Video Question

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by Nita Galloway

oh, and .dat format also plays. While experimenting on what format was the smallest, I also tried .dat format and it plays. I now am going to convert most of my files to avi because with the AVS video converter I can change the perimeters and make it any size I want. I think the reason that Hoster might have been having problems with the vids that I've been playing is because they are so large, but with the converter I can get them down to about the same size as a mp3+g made into a KMA (abt. 4-6 mb each)

Do you show these on a big screen ? surely the quality is reduced to view on anything bigger than a laptop at 4-6 Mb a piece. Dat & AVI works OK for me and as you say there is more scope for size with the .AVI.

I find that some conversions used not only reduces the quality of the picture but take a lot more computing power to decode the compression.
I have quite a lot of promo videos that are in MP4 format around 100 MB each. This format is perfect for transferring direct to DVD, top quality.
I have found that if I just rename the file from .mp4 to .mov they show up in Hoster search and play perfectly no long conversion needed. Top quality picture and no stuttering. I think it is because there is less computer power going into the decoding of them. I need the quality because I show them on big screens at venues.
Yes you do need a big hard drive to store them but I got a 1 TB drive for under £80, they are getting cheaper all the time.

Roy.