Help with a solid output with quality

Aegis Kleais wrote on 10/30/2008, 5:03 PM

I used GSpot to read information on a file, and in short, it was 58 seconds long, 1280x720, using XVid ISO Codec (MPEG-4) but it was an AVI, and it was 44MB. Now, 44MB for < 1 minute isn't great IMO, but the quality of the capture (a video game) looks GORGEOUS.

I have the same game (and great hardware to run it on) and sure enough when I capture (using FRAPS, which uses the FRPS1 codec) the quality looks just as good. But I've yet to figure out what settings to get a great looking video that isn't as large as the above. (I do 10 minute videos, and I'd really like to keep it under 150MB, since I output at 720x450 rather than 1280x720 like the source video)

Anyways, GSpot tells me I have the XVid codec installed, but I don't see any option in Vegas to use it, and if I did, I'm not sure what settings to use. GSpot reported that the 44MB video had an audio bitrate of 1536kbps (192KB/sec) used Stereo and PCM 48KHz, 16bit. I understand that.

It also said that the video bitrate was 4768 and ran 40 FPS.

So my question is, (a) how can I utilize creating video with XVid since the codec is installed, and what settings should I use (CBR vs VBR and setting values)? Thanks for the info.

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Chienworks wrote on 10/30/2008, 6:49 PM

To get to Xvid/Divx, choose AVI uncompressed, go to Advanced render, and look at the compression pulldown. You'll find a lot of codecs listed there.

Aegis Kleais wrote on 10/31/2008, 12:13 PM

Thanks Chienworks. When I get home today I will try that and then report back with the results. This may give me the quality I'm looking for. (I just gotta mind that "uncompressed" option!)

Aegis Kleais wrote on 10/31/2008, 1:38 PM

Perfect! I rendered an .avi with XVID at 720x450 at 29.97FPS and 48KHz audio and it was a little less than 1MB/sec. A planned 10min file will be about 600MB, but that's for the full size. When I re-render for Youtube, it'll be significantly smaller. The quality looks great too!