VirtualDub and Video File Compression

[Zerayla]

Been wanting to host a few of the 30 second videos (FFXI) i've taken using fraps, however as i'm entirely new I am learning as I go along... and read that the files need to be compressed before they are hosted.

So, I was told to download the program called "VirtualDub", and from here I get confused how to change my videos.

I open the file I want to compress, then I go video > compression. At this point i'm given a list of "video codecs" to choose. I was told the best is DivX, however I have two options.

1. DivX 6.1.1 Codec (1 Logical CPU)
2. DivX 6.1.1 YV12 Decoder (which says "Couldn't find compatible format")

Seeing as I couldn't do the second option, I went with the first. However now when I view my videos they are SO laggy that I get maybe 1 fps, and the audio gets messed up often given some really loud static and buzzing.

Is anyone able to give me some simple instructions? Also atm i'm hoping to be able to do this all for free so please don't recommend anything that will request I pay a certain fee (unless that is the ONLY way)

Much appreciated!

 

[Zerayla]

Does anyone who makes videos and uploads them have any suggestions how to do this? ;_;

 

[Kire]

what like my space? you upload them to the site lol.

 

[Zerayla]

No, I know how to upload videos to random sites that will host them, but its getting the video file compressed so that the file size is smaller. I was told to download VideoDub to do this, but have no idea how to use it. If there is a more simpler program of if someone can give me instructions on how to use the program it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CmdrFly]

I've used VirtualDub a couple of times, and never had the problem you're experiencing.

Have you tried Dr Divx? It's far less complicated (VirtualDub seems overwhelming to me at times), and seems to do an ok job. Shareware onry I berieve.

 

[Zerayla]

I've used VirtualDub a couple of times, and never had the problem you're experiencing.

Have you tried Dr Divx? It's far less complicated (VirtualDub seems overwhelming to me at times), and seems to do an ok job. Shareware onry I berieve.

Haven't tried that program, would you mind sending the link? And could you give some simple steps how to compress the file once I open it? please and thank you! =)

 

[CmdrFly]

I just realized they changed the name of the program from Dr. DivX to DivX Create.

You can try this for a direct link: http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXCreate.exe

The program has changed a lot; now there's pretty much zero menus to deal with. I dunno if this thing will work well enough for you, but give it a shot under "High Def" compression settings and see how the end result looks.

 

[tauromachine]

I've never used Dr Divx, myself, and haven't used VDub to re-encode stuff. I've only used it for separating audio and video and minor editing like truncating segments or something. I've got an old version of Tsunami MPEG (TMPEG) that doesn't ask for registration if you're not doing MPEG4 encoding.

I've also used MPEG Streamclip to re-encode video to throw on my iPod and it didn't seem too difficult. You might be able to try that one out, too, but I've used it primarily to get stuff on my iPod and the one .avi I tried to make was a failure. Granted, I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to do, so I'm not sure how much help I could be over the internet. If you're trying to get the file size down, I'm not sure if I could be any help at all, since any video encoding I've done for my own purposes hasn't been concerned with file size.

 

[Voltorb]

I suggest using Xvid. It's considered to be the lazy man's codec since basically most configurations are done automatically. Divx is a bit harder to use than Xvid. I believe you can find links to get xvid through google or www.doom9.org (Probably the best site for encoders).

After everything is done basically again you would go back to Compression and select Xvid, once in there you can configure it.
1st Pass - Make sure Full Quality is checked and Discard First Pass is unchecked.

1st Pass, to my understanding, is your video is compressed but should retain the quality of the original video source.

2nd Pass, Here you can adjust your desired file size from your 1st Pass video as well as add any other filters you want in your video. Since you're doing short videos it's ok to just select this and go. However if your file size is large you can just select a portion of the video using the Home and End, and this should highlight the portion you have selected and it'll just encode that portion you have selected. I use it to preview how the video would look after 2nd pass and then adjust from there to get the desired file size.

I hope this helps, if there are any other questions i'll try the best I can to help. I'm no expert on encoding so don't expect too much >>;.

 

[tauromachine]

Xvid is also open-source, IIRC, unlike Divx past v3.something. 3.4? I can't remember.