File Size Issue

[dredge]

Hi, we just found out about Windows Media Encoder and have created some
screen capture videos with it. The file size of the videos created
with WME are quite small which we love, and the dimensions of the video
are enormous (1280X1024). Unfortunately, after importing a video
created in WME into Windows Movie Maker to make a few small changes
(adding a title and fade-in), the size of the file that WMM exports
becomes enormous, and the quality degrades noticably. Here is our
information:

Video file exported from WME
Type: Windows Media Audio/Video File
Size: 7.96MB
Width: 1280
Height: 1024
Audio Bit Rate: 295kbps
Channels: 1 (mono)
Video Data Rate: 250kbps

The same file modified by WMM and exported
Type: Windows Media Audio/Video File
Size: 38.9MB
Width: 720
Height: 480
Audio Bit Rate: 907kbps
Channels: 2 (stereo)
Video Data Rate: 768kbps

The first file actually is larger on the screen (note the width and
height) than the second file. Also, the audio quality on both files
sounds the same to me. None of the save options in WMM have any width
and height sizes that even come close to the orginal file. This really
frustrates me because the file is smaller, and of better quality after
coming out of WME, but we need to use WMM in order to make the video
look professional.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

-karl

 

[Mac]

Your WMM Audio and Video data rates are way too high

Just force it to save as 8MB

 

[dredge]

Thank you for your reply. I tried forcing the file size to be 8MB, and
a few other larger sizes like 11MB but the quality is still really bad
compared with the original file. It looks like WMM can't go above
720X480. I am guessing here that maybe WMM doesn't come with the
newest Microsoft video codecs, because the video from WME looks a lot
better. Anyone know where to get newer codecs that will work iwth WMM,
or is there a better video editing program out there that would do a
better job?

Thanks again,

-Karl

 

[Mac]

Or ,you might not have the right codec pack - personally I've never tried
more than 640*480 so I'm skating on thin ice here ;-)

GL

Mac

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

see the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my website.... you can
go as high as you want...
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[Guest]

Thanks, PapaJohn - I'll have a look at your site. I was having the same
trouble. I took a 640x480 WMV created in ScreenVCR and imported it into WMM
2.1, saved it (no changes at all), and the file size went up about 25%.