video compression

battousai · 03-22-2009, 03:00 PM

Hello everyone!

I have used Fraps to record some ingame footage from WoW (world of warcraft) at 1680*1050.
Fraps leaves an uncompressed file at 1GB after 30 secs of recording.
I compared a few other WoW videos, they manage to get down to around 25MB/min.
Ofcourse with a lower resolution than mine.

I have played around with virtualdub, but no matter what compressing format i choosed and lowered resolution i only got around the double file size and an annoing blurr added to the video compared with the other wow videos.

I need some help/tips on how to compress this video to get it to that small size, and most importantly without any blurr.

Thankful for any help

**zuluclayman** · 03-22-2009, 03:39 PM

try auto gordian knot (link in my signature area) - its freeware and uses the xVid codec, has a number options for setting compression rates and works well for me.
I find if I use the quality percentage setting at about 50-60% (depends on video content - taste and try best method) I can get things down to roughly 10-20% of their original file size without too much loss of quality.

03-22-2009, 03:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
battousai Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: vista x64	video compression Hello everyone! I have used Fraps to record some ingame footage from WoW (world of warcraft) at 16801050. Fraps leaves an uncompressed file at 1GB after 30 secs of recording. I compared a few other WoW videos, they manage to get down to around 25MB/min. Ofcourse with a lower resolution than mine. I have played around with virtualdub, but no matter what compressing format i choosed and lowered resolution i only got around the double file size and an annoing blurr added to the video compared with the other wow videos. I need some help/tips on how to compress this video to get it to that small size, and most importantly without any blurr. Thankful for any help Last edited by battousai; 03-22-2009 at 03:21 PM.*

03-22-2009, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
zuluclayman Design Team Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 3,049 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Re: video compression try auto gordian knot (link in my signature area) - its freeware and uses the xVid codec, has a number options for setting compression rates and works well for me. I find if I use the quality percentage setting at about 50-60% (depends on video content - taste and try best method) I can get things down to roughly 10-20% of their original file size without too much loss of quality. __________________ AutoGordianKnot Audacity K-Lite codec pack Irfan View GSpot TSF Photographer's Corner