Video Compression Options

[Sethamundo]

I'm starting a thing where I'm recording specific fights and/or boss fights for SNES games and putting them on YouTube.  Mainly to get feedback and get better at it, but also to show the fights just for fun I guess.  Who knows, maybe if I get good enough, I'll start doing speedruns.  But anyway, my real question is, which of these should I record in to get the maximum compression while still maintaining a tolerable video quality.  I don't want to have ridiculous file sizes that I can't upload to YouTube, or that would take forever to do so.  My main system with Ubuntu is currently non-functional, so I dug up my older one with XP and decided to take up this hobby, seeing as how it already had the program I needed!

[a-4-year-old]

Compress to mpeg 4 rather than AVI, do that with an uncompressed and send it through a converter (I use super converter)

Youtube says that mp4 is the best for uploading to them.

[FliesLikeABrick]

Download and install the Xvid codec, that should then show up as an option in there

[Sethamundo]

Aye, problem solved, I can now turn these into MP4.  Thanks you two.

I've gotten two videos uploaded and working.  Thanks again, I'm enjoying this.
(www.youtube.com/sethamundo726 to see the videos)

[Radical Terrorist]

Hah, I love Metroid. I wasted weeks of my life playing that. Weeks well spent.

Date Posted: February 03, 2008, 08:27:04 pmYou using old ROMS and a SNES emulator? That's what I use cause it's kinda hard to find vintage games like that nowadays.

[Sethamundo]

Hah, I love Metroid. I wasted weeks of my life playing that. Weeks well spent.

Date Posted: February 03, 2008, 08:27:04 pmYou using old ROMS and a SNES emulator? That's what I use cause it's kinda hard to find vintage games like that nowadays.

I also own the original Super Metroid cartridge.   My cousins, uncle and I were huge Metroid fanatics back in the day.  The feeling of nostalgia I get from playing Super Metroid is so welcoming.

[bja888]

I use Lagarith when recoding, then I use on2 codecs for posting online.

[Radical Terrorist]

You can also use CamStudio (as I suggested in another thread) cause it compresses to many formats, but also compresses to .swf for easy upload and viewing on the web.