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shimmishim
11-09-2003, 08:44 PM
Okay...

so I just recorded this t.v. show (15 minutes of it) in uncompressed avi format and it takes up almost 6 gigs!!!

so obviously i wanted to encode this into a format that takes up less space

what program can i use?


also.. seems like when i play it back, it won't play back on windows media player... weird...
pointreyes
11-09-2003, 09:05 PM
6 Gigs! Are you sure it's 6 Gig or is it 6 Meg? I just recorded a TV Show for the length of 1 hour using avi codec and it's 600Meg. What are you using for recording. I used ShowShifter Pro for this recording.
shimmishim
11-09-2003, 09:58 PM
yeah 6 gigs is what it shows up as...

i used leadtek tv tuner and whatever program comes with it!

:(
pointreyes
11-09-2003, 10:06 PM
I'm using the same tuner but if you use the mpeg instead of avi you will use under 2 Gig for a 1 hour show. Apparently the uncompressed avi format is way to big. I can watch with media player what I record in mpeg with the LeadTek tuner. I just happen to like the ShowShifter Pro program which happens to provide me with the divX codec for compress avi.
shimmishim
11-09-2003, 10:55 PM
did showshifter pro come with the tuner card or did you get it else where?

and what format do you usually use to record?
pointreyes
11-10-2003, 06:37 AM
I purchased ShowShifter Pro back when I had the ATi 8500dv. I hated the ATi MMC software so much that I found out about ShowShifter. Tried it and have been hooked ever since. However ShowShifter Pro does cost more that the tuner itself. :( Being that I purchased the license for the 8500dv, it was not a big deal for me to switch the license to the LeadTek. The AIW 9600 Pro I have seems to work ok with the MMC. ShowShifter Pro comes with a DivX Pro license so I have DivX compressed avi codec I'm using for recording.

http://www.showshifter.com

There are other options for software but ShowShifter Pro works for me.
Duvie
11-12-2003, 01:32 AM
You can grab freeware program like that of virtualdub and configure different codecs there from uncompressed avi to compressed avi....Play with it a bit but it does the best job of synching audio and video together out of any capturing program I have seen including 100+ dollar software....
pointreyes
11-12-2003, 07:48 AM
virtualdub - that's the one I keep hearing about. Thanks Duvie. :)

I like compressed avi because it makes it very easy to move data from one computer to another and still be able to watch the recording.