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Disclaimer:
I am doing
this page to be of help to others who would like to edit and process
video. I will do my best to make sure the info I put on these pages
are correct, but, I do not guarantee it. Some of this info may be my
opinion and if you don't like my opinion, don't read any of this. I am
by no means an expert, nor do I claim to be. I am having a ball with
this stuff and I hope you do also. - Tim Taylor
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After you read this page
CLICK HERE for
my How-To pages. These pages will hopefully give you an easy
step-by-step walk-thru on how to make DVDs, VCDs, and other types of
videos that you can use to create home videos to share with family and
friends and to backup your DVD/VHS videos for safe keeping.
CLICK HERE for a
CoDec FOURCC list and
CLICK HERE for a list of
CoDecs you can download.
Here is a list of other sites that I
have found very useful in one way or another:
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| Video Formats: There
are many types of video formats, the four formats most use are avi,
mpeg, mov, and ra. The mov files are QuickTime and the ra are
RealAudio files, I personally don't use either of these files, I have
found the mpeg and avi formats have a lot more utilities and program
support out there and while ra files are ok for streaming web content,
the quality is very lacking.
The Mpeg Format:
The mpeg format is used for VCD and DVD disk
movies. There are different levels of mpeg files, the mpeg level for encoded
VCDs is MPEG-1 and the mpeg level for DVDs is MPEG-2. I use the mpeg format
when making files for VCD or DVD only, they are much larger than the avi
files I make and while the quality is fine for TV screens, computer screens
have a much higher resolution and the video does not look very good on them.
To re-encode your avi or mpeg video to mpeg
VCD, SVCD, or DVD format, here is a list of some very good converters:
To re-encode your DVD video VOB files to mpeg
VCD, SVCD, or DVD format, here is a list of some very good converters:
The AVI Format:
The avi format is probably the best
format, it is definitely the most versatile format. The audio and
video streams are encoded with what is called a CoDec. CoDec stands
for coder/decoder or compression/decompression and they are an
algorithm that shrinks the size of a file. As the name implies, CoDecs
are used to encode and decode or compress and decompress various types
of data. In particular those files that would otherwise use up
inordinate amounts of disk space, such as sound and video files.
Common CoDecs include those for converting analog video signals into
compressed video files (such as DivX) or analog sound signals into
into digitized sound (such as MP3). CoDecs can be used with either
streaming video/audio or files like avi or wav files.
There are many different audio and
video CoDecs, Below is a list of CoDecs I use and below that is a
description of them and why I use them.
Video CoDecs:
Audio CoDecs:
DivX is the brand name for the
patent-pending, premium-quality, MPEG-4 video compression technology
developed by
DivXNetworks, Inc.. It allows you to create and watch videos with
very high visual quality and relatively low file sizes. DivX™ makes it
possible, for the first time, to effectively move high-quality video
files over the Internet.
Huffyuv is a very fast, lossless
Win32 video codec. "Lossless" means that the output from the
decompressor is bit-for-bit identical with the original input to the
compressor. "Fast" means a compression throughput of up to 38
megabytes per second on my 416 MHz Celeron. Huffyuv is intended to
replace uncompressed YUV as a video capture format. It is fast enough
to compress full-resolution CCIR 601 video (720 x 480 x 30fps) in real
time as it&s captured on my machine. Huffyuv also supports lossless
compression of RGB data, so it can be used for the output of programs
like VirtualDub.
The Kristal Studio Codecs Pack
4.3.3 is a collection of good CoDecs and includes the following:
- Coder & decoder OpenDivX V4.0 Alpha
48 (Project Mayo).
- Coder & decoder DivX V3.2 (3.11Alpha
+ Scene detect patch) for playing old compressed movies.
- Coder & decoder DivX WMA Audio V4.2
(Standard).
- Coder & decoder MPEG-Layer 3 Audio
V4.2 (Professional), With control panel icon.
- Decoder for AC3 Audio V2.2.
- Coder & decoder KS MPEG-4 VKI (For
ASF/DivX Conversion).
The Angel Potion CoDecs is
another port of MPEG-4 and may be of help in your video adventures.
The Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-3 audio
Codec is for compressing audio into the popular MP3 format. At this
time this is the best audio format for storing small avi movie files.
The AC3 wave format is another
audio CoDec that will come in handy for your avi projects.
Must have programs:
This is a list of programs that I have
found I can't live without. many of them do basically the same things
that some of the others can, but, they all have there uses depending
on exactly what you are doing.
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