I need some help. I 'm looking for a file type( for movies ) that is really small. I have a problem with a program i use, adobe premier. When I export the movies, the results are huge 35 sec 100MB!!!
2006-12-20 02:29:07 · 7 answers · asked by Dolphin lover 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Right, movie files are broken down into video and audio components. Each component comes in a format, and if you use the wrong format or the wrong options, you'll get a very large file.
Anyway, out of mpeg, mpg, quicktime, and avi, we can eliminate quicktime because it is not a format. It is a media player. That leaves us with AVI. We can eliminate that as well because it is not a video format, it is a container. Your movie might be an AVI, but it does us no good if the actual video format is a bad choice.
Which leaves us MPEG and MPG, which are the same thing. Ok, so I'll assume your question to be "how do I avoid super huge movie files". The answer is pick good codecs for audio and video. I'll refer to the list on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_codecs ) and point you in a few directions.
Mpeg-4 is a solid choice. If you choose Mpeg-4, you should use XviD.
The other very solid choice is H.264. Most encoders for H.264 cost money but you have the solid alternative X264 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264 ).
You also need an audio format. Good choices are MP3 (a bit dated), and AAC (newer and better).
Oh and you need a container for the A/V streams. Take a look at the list at Wikipedia again (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_format_%28digital%29 ). AVI is a widely used container. It's dated and there's better alternatives. They are MP4 and Matroska.
2006-12-20 02:40:29 · answer #1 · answered by csanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on what you are recording. If it is high motion video, I would recommend DivX or XviD encoded AVI's. If it is extremely low motion, such as recording from a computer screen within Windows, you will usually find that QuickTime offers the smallest file sizes.
High Motion Compressed DivX AVI's work out on average 700MB per 100minutes *approximately* at a 700ish bitrate.
2006-12-20 10:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVI is the smallest out of those I believe. If you want an even smaller file, try using WMV...the quality suffers, but the size is small.
2006-12-20 10:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well dear...if u want to dowload movies than u can use limewire a p2p network ok....well for a picture...divx & mpg4 compressed pictures are most small...ok
2006-12-20 10:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by hi d here 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
avi files are smaller, its like using wma to burn cd's
2006-12-20 10:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by dreddloccs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mpeg and mpg is the same thing
2006-12-20 10:37:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well "avi" is the one which will take least space
2006-12-20 10:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by R2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋