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lamrobertson · 03-16-2003, 10:45 AM

I am in the process up doing up my first paysite, actually me and a partner. What I am not sure of is the videos we have. We have a bunch of mpg clips and mov clips. So I had been trying to convert the mov to mpeg. But i was losing the audio and recording the audio separately and then dubbing both back together as a mpeg was taking way too long. I was playing the mov clips in quicktime using total recorder to record the audio. Then using TMPGEnc to convert the mov and audio clip into a mpeg. But with all these 2 minutes clips, it was taking forever.

So what I did was just offer the clips the way they were. So I have a bunch of mpeg clips. Averaging up to 28 kb. The mov are all around 5 or 7 kb, quite small. All the clips are 2 minute clips. I uploaded everything and tried to play the mpeg this morning. I am on dsl and it was taking forever and ended up timing out. but I can right click and save target as and its quick. Is the clip size way too big? Is there another format I should offer the clip in? Is it okay to just tell the members to right click and save target?

I was going to have everything in both mpeg and mov. But the time to convert them all would be alot. Any ideas? I checked only one other members area to see what they were doing and the one I checked out had alot of clips in different formats. And they had labelled them dsl and 56 k. Is it the filesize that determines whether its best for dsl or 56k?

Thanks in advance
Lorna

NetRodent · 03-16-2003, 10:59 AM

The difference between clips DSL and 56K is usually related to file size. Clips are usually encoded at different bitrates, so the same clip encoded for 56K is smaller (and worse quality) than the clip encoded for DSL.

lamrobertson · 03-16-2003, 04:42 PM

ok I'll try to figure out what bitrates I should be using for each one.

Anyone else have any advice?

03-16-2003, 10:45 AM	#1
lamrobertson Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 475	Need some Members Area Advice I am in the process up doing up my first paysite, actually me and a partner. What I am not sure of is the videos we have. We have a bunch of mpg clips and mov clips. So I had been trying to convert the mov to mpeg. But i was losing the audio and recording the audio separately and then dubbing both back together as a mpeg was taking way too long. I was playing the mov clips in quicktime using total recorder to record the audio. Then using TMPGEnc to convert the mov and audio clip into a mpeg. But with all these 2 minutes clips, it was taking forever. So what I did was just offer the clips the way they were. So I have a bunch of mpeg clips. Averaging up to 28 kb. The mov are all around 5 or 7 kb, quite small. All the clips are 2 minute clips. I uploaded everything and tried to play the mpeg this morning. I am on dsl and it was taking forever and ended up timing out. but I can right click and save target as and its quick. Is the clip size way too big? Is there another format I should offer the clip in? Is it okay to just tell the members to right click and save target? I was going to have everything in both mpeg and mov. But the time to convert them all would be alot. Any ideas? I checked only one other members area to see what they were doing and the one I checked out had alot of clips in different formats. And they had labelled them dsl and 56 k. Is it the filesize that determines whether its best for dsl or 56k? Thanks in advance Lorna

03-16-2003, 10:59 AM	#2
NetRodent Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: In the walls of your house. Posts: 3,985	The difference between clips DSL and 56K is usually related to file size. Clips are usually encoded at different bitrates, so the same clip encoded for 56K is smaller (and worse quality) than the clip encoded for DSL. __________________ "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." --H.L. Mencken

03-16-2003, 04:42 PM	#3
lamrobertson Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 475	ok I'll try to figure out what bitrates I should be using for each one. Anyone else have any advice?