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Is there a better compression type than Mpeg4 h.264? I still notice a considerable drop in quality.
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h.264 is the best. What are you compressing (original format) and what settings are you using
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If your getting poor quality then your likely over compressing. As with everything there is a trade off. The biggest factor is the "Data rate kbits / sec".
When you go share/export the movie, choose Quicktime Expert Setttings where you can choose and customize the codec. Play with it all to get used to.
I suggest you buy a book. Check out Amazon for some suggestions.
[Edit] I found this page to help out; http://freevlog.org/
Go to the compression tutorial. (QuickTime 7 is now available for windows.)
When you go share/export the movie, choose Quicktime Expert Setttings where you can choose and customize the codec. Play with it all to get used to.
I suggest you buy a book. Check out Amazon for some suggestions.
[Edit] I found this page to help out; http://freevlog.org/
Go to the compression tutorial. (QuickTime 7 is now available for windows.)
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I am using h.264 320x240 QVGA, 256kbit data rate, 30fps optimized for CD/DVD. Is this generally the best method? I think my main problem is that I dont have a DVD burner yet, so I have to make the movies smaller. If I had a DL Burner that could handle 9gigs of data, I could theoretically put things at full DV quality in iDVD and make a production, correct? I have a 3CCD Camcorder, so I know its decent quality, I just want to retain as much as possible. I dont think I lose much in a real time firewire transfer. Basically, it doesnt look as good as it does in the iMovie maker, even if I make the video a DV with full settings...any help would be appreciated.
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As I said, you have to experiment. You have to decide what your end format will be and accept that the video can degrade.
I now size my videos to 480x360 instead of the normal 320x240 and bump up the data rate so the picture is pleasing to me. I often have set the frame rate to 15fps to keep the size of the file smaller.
One thing I noticed is that there is a button called 'Video Options...' that allows you turn on 'Best Quality (Multi-pass)' for H264 videos. It takes alot longer to encode, but makes a big difference.
I just can't understand why if your exporting to Full Quality, that the picture quality would be any different from the iMovie view of the world. The only thing I would suspect is your computer isn't powerful enough to do the playback. But your system looks fine to me. When you playback the movie in Quicktime, do a Show Movie Info fron the Window menu to see the deails of what you have created.
If you have a spare tape, share the video to your camera and play that back on the TV to see the result. You want to do that anyway so that you have a master of your new creation.
I now size my videos to 480x360 instead of the normal 320x240 and bump up the data rate so the picture is pleasing to me. I often have set the frame rate to 15fps to keep the size of the file smaller.
One thing I noticed is that there is a button called 'Video Options...' that allows you turn on 'Best Quality (Multi-pass)' for H264 videos. It takes alot longer to encode, but makes a big difference.
I just can't understand why if your exporting to Full Quality, that the picture quality would be any different from the iMovie view of the world. The only thing I would suspect is your computer isn't powerful enough to do the playback. But your system looks fine to me. When you playback the movie in Quicktime, do a Show Movie Info fron the Window menu to see the deails of what you have created.
If you have a spare tape, share the video to your camera and play that back on the TV to see the result. You want to do that anyway so that you have a master of your new creation.
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