movies compression w/ SD700

[KurtCocain]

Hey guys,

just got the SD700 IS!!

I do plan to shoot lots of movies, got a 1 GB SD card.. However the problem is that even though it records in AVI format, files are HUGE!

In geenral avi is used to compress the mpg/mpeg files, however, shooting a movie for

1 minute with Standard, 640 x XXX, 30 fps = 100 MB+ file!

This is very inefficient. Is there a setting that can adjust that?

If not, are there any experts in divx, xvid and video formats that can tell me or point to a guide how can I recompress the AVI to something with descent size without loosing too much of quzlity.


Thanks in advance!

kc

[BowerR64]

I think you can adjust the audio so its a lower quality, in the menu or somthing.

Windows ME and XP come with a program called "Windows movie maker" every version of ME and XP ive seen installs it and you can import the video into that and then cut it up and recompress it to WMV and it has different resolution settings and bit rates. Thats what i used and uploaded to youtube.

If you havnt used or updated windows movie maker you can go to microsoft.com and get the version 2.0 wich adds more resolution settings and a tone more effects when finishing the movie. You can add fades from scene to scene, add titles, credits it works very good and IMO the results are small files and good quality.

I agree avi kinda sucks but i think avi is a smaller faster process. The more you compress video and audio the more power and memory it takes i think avi might just be the fastest most simple format to use thats why canon uses it? Or they have rights to it or somthing?

[AZImmortal]

You can compress your video files easily with AutoGK (or Auto Gordian Knot), which is a simple, high quality xvid/divx encoder. The settings are pretty self-explanatory, and at the most basic level, all you have to do is choose the quality level you want for the resulting output and which format (xvid or divx) you want.


I agree avi kinda sucks but i think avi is a smaller faster process. The more you compress video and audio the more power and memory it takes i think avi might just be the fastest most simple format to use thats why canon uses it? Or they have rights to it or somthing?
Avi is just the container for the video, it's not a video type itself. The codec is Motion JPEG, which is common among digital cameras since digital cameras already capture images in JPEG format.

[JPW2020]

Hey guys,

just got the SD700 IS!!

I do plan to shoot lots of movies, got a 1 GB SD card.. However the problem is that even though it records in AVI format, files are HUGE!

In geenral avi is used to compress the mpg/mpeg files, however, shooting a movie for

1 minute with Standard, 640 x XXX, 30 fps = 100 MB+ file!

This is very inefficient. Is there a setting that can adjust that?

If not, are there any experts in divx, xvid and video formats that can tell me or point to a guide how can I recompress the AVI to something with descent size without loosing too much of quzlity.


Thanks in advance!

kc

I use Windows Movie Maker.If you import the clips edit as desired and then save the movie as 'High Quality Video' WMV file. I have found there is little noticeable drop in quality but the file size is reduced to about 10% of its original size.

Alternatively use a conversion program such as Dr Divx to convert to a divx file,a similar file size results though I dont think the quality is quite as good.

[BowerR64]

You can compress your video files easily with AutoGK (or Auto Gordian Knot), which is a simple, high quality xvid/divx encoder. The settings are pretty self-explanatory, and at the most basic level, all you have to do is choose the quality level you want for the resulting output and which format (xvid or divx) you want.


Avi is just the container for the video, it's not a video type itself. The codec is Motion JPEG, which is common among digital cameras since digital cameras already capture images in JPEG format.

Well what ever it is its old and there are way better formats of digital video available. Maybe they make it large to discourage you not to use it as a video recorder.

[KurtCocain]

You can compress your video files easily with AutoGK (or Auto Gordian Knot), which is a simple, high quality xvid/divx encoder. The settings are pretty self-explanatory, and at the most basic level, all you have to do is choose the quality level you want for the resulting output and which format (xvid or divx) you want.


THIS is what i need. Thanks soooo much! Works like a charm, easy, good quality..

[AZImmortal]

THIS is what i need. Thanks soooo much! Works like a charm, easy, good quality..
You're welcome. :) AutoGK makes it much easier to share my videos with friends. I still keep the original (huge) videos for archival purposes though.

[Paul79UF]

Well what ever it is its old and there are way better formats of digital video available. Maybe they make it large to discourage you not to use it as a video recorder.

I think they make it way for users like me who LOVE that the camera outputs full quality uncompressed video.

Then I use Adobe Premiere to edit the footage and compress for DVD burning, emailing, YouTube posting etc.

But then again, I've got 3 250GB external hard drives, and another 250gb in my desktop. (Yes I'm a media packrat.) :D