jasonlava

Just wondering if anyone got to see the video. It's in mpg format so anyone should be able to view it. Thanks.

OK, here's a video project I'm starting called Coaster Mashup 2005. Since I live in New England now I can DRIVE to my favorite parks instead of fly. Anyway, here's the vid http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2TFWWSEVWXU3I1K8O7UTXQIJTL It isn't perfect but it's timed to the music pretty well. The song is a "mashup" featuring "Seasons in the sun" and "Give It Up" by some percussion band. Pretty funky if you ask me.

I use Pinnacle Studio 8 (I know I need to upgrade) and it has its own mpeg1 codec. There are presets like VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc. and my current 2.5min video will make a 25megabyte file on VCD settings. With that you can easily burn it to a CD and watch it on your television. Pinnacle has a preset called "Multimedia" with uses a higher bitrate for the file but I don't know if it can be played on regular dvd player. I guess I'll make a VCD compatible mpeg1 file and an equivalent wmv file. With Windows Media if you encode with the latest version of encoder, the person playing it will need to d/l the newest player whereas mpeg1 plays on anything. Here's an interesting site with a rundown of different formats. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/video4_2.htm mpeg1 seems to be a good standard but I think I'm gonna try my hand at xvid since it works well and can be played on some dvd players as well. WMV seems to be too proprietary and non-windows computers have a hard time with those. Now where can I post a 25meg file to share with the world?

Hi Robb & friends, I'm working on some coaster music videos myself and was wondering. What's the best compression method (wmv, mpeg, or divx), which gives the best quality for the size? Robb, I notice you use good ol' mpeg1 as a standard. Any reason why? Windows Media can do 640x480 at it's highest level whereas mpeg is 352x240. Also, where's a good free place I can store it so I can share with you all? Thanks for any help!

Those silly looking "Worm" coasters.

Right, and it makes the coaster look longer and taller which adds to the effect of it looking like "Big coaster".