Compression when Saving a Movie: Divx ?

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Can anyone tell me how to use MovieMaker2 to use Divx when
compressing a movie when saving it?

Or least NOT compress the movie when saving it on MM2 so I
can otherwise compress it using Virtual Dub and Divx?

Thanks!

(Sorry for double post.)
 
You can't NOT compress the movie when saving it
in MM2. But you can save it in a fairly high-
quality compressed format.

Without creating a custom WMV profile, DV-AVI
is the best quality format you can use for
saving your movie in MM2.

The only issue is that MM2 saves in Type-1
DV-AVI format, but Virtual Dub requires Type-2
DV-AVI. Conversion between the two types is
lossless however, and can be accomplished using
the following software:

www.canopus.com/US/products/DV_file_converter/pm_dv_file_converter.asp

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome
 
Thanks!

If I compress it FIRST using DivX, do I get to the same
desination without worrying about the Type I to Type II
conversion?
-----Original Message-----
You can't NOT compress the movie when saving it
in MM2. But you can save it in a fairly high-
quality compressed format.

Without creating a custom WMV profile, DV-AVI
is the best quality format you can use for
saving your movie in MM2.

The only issue is that MM2 saves in Type-1
DV-AVI format, but Virtual Dub requires Type-2
DV-AVI. Conversion between the two types is
lossless however, and can be accomplished using
the following software:

www.canopus.com/US/products/DV_file_converter/pm_dv_file_c onverter.asp

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome


"fkemper" <[email protected]> wrote in
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If you compress your source video using DivX, then
import the DivX video into Movie Maker for editing,
you will still have the same issue.

Movie Maker can only save movies in WMV or DV-AVI
format.

When you import a video into Movie Maker, whether
it's DivX, WMV, DV-AVI, or MPEG, it is first decoded
inside MM, so it can apply the edits, transitions,
and effects. Then when you save your movie, that
decoded video gets re-encoded into either WMV or
DV-AVI format.

So you are not actually editing a DivX file. You
are editing the decoded video from that DivX file.
Then when you save the movie, you are re-encoding
it to another format. I hope that makes sense.

So the goal is to keep your source video in the
highest quality format possible, until the final
encoding step. That's because each time you
compress (and re-compress) a video, it loses
some quality.

So since MM cannot save directly to DivX format,
the best option is to save it in ITS highest
quality format possible, then use another program
to compress it to DivX.

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome
 
After much testing last night, I got the best results by
importing an uncompressed file into MM2 and then saving it
in a 1024 x 768, 7 - 15MB rate using Windows Media 9 in a
custom profile.

I still wish I could use Divx for compressions, but it
looked pretty good. My files will end up being too big to
upload any more than a 2-5 minute movie to the web and
still retain quality, but that's OK.
 
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