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MP4 encoding - resolution
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MP4 encoding - resolution

shigga 8:26 PM - 4 June, 2009
Hello fellow VJ's and DJ's

Today marks the death of my 1TB Western Digital hard drive, they wanted $2400 AUD to bring it back to life.

Anyway now I have to re-download and re-encode all my videos.

Previously I've used a resolution like 840 x 480 or something similar at VBR 3000kbps on average and 4500kpbs max. I've had awesome results (no difference I could see compared to 720p on my laptop) with that but here's the catch, many videos were getting their top and the bottom cut off.

So I've decided to go with a more conventional standard and I'm deciding between 480p or the 720p (that's 720 x 480 or 1280 x 720)

One thing I wanted to ask, has anyone abused Video SL effects with two 720p videos playing? I have a 2.33Ghz Macbook Pro and I'd hate to see any type of lag...!
a-swift 9:49 PM - 4 June, 2009
i don't think VSL will play back two 720p files on an average computer with good performance.

also, you have to consider that upscaling a 480i video (most common delivery format) to 720p is not going to make it look better.
shigga 10:15 PM - 4 June, 2009
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i don't think VSL will play back two 720p files on an average computer with good performance.

also, you have to consider that upscaling a 480i video (most common delivery format) to 720p is not going to make it look better.


The reason I'm even considering 720p is that I've been seeing a few 1080p videos around. But you are right on the money with your point though. Most videos posted as 720p could be achieved by 480i/p anyway with proper compression.

I'm amazed at the amount of poorly encoded videos just weighing a lot for nothing at all.
eye357 1:01 PM - 7 June, 2009
Shigga, on your 1tb HD. Did you try opening it up and putting in a new encasement...usually the power supply breaks down first before any damage to the HD. It has happen to me and you might be lucky...it cost around 30 bucks...funny Microcenter said the it would cost 1600.00 to save my files...and I did it myself for 30.00 bucks...hahaha (Knowledge is power...G.I. JOE LMFAO)
shigga 11:06 AM - 8 June, 2009
yeah I haven't opened up the actual HDD but I've tried connecting it directly to a desktop with a power cable and SATA.