2005-05-11, 04:48 PM
Virtualdubmod.
Quality (or lack of) is not in the quality itself, but in the aspect and codec you choose.
2 pass DivX gives decent results. Depending on what you're going to do with the finished avi.
If it's just for archiving and watching on the computer, then mpeg-4 low motion (at it's highest bitrate setting) will yield a very small file (at a smaller resolution, using YUV colourspace). Try reducing it to 352x240/288, cropping if needed.
For best quality, huffyuv, but you get BIG files...still about half the size of uncompressed. Slightly lower quality would be mjpeg, at about half again the size of huffyuv.
You can also drop the audio bitrate down to save a little space.
Quality (or lack of) is not in the quality itself, but in the aspect and codec you choose.
2 pass DivX gives decent results. Depending on what you're going to do with the finished avi.
If it's just for archiving and watching on the computer, then mpeg-4 low motion (at it's highest bitrate setting) will yield a very small file (at a smaller resolution, using YUV colourspace). Try reducing it to 352x240/288, cropping if needed.
For best quality, huffyuv, but you get BIG files...still about half the size of uncompressed. Slightly lower quality would be mjpeg, at about half again the size of huffyuv.
You can also drop the audio bitrate down to save a little space.
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Pentium Quad / 4Gb Dual Channel RAM / XPSP3 / 2 x PVR-500, PVR-250 / GB-PVR
Pentium Quad / 4Gb Dual Channel RAM / XPSP3 / 2 x PVR-500, PVR-250 / GB-PVR