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Robot Arena Matches => Tournaments => Tournament Archives => Topic started by: Gigafrost on September 11, 2010, 11:22:48 PM

Title: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: Gigafrost on September 11, 2010, 11:22:48 PM
For those who are skilled at posting videos that stream very well *cough* click *cough* I was wondering as to how you go about compressing your files so that they load quickly in the tournament?

I don't want people waiting an hour to view one video :P

Thanks, Gig.
Title: Re: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: JoeBlo on September 11, 2010, 11:53:07 PM
youtube rape = fast loading  :gawe:
Title: Re: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: Gigafrost on September 12, 2010, 07:04:00 AM
Hmmm perhaps. I think it would be nice though if it was done from my server, I don't trust youtube at times!

Title: Re: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: Somebody on September 12, 2010, 08:25:02 AM
Try cutting out time here and there. For example: If a minute and a half of a match is just the robots rolling around and not hitting each other, edit out that part, and then put in a little transitiony thingy and boom, you have a shorter vid.
Title: Re: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: Clickbeetle on September 15, 2010, 08:22:12 PM
Here's what I do.


1.  Import all the video into Windows Movie Maker and arrange it into a nice fight video.


2.  If the total length of the video is more than about 5 minutes, cut out the less-interesting parts until it's 5 minutes or less (5:30 at most).


3.  When saving the movie file, check "Fit to file size..." rather than "Best quality playback for my computer".  (Best quality for your computer =/= best quality for Internet.)


4.  Make the target file size as small as possible while keeping 640x480 resolution.  (Usually the kbps will be ~500-550.)  For a 5-minute video, the file size will be a little over 20 MB.


5.  ????


6.  Profit.
Title: Re: Tournament Video Compression?
Post by: Madiaba on September 15, 2010, 11:50:24 PM
I also record @ 25 or 29 fps.