DrJohnSmitherson Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 If this is in the wrong section, sorry! I have a video file that has great quality and a low file size. Is there someway I can see what codec it uses and the settings of the file so that I can use the same settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Copernic Reporter Posted June 30, 2011 Reporter Share Posted June 30, 2011 GSpot v2.70a http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm MediaInfo Lite http://codecpack.co/download/MediaInfo.html AVIcodec http://avicodec.duby.info/ FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rigby Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 GSpot is pretty much dead, it hasn't been updated since 2007. I recommend MediaInfo instead. FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ambroos Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Remember that some video types (cartoons mostly) can be highly compressed with relatively little quality loss. Usually regarded as pretty good quality is just normal x264 with Handbrake, but you could use a constant quality setting instead of a constant bitrate, or you could encode in multiple passes, which also greatly increases the quality. What you'll find in MediaInfo or G-Spot isn't always a good representation of how the encoding has been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 GSpot is pretty much dead, it hasn't been updated since 2007. I recommend MediaInfo instead. Thanks! Remember that some video types (cartoons mostly) can be highly compressed with relatively little quality loss. Usually regarded as pretty good quality is just normal x264 with Handbrake, but you could use a constant quality setting instead of a constant bitrate, or you could encode in multiple passes, which also greatly increases the quality. What you'll find in MediaInfo or G-Spot isn't always a good representation of how the encoding has been done. Good info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 protocol7 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 MediaInfo is great. If you put the dll in the same folder as Media Player Classic HomeCinema it will extend the file information dialog to show all the available codec info. This can also include the encoding settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MS Bob 11 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 And if you find MediaInfo is too ugly or not convenient to use, try MediaTab. It's the same thing but implemented as a Windows Explorer property sheet extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SaaaaL Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Many MediaPlayer can display the info of your video file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Raeff Minde Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks. just what i wanted too. also is there a software which imports these settings/profile directly to MeGUI? if not to how about TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works which i use regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 remixedcat Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 hit the g spot!!!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have a video file that has great quality and a low file size. Is there someway I can see what codec it uses and the settings of the file so that I can use the same settings?
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