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  • Zoxxa
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2011
    • 1026
    #1

    Video Gurus: Best place to learn about video encoding?

    I am not looking for software, I am actually looking for the best place to learn more about the technical side of videos and video encoding. Formats, containers, codecs, audio, etc...

    I will be coding some advanced video/tube scripts and my lack of knowledge on the technical side of videos is holding that back a bit.

    Any guides, links, or tutorials would be great.

    Thank you!
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    • Zoxxa
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2011
      • 1026
      #2
      Maybe even a good book I can read through? Anything thats a little less boring than FFMPEG docs would be nice.
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        • munki
          Do Fun Shit.
          • Dec 2004
          • 13393
          #3
          http://www.creativecow.net/

          “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde

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            • jollyperv
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2001
              • 3927
              #4
              Doom9 and Digital Digest forums are where the geekiest of the video geeks call home

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                • HDADULT
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 1152
                  #5
                  I am looking too!
                  Last edited by HDADULT; 01-04-2012, 08:26 AM.
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                    • Why
                      MFBA
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 7230
                      #6
                      doom9 is a good place for help with things.

                      wikipedia is a good place to get general overview of these technologies, which devices support which containers/codec, etc..

                      books i can not recommend, the technology moves so fast, most books are outdated by the time they hit the presses.

                      lots of time in the trenchs beating head against wall is really the only way of learning all the caveats of using the different encoding/transcoding software and getting an awesome product out of it.

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                        • Jim_Gunn
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 5702
                          #7
                          CreativeCow.net as someone else said and DVInfo.net are two very good forums filled with helpful articles and people.

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                            • bronco67
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Dec 2006
                              • 29026
                              #8
                              If you don't know that Google could help you learn everything you need to know, then you have bigger problems than learning vid encoding.

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                                • iwiiiiiiiiii
                                  Outside The Box Geek
                                  • Oct 2004
                                  • 550
                                  #9
                                  We have our own encoder system and I played 2 weeks full time to figure out the best setting with ffmpeg, this site has been helpful : http://www.videohelp.com/

                                  It really depend on what you want to do, if it's simple I can give you a unix command to encode your needs, but if you're looking only for an application, handbrake will be a good one.
                                  The second time the dog bites you, it's not his fault.

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                                    • Zoxxa
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2011
                                      • 1026
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by bronco67
                                      If you don't know that Google could help you learn everything you need to know, then you have bigger problems than learning vid encoding.
                                      Glad you accomplished an extra post today, well done! You should take the day off and rest up for tomorrow big guy!
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                                        • Zoxxa
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2011
                                          • 1026
                                          #11
                                          Thank you everyone, I will take a look at everything.
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                                            • Zoxxa
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Feb 2011
                                              • 1026
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by iwiiiiiiiiii
                                              if it's simple I can give you a unix command to encode your needs
                                              I appreciate it, I can already write out exec commands for ffmpeg in php, I just want to understand WTF it is all doing when or if something goes wrong on the technical side. For example, why will clip 1 generate thumbnails, but not clip2 when it's the same format, why does this source file have audio, but not when I convert it to X format, etc...

                                              Thank you.
                                              [email protected]
                                              ICQ: 269486444
                                              ZoxEmbedTube - Build unlimited "fake" tubes with this easy 100% unencoded CMS!

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