@Ellay about video encoding.

[PyrostasisTDK]

I used to make a lot of videos for DAOC using the FFDshow codec and Vdub however apparently over the years the quality appears to have gotten worse while the file sizes have gotten bigger. I watched your video aboutthe arenas, and was wondering if you would mind sharing how you encode and end up with quality and small size.

[Diamndzngunz]

I think he once said he used Vegas Pro.

[Skuggomann]

I think he once said he used Vegas Pro.

Vegas is defenetly the way to go :thumbup: , 800MB movies 4tl :thumbdown:

[Los]

Codecs make your movies smaller not the programs that utilize the codecs.

[PyrostasisTDK]

Codecs make your movies smaller not the programs that utilize the codecs.yeah thats mainly what Im looking for, what codecs are used etc. Vegas is nice, but its expensive

[Los]

Ive been using divx when stage 6 was still up, i enjoyed using it, quality was good enough.

[Nitro]

I use to make alot of game videos, I used Sony Vegas and encoded in WM9 (windows media codec) and reduced the fps from 30 (what i recorded at) to 10 or 15 based on the pace of the action. Choosing the lowest fps you can is a good tactic to drastically reduce file size and if done right people wont even notice it.

[bugilt]

http://www.videohelp.com/oldguides/comparison

[Ellay]

Actually to be honest my video quality and the file size stink compared to most I've seen out there. I use Sony Vegas and the divx codec to render it. I'm not sure if that is even optimal anymore due to stage6 no longer being around.

[Eteocles]

I use Vegas 5.0(I need to upgrade..lol) and WMV9 codec; I tried divx but the filesize ballooned compared to wmv, though I haven't toyed with the FPS at all...if that does indeed shrink the size I'll be toying with that some...I usually use a Quality Slider render rather than manual settings

[Majo]

I've been playing with encoding size/quality lately and the biggest difference to me seems to be in the bitrate setting. I'm using Sony Vegas to encode into WMV9, and going from 3Mbps down to 1.5Mbps was a HUGE space saver. There are also a couple settings you can adjust as to how hard it works to render it at the best quality possible, which increases the time it takes to render but it improves it a decent amount. The thing that surprised me the most was that resolution didn't help save much space. I cut my movie from it's native 1280x1024 down to 640x512 (half sized) and it only brought my video from 120mb to 100mb.

Another couple things of note are that when working in vegas, it's best to set your video project to your raw FRAPS videos' native resolution. I.E. If the default in sony vegas in 800x600, but you're recording your videos at 1024x768, it's already lowering the quality of your video trying to convert pixel to pixel. Also there's a couple settings in your video project properties that designate the quality at which it handles the video. I can't remember off the top of my head the names of those settings.

If it would help, I could post a tutorial video or two that I used to figure it all out. There's some decent ones out there.

[Eteocles]

Go for it Majo, I could use every trick for vegas I can get lol