H264 takes a VERY long time to compress in exchange for VERY good-looking video, even when greatly magnified.
Shoot as large a frame as you like. There are people shooting in HD and compressing to 320x240 or 320x180 (widescreen). Most likely, you have it set on 2-pass, meaning it takes extra time checking out the file in order to make the best compression. Leave your settings the same, but make it 1-pass H264 if you can. Compress the same 11-minute file and see if there are time savings. If so, then check to see if you're satisfied with how the video looks. If you like it, keep compressing 1-pass instead of 2-pass. Another option is to lower your frame rate. If you're shooting 29.97 video, try bringing the frame rate down to 24 or to 15. If you think the video stutters too much, increase the rate. A third option is to not use H264 at all. Use mp4 at much higher data rates. That will be much faster, but the file will end up being a lot larger and tougher for lesser computers to process. -- Bill C. http://ReelSolid.TV --- In [email protected], "Scott Lockman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to all who have taken the time to respond on this thread or to leave > a comment on the Tokyo Calling blog. This first week of vlogging has been an > amazing experience. I feel hooked! > > Harold, yes this is the same Tokyo Calling podcast that you would have been > listening to two years ago. I remember discovering Something Happened on > another blog that reviewed both of our early podcasts favorably. > > Just a bit of follow-up on the first week. Thanks to recommendations from > group members and Ryanne's H.264 for iPod screencast on FreeVlog.org, I've > finally been able to get a video that looks better on something bigger than > an iPod. > > I followed Ryanne's steps on Episode > 4<http://blip.tv/file/get/Tokyocalling-tc_vlog_004516.mp4>and am > generally pleased with the results. I wonder if the 80-90 minutes it > took to compress the video on an MacBook Pro (2GHz with 2GB or RAM) is > normal for an 11 minute piece. The original dimensions were 640x480 as shot > on the Sanyo HD1A and were shrunk down to 320x240. Would I save time in > compressing the final video in iMovie if I shoot in 320x240 instead of > 640x480? Any thoughts appreciated. > > Best regards, > Scott Lockman > http://tokyocalling.org > > > On 1/16/07, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Scott, > > > > About two years ago (man, time flies) I really enjoyed listening to a > > podcast called Tokyo Calling, about a fellow from the U.S. who moved to > > Japan with his wife. I recall one podcast episode in which he recorded a > > soundscape of his journey to work via train or subway, including a > > visitation to a giant electronics store in Tokyo; was that yours? If so, > > it's good to hear from you again. Regardless, welcome to world of > > videoblogging! > > > > Harold > > Something That Happened > > http://somethingthathappened.com > > > > On 1/13/07, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <scott.lockman%40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello videobloggers, > > > > > > My name is Scott. I have been lurking in this group for the past few > > > months. > > > > > > As a podcaster and not an actual vlogger, I've felt reluctant or too > > > ignorant to contribute much to this group. Yesterday all that changed. > > > > > > I am now delighted to be able to call myself a vlogger. The first > > > episode of the tokyo_calling_vlog was released yesterday. > > > > > > I'd like to the many kind, thoughtful, and knowledgable folks out > > > there who have provided inspiration and encouragement - even to silent > > > lurkers like myself. This group is valuable resource. > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > Scott Lockman > > > > > > http://tokyocalling.org > > > http://tokyocalling.org/video.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
