broadcasts for awhile and was looking for a way to edit/compress the files.
The program I used for capturing was Video Conference Recorder Demo 2.0. This involved placing a "window" over the incoming webcam (usually from Yahoo messenger). Now this program in and of itself is pretty buggy and resource heavy, but it does capture the video (no audio). The only way I can get this program to work is to capture UNCOMPRESSED AVI files, and as such these files take up quite a bit of space.
Due to some searching around, I discovered that the best way to edit these files is using Virtual Dub. It seems to be a great program and I am able to edit these files to my heart's content. I would also like to compress these AVI files so that I can fit more on a CD. I have read that compressing them with Microsoft MPEG-4 codec V 1 or 2, or DivX 5.0 codec is preferred to keep most of the original quality and have the resulting file be a much smaller size.
According to Virtual Dub, the properties of these videos are as follows.
Frame Size, fps 185x153, 3.0 fps
# of frames (time) 4278 (23:46)
Decompressor Uncompressed RGB 16
Number of Key Frames 4278
As I said before, there is no audio on these files and the avi's are uncompressed.
The problem is, when I compress these AIV's using Virtual Dub, I am left with a much smaller file but the video resembles "scrambled cable". By that I mean that the picture is almost devoid of color and is slanted at an angle to the right. This is when I compress using either V 1 or 2 of Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec. The resulting file is a little over 5000 kb from a 232 meg file.
I also compressed the file using the DivX 5.0 codec, but when that was played back all I got was a green screen, and the 232 meg file was 202 kb. I doubt there is a compression to that level yet, one can only hope
Is there a file that I can download to view the compressed file correctly? Is there something I am doing wrong? Please help, I am tired of burning 2-3 movies per CD. There has to be a step I am missing somewhere. All I really want to do is take an uncompressed AVI file and compress it. If someone can recommend a program capable of that I can edit the files using Virtual Dub and then compress with another program. It all seems so simple, and it probably is. Thanks for trying to help a newbie
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