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[Al.Neri]

I think that is what I am using, but I can't see the option to pause anywhere

 

[Sleinous]

No its if your net cuts out or something, it will auto-resume is what I mean. Still no good if u need to switch off comp.

Also you can upload larger max file sizes.

 

[Al.Neri]

ok

so what general settings do you use, and what size file do you typically aim for as an end result?

I just did a test video about 15 minutes long, and it was clocked at about 340mb after being processed. the quality wasn't that great. I noticed a fair chunk of the overall size was taken up by sound. is there any way of lowering the sound settings a bit and then increasing the video quality at no real gain in file size?

 

[Sleinous]

I think u can lower sound but ive never played with it yet.

I usually go for about 50% compression, 60 tops, size is no longer an issue for me though as I upload everything through that 8mb/s upstream connection

 

[Al.Neri]

I can't set the compression on mine, the quality slider is grayed out

 

[JSG10]

Just use Windows Movie maker.... so simple and not a great loss in quality.

 

[Al.Neri]

I tried that, but even saving at 640x480 it's still a bigger file size than using the other method which saves at a higher esolution.

 

[Sleinous]

 

[JSG10]

I tried that, but even saving at 640x480 it's still a bigger file size than using the other method which saves at a higher esolution.

Really? How big is the original size you're converting and whats it coming out at? Even at 1080 I was getting very reasonable file sizes.

 

[Al.Neri]

Really? How big is the original size you're converting and whats it coming out at? Even at 1080 I was getting very reasonable file sizes.

it was about 16gb going in, and coming out it was about 1.5gb