Re: streaming videos

by "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>

 Date:  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:03:54 -0800
 To:  "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu>
 Cc:  "hwg-software" <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
 References:  ccaa
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Doesnt seem to do that.  All is asks is codecs then filename and it goes...

on that converter you sent the url for...does it remove sound?  It doesnt
seem to keep it.

Thanks,

Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu>
To: "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>
Cc: "hwg-software" <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: streaming videos


> Tim,
>
> I have a couple of different programs on my computer - MGI Videowave and
> Ulead Video Studeo.  They are both roughly the same, so I assume that it
> would be similar with what you are using.
>
> In both of these programs, when going through the final production stages,
> it first gives the option of codec (I go with Indeo 5.06 - I think that's
> the most recent version).  After that, I get the option of what format to
> output in - AVI, MPG, and MOV are all options.  If I were to choose AVI,
> there would be additional options available, among them Video Compression
> Quality (represented in both of these programs by a sliding bar).  I
> simply move it up and go with it.
>
> Dan
>
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Timothy G. Embler wrote:
>
> > Dan,
> >
> > How do I turn the compression up?  All I could find was differnt codecs.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu>
> > To: "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>
> > Cc: "hwg-software" <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: streaming videos
> >
> >
> > > Tim,
> > >
> > > Try a higher compression on the AVI file.  The higher the compression,
the
> > > longer the rendering process, but it's worth it.  I ran a multimedia
> > > summer camp last year, where the campers made music videos.  An
> > > uncompressed 5 minute AVI file easily ran about 2 gigs, but a
compressed
> > > one was able to get down to 150-175 megs.  When I do rendering,
though, on
> > > a p200, at a compression quality of 65% or so, the time spent
rendering
> > > runs about 4 hours for a 5 minute AVI.  There is really no way to get
the
> > > time down on something like that, unfortunately.  My only suggestion
for
> > > that is to render overnight when you don't need your computer.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Timothy G. Embler wrote:
> > >
> > > > I tried using Adobe Premire 5.1 to do it but to be honest with you I
> > have
> > > > never really worked with videos before and it just doesnt seem to be
> > working
> > > > and I dont have the time right now to learn it all.  It took hours
to
> > > > convert a file from mpeg to avi using it and it ended up being over
> > > > 1gig...the original file was 50megs.  do you have any tricks for
that
> > or?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu>
> > > > To: "Timothy G. Embler" <hwg(at)myrealbox.com>
> > > > Cc: "hwg-software" <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
> > > > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 8:32 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: streaming videos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Tim,
> > > > >
> > > > > At
> > > > > http://home1.2.sbbs.se/jsl/index.htm
> > > > > there is a DOS converter (mpav100.exe).  Honestly, I haven't had
the
> > need
> > > > > to use a converter of this nature - if I need to convert a video
file,
> > I
> > > > > usually re-render it (it takes a little longer, but the quality is
> > > > > preserved entirely).  I have used an AVI to MPG converter, though,
and
> > it
> > > > > worked fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps!
> > > > > Dan
> > > > > mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Timothy G. Embler wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello.  A client of mine wants to use Windows Media Player for
> > streaming
> > > > > > videos.  He has the videos in mpeg format now and the windows
media
> > > > producer
> > > > > > will only take avis and quicktime formats.  Is there a way to
> > convert
> > > > mpeg
> > > > > > to avi?  Or any other suggestions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tim
> > > > > >
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