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[cap and gown]

I know that this is not the best place to post this question, but I am not sure where to turn for advise on game play videos and it is at least related to Mass Effect.

 

Decided I want to do a Let's Play of the trilogy so I went and got a Dazzle to hook up to my xbox. I did not get the hi-def one and I am somewhat regretting it, though not completely. What I would like to know is how big the files would be for a hi-def version. I tried saving my low-def files in avi format but the files were like 3.5 gig for just 16 minutes. So I switched to full screen flash versions and twenty minutes now translate into about 150 meg files. Either way, the video quality is poor, but the upload still takes a very, very long time. I have a 100 mb internet connection. How much worse would it be for hi-def? Is there some other format that is higher quality than the flv one, but not so big as the avi one? Any insights into improving the video quality but not making the uploads and rendering take forever would be appreciated.

 

[RedCaesar97]

I am probably not the best person to reply as I am not the most computer-savvy and I still suck at recording video.

 

A lot of it depends on your capture device software, and your render settings. I do not know anything about Dazzle. But chances are a lot of software works the same. Some may record video in a proprietary format while most will record video in one or more standard formats such as MP4, AVI, and so on.

 

Recording will result in some fairly large raw files. 20 minutes of footage will probably be around 2+ GB in size. You can then edit the video and adjust various settings to make smaller files, such as adjusting the display size and bit rate. Some or most editing software will give you various pre-set rendering settings that you can play with. Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker, for example, has settings it considers optimized for "Computer", "YouTube", and "High definition display". For example, a 2 GB MP4 file recorded from your device may end up with a 750 MB to 1 GB size, depending on your settings, but it still takes a while to convert.

 

I am not sure what the "best" file format would be. You may want to play around with it and see if you can find something you like or at least can live with.

 

Hopefully someone with greater experience and knowledge can help you. I am out of my element on this topic and have shared what little knowledge I have. Sorry I cannot be of more assistance.

[cap and gown]

Thanks for your help Red.

[SilJeff]

I know nothing about the dazzle, so I would recommend you get this device:

http://www.hauppauge...vr2-gaming.html

There are other products too, but the above one is the one I use. There are some newer devices too [including a portable one that also includes the ability to record commentary while you record]:

http://www.hauppauge...ucts/prods.html

 

It allows HD recording through HDMI and even comes with editing software (If you have a PC that is. If you're on Mac like me, you will need to buy another piece of software).

 

 

When I record something, the raw file size is HUGE [like you said, 3.5 gigs for 16 minutes {but the video quality is something you can choose. I've always gone with the highest quality and the file sizes are that big for me. the lowest quality would easily be half that size}], so I compress the file using a free software called Handbrake. It keeps the quality and makes the finished file be half the size and be an mp4 instead of the weird file type my HD PVR 2 makes.

 

Handbrake is on PC too, so you may find it really helpful too:

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

[cap and gown]

Wow, guess what? I went and got the hauppauge this morning before I read this post. I wish I had started there. It is SOOOOO much bettter! I will continue to experiment. The main thing I am concerned with is upload times right now. I had a 24 minute recording that took 2 hours to upload to youtube. Then it took a good long time after that to process. I am thinking I may need to export it to an MP4 and then work with it in a video editor rather than trying to upload directly from the capture software. I would much rather spend my time playing the game than working on recordings of my play.

 

Any recommendation on a good file type/size/quality for upload to youtube?

 

And thank you for your help!

[DarkFaerie316]

Talk to Caineghis2500. He does a lot of videos and would have plenty of good advice for you His name here is "With Great Power" hope this helps you

[RedCaesar97]

Any recommendation on a good file type/size/quality for upload to youtube?

 

I use Windows Live Movie Maker. Its recommended YouTube settings are:

- Display size: 1280 x 720 pixels

- Aspect ratio: widescreen

- Bit rate 5.19 Mbps

 

I have also used its "For computer" defaults in the past, though I am not sure I want to go back to that.

- Display size: 854 x 480 pixels

- Aspect ratio: widescreen

- Bit rate 5.69 Mbps

 

 

Just note that whatever software you use, it will take time to encode and upload. For me, I usually set it to encode before I go to bed, and then upload it while I go to work, or vice-versa.

[cap and gown]

I think I may have settled on a format that seems to balance quality with upload time. I am using the Haupage PVDR and capture software. I am capturing in 1080i and downscaling (as they call it) to 780 and 30 fps then saving as an mp4 file and uploading. This seems to upload in a reasonable amount of time (now that I have upgraded my internet to 5 mbps upload) while, I believe the quality is acceptable, if not the best. Perhaps you could look at this vid and tell me if the quality is OK?

 

https://www.youtube....h1MuPVqvc1CxTuA

 

Edit: scaling was to 960x540, not 780

[RedCaesar97]

Looks fine to me.

[cap and gown]

Thanks.