CD-ROM WMV

L_Town wrote on 3/10/2009, 2:31 PM

I am creating a WMV for a CD-ROM. Is there any bit-rate restrictions on creating this video? I plan on using the WMV9 codec. The complete video is about 12 mins long.

Basically, I just want any PC to play it well without skipping. I know CDs have to "read" it, I'm just concerned in ma\king the bit-rate too high that's all.

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 3/10/2009, 6:08 PM

What are the video dimensions?
Is WMV a necessity?

Chienworks wrote on 3/10/2009, 6:51 PM

You won't have as many restrictions with newer drives. However, most of the PCs i have access to have troubles trying to read files above 3.5Mbps from CD-R media. The same drives can sustain 15Mbps from DVD media, but CDs have much larger bits and the dive can't spin them past the head as quickly.

L_Town wrote on 3/11/2009, 7:26 AM

I was thinking that the final video will be 640 X 480? I recorded the footage using two SD 4:3 cameras NTSC interlaced. I wsa thinking WMV because most of my clients have Windows Media Player so I that might be the safest to encode in.

musicvid10 wrote on 3/11/2009, 9:15 AM

The existing 3Mbs WMV template should be nearly perfect for your purposes. If you get stuttering, as Kelly mentioned, you may want to drop the bitrate some.

L_Town wrote on 3/12/2009, 9:20 AM

Does anyone know if it's HAS to be 30 fps? I noticed that there is a 29.970 setting within the WMV template. I see that the HD WMV templates use 29.970 fps instead of 30 fps...

John_Cline wrote on 3/12/2009, 9:39 AM

No, it doesn't have to be 30fps.