Hi all,
I have just found this PC oasis and thought I would register, say hello, and start off by asking you all a question. I'm a UNIX administrator, so that is where my experise lies. PC's are mainly for fun and that is what I use them for. With that sai...
I have a young son and I have shot many videos of him (7 hours worth over the past 3 years) on my DV camcorder. Then, I use Videowave 5 to import the videos onto my PC. When I first import the videos, they are AVI format and are HUGE! 13 some odd GB!!! Now, that's huge...
. Anyway, I can use videowave to "produce" the videos into many different formats, resolution, etc. These include mpg, avi, wmv... I have noticed, of course, that there are enormous differences in quality of playback for different formats. Without me having to play with these formats TOO much, do any of you fine gentleman (and ladies, of course ) have any suggestions as to what format to use? These will be put up on my family website so that friends & far away family members can download them. I have thought about posting several formats so that people on different speed connections can choose which format they would like (ie, people on slow connections could download a WMV 100KB encoded vid, but people on high speed access could get an AVI).
Is that a good idea to do? I am only thinking about it because it's just more work for me. Also, what is the deal with DivX? Is that something I should look into? Basically, here's what I am looking for. A combination of great quality videos at the smallest possible size. What do you all think? Thanks!
Chris
I have just found this PC oasis and thought I would register, say hello, and start off by asking you all a question. I'm a UNIX administrator, so that is where my experise lies. PC's are mainly for fun and that is what I use them for. With that sai...
I have a young son and I have shot many videos of him (7 hours worth over the past 3 years) on my DV camcorder. Then, I use Videowave 5 to import the videos onto my PC. When I first import the videos, they are AVI format and are HUGE! 13 some odd GB!!! Now, that's huge...
. Anyway, I can use videowave to "produce" the videos into many different formats, resolution, etc. These include mpg, avi, wmv... I have noticed, of course, that there are enormous differences in quality of playback for different formats. Without me having to play with these formats TOO much, do any of you fine gentleman (and ladies, of course ) have any suggestions as to what format to use? These will be put up on my family website so that friends & far away family members can download them. I have thought about posting several formats so that people on different speed connections can choose which format they would like (ie, people on slow connections could download a WMV 100KB encoded vid, but people on high speed access could get an AVI).Is that a good idea to do? I am only thinking about it because it's just more work for me.
Also, what is the deal with DivX? Is that something I should look into? Basically, here's what I am looking for. A combination of great quality videos at the smallest possible size. What do you all think? Thanks!Chris
