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russ hirst · 12-02-2006, 11:55 AM

I am trying to help a friend with a website project and have some video which he needs to use.

My question is, simply, what format would be best to use for this in terms of quality versus size of the video file?

Thanks in anticipation guys.

Russ

12-02-2006, 5:39 PM

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Originally Posted by russ hirst

I am trying to help a friend with a website project and have some video which he needs to use.

My question is, simply, what format would be best to use for this in terms of quality versus size of the video file?

Thanks in anticipation guys.

Russ

Almost every PC in the world has a bundled copy of Windows Media Player, so that probably makes it favourite. Most online video watchers are on broadband, so they have a minimum download speed of about 512Kbps.

So as long as your friend is aiming to maximise his online audience, a wmp codec running at 350 to 450 Kbps would be great. Most PC editing packages allow you to output a wmv file, or he can download windows media encoder from your friend and mine, Uncle Bill (Gates).

Good luck with it!

Chris
www.felixstowetv.co.uk

russ hirst · 12-02-2006, 7:07 PM

Ah, yes, I know that. Sorry, what I was wanting was what software would I be best to use to compress the file so it is an acceptable size for most users?
cheers

jomike · 12-02-2006, 7:24 PM

Windows Movie Maker will do that for you. Just import the clip, hit save movie file and follow the wizard. WMM is on your PC if you are running Win XP.

russ hirst · 12-02-2006, 7:39 PM

Yes, I have WMM thanks and have tried that. I was under the impression that there was some software that made the files smaller still yet retained the quality?
Thanks

13-02-2006, 7:25 AM

Download Windows Media Encoder from MS and look at the compressions available; some give better results than others.

But the whole problem with compressions is that none, by their very nature, can retain full quality while compressing file size - something has to give! If there was a method of doing what you ask, we'd all be doing it!

The other method is to restrict playout size by embedding a windows media player window into the page at a fixed size. This works quite well to retain reasonable apparent quality.

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ChrisG46 Guest Posts: n/a	Download Windows Media Encoder from MS and look at the compressions available; some give better results than others. But the whole problem with compressions is that none, by their very nature, can retain full quality while compressing file size - something has to give! If there was a method of doing what you ask, we'd all be doing it! The other method is to restrict playout size by embedding a windows media player window into the page at a fixed size. This works quite well to retain reasonable apparent quality.
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