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SonyForever Posts: 38

Hi there,
I tried QuickTime and PV Author. The max bitrate i can set in QT is 160kbit and the quality is not that impressive in full screen mode. Although I can set the bitrate in PV author to 200, the quality of the encoder is poor (just like its player). so gurus out there any tips?

SF
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Posted: 2003-08-24 09:58:44
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SonyForever Posts: 38

anyone?
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Posted: 2003-08-26 20:23:46
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kitp800 Posts: 221

I've been encoding using PV Recorder into .3gp

this has given me excellent results with files smaller than MpegableX4live can muster, at a much greater speed.

These work superbly in the Camcorder app (inc.sound)

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Posted: 2003-08-27 01:56:06
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Bogus Jimmy Posts: 282

I started a thread about this just after Camcoder was available. Check it out here. It should clear things up a little.
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Posted: 2003-08-27 03:16:29
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SonyForever Posts: 38

guys, thx for the reply.

mind to share ur finding about resolution, bitrate, frame rate, etc? still got no idea after reading the thread

SF
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Posted: 2003-08-27 19:36:07
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Bogus Jimmy Posts: 282

I personally don't encode into 3gp with the purpose of playing them in Camcoder because although it is smooth, it's still not as smooth as PVPlayer (in regular view- not widescreen of course), plus Camcoder is still a little too raw for me; I don't like having to play the movies through the File Manager. And it is annoying having to change the backlight and power save settings every time I watch a clip (or I can keep moving the jog dial every minute)

Basically Camcoder can play any resolution, but for fullscreen you probably would want to someting in the 2 hundreds x 2 hundreds. Aim for about 15 frames per second. And with the bitrate, just experiment; if you are encoding a lot of small clips you could probably go a little higher, but if you are encoding larger files you might want it a little lower.

I know this advice hasnt been very specific, its just a bit of a guide. Hope it helps.
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Posted: 2003-08-28 01:40:31
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SonyForever Posts: 38

Thx Jimmy.

"I can keep moving the jog dial every minute" That's exactly what i did, LOL.

I saw comments about how amazing is the smoothness and quality of camcoder in full screen, so I start making some clips to test it out. It's better than the built-in PV player, but not that impressive to me as u guys mentioned. So I wonder I have chose the wrong setting to make the movie.

yea, the camcoder is still raw, I would probably remove it at next c:\ format
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Posted: 2003-08-28 04:24:29
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