Thanks Bill, Clear answers and helpful explanation. I will follow your advise and do some experimentation with different settings.
Cheers, Scott On 1/19/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
