Video Format Question


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I have been using Windows Movie Maker to compile and format my videos into wmv's. It has been working out for a while because wmv has ok quality for my needs, but the wmv's I create do not play at all in Linux (while wmv's I download to my hd do play correctly).

What I want to do is join a few video clips together as one video file and format it in such a way that it will have good quality (around that of vcd) and still remain as small as possible. I also want to be able to play this back in Linux.

So, my question is: what would be a good video format for my intended purposes?

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use movie maker to join them and then export to dvi video quality.

(Goten)

I don't recall seeing "DVI" as an option for the output type. All I remember seeing are the different types of WMV, for example, "Video for Broadband - 192 kbps." Maybe I'm wrong, but I'll check it when I get home from work.

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DVI is in the AVI format I believe. Some devices arent recognized by WMM to input in this format. AVI is great quality but the files are huge. About 1GB per 10 minutes of video (640 x 480, ~30fps).

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I guess I should clarify what the source of the videos are.

I use my tv capture card to record things, then edit out the commercials using a video splitter program. I believe the clips are in mpg. Then I usually combine the clips using Windows Movie Maker and save the video under "Video for Broadband - 192" because it has decent quality and good compression.

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in my MM i can export to High quality, look for something for 640x480 30fps it was hidden from me at first till i dug for it. if not then goto google and type in WMV to AVI or WMV to MPG and see what you get.

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WMVs play fine in linux, you just need to install the win32 codecs... check the mplayer page for advice: www.mplayerhq.hu

I did install the win32 codecs for mplayer and they work well. However, in the first post I stated that WMV's play fine in Linux, but the one's that I create in WMM do not.

That is my dillema.

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Real quick. You arent trying to play the project file are you? Cause Ive done that and it dont work.

lol, no of course not. i don't even save the project file, i just do a quick import clips, combine, then export.

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I checked out the dvi format over the weekend and it is how I thought it would be: way too large.

I also tried a divx format, which was also too large. So I guess I'm left to just experimenting with different formats.

Just one more quick question. Are there Digital Rights Management restrictions on WMV files? Is it possible that the WMV's I am creating cannot be played on my Linux os because of DRM?

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