JaSSon Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 My digicam unfortunately takes video in a quicktime format. Video is 848x480 30fps with a bitrate of 950KB. I have a 21 second video that is 19.9 MB in size. What program could I use to convert it to a more standardized filetype, and if possible I would like to compress the file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Virtual Dub, I use that for my Video Editing and Production Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 there's tons of programs out there, windows movie maker will do it (it sucks, but will do it) Adobe Premiere, Sony vegas Video, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 And, just for my morbid curiosity, will any of those programs make use my my ATI card's AVIVO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 probably not... typically it's all processor, memory, and HDD intensive, not video intensive... you aren't doing 3d rentering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Virtual Dub and Virtual Dub Mod are the best, and they are free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 free = not so good.... but I guess you get your money's worth :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 you obviously haven't used either program, because they are amazing. you can encode and transcode into any format you can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 It REALLY helps in class because my cam records only in MPEG and the required format is AVI in class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 have you ever used anything else? you ALWAYS get what you paid for... except when buying a mac, then you over pay :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 have you ever used anything else? you ALWAYS get what you paid for... except when buying a mac, then you over pay :-) I have used other programs. 90% of the software I use is Open Source, and the 2 Virtual Dubs are no exception. Because people arent dropping money on them, they are developing their own expansions of the original program and making things better than the $1000 programs that other companies make you buy. Open source is always the way to go when it is an option. I used to be a big software pirate in my younger days, and I try to stay away from that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansonivan Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Vegas Video. Go get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 ulead video studio FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Sorry Pat, I just find it humorous that you're 17 and saying in your younger days :-) Open Source isn't always the way to go, if it was, then HollyWood would be using open source video editing software instead of investing millions of dollars into video editing equiptment. (and software) That being said, for ease of use, use Vegas Video. ULead Studio's is really easy to use as well. (and comes with most cameras) Adobe Premiere is an amazing software application as well, BUT, it's not the easiest to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 http://www.videohelp.com/convert has alot of great info on converting file formats. Personaly I edit with windows movie maker when i'm not on my mac on my mac i use Final Cut Pro. Tempeng is a great video compress / converter / sorta editor program I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 I use pinnacle studio plus 9...never, ever use it. It is horrible, crashes constantly, freezes all the time, never does what it's told. I am ready to smash my tablet whenever I have to use it in class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 probably not... typically it's all processor, memory, and HDD intensive, not video intensive... you aren't doing 3d rentering.From waht I understand, AVIVO is supposed to unload some of the transcoding load onto the graphics card. Apparently the x1900xtx does it much better than youyr typical cpu. But I am not sure, I've never transcoded or edited any video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 When I say younger days, I am referring to 12/13/14, back when I was a hardcore LAN goer and computers were my number 1 focus. That has, of course, changed to cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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