BUSINESS THREAD - Video editors and/or single girl site owners...
 

What specs do you use for movies? ex. mpeg, WMV-hi and WMV-lo.

Bitrate, audio size, video size, you know, what kind of numbers are you using?

Thanks,
Bill

:helpme

Hey thank you all for your time, I appreciate it.... :321GFY

I make them in HI and LO WMV and a medium sized QT movie when I can.
you have to fiqure out your own members or traffic. They will let you know if its to small or to shitty.

Anyone who is really into video uses a mac and final cut pro and then probably Cleaner as well.

Good luck, there are only about 3 people here that know shit about video....I haven't seen any of them tonight....:(

Mpeg seems to be the choice....300 by 300, not sure about the bitrate but I plan to be an expert by jan 1st.

Cool, thanks for your help. We now offer hi-lo-mpeg for videos, and all at pretty good or above average quality. HOWEVER, I am getting killed on bandwith and have mode NO changes in my settings, so I am trying to figure out what the going rate.average is for a Memeber Area.

Bullshit, but thanks for wasting your time replying. :)

aren't you the impatient one

Ya think?

Have you gotten my laptop in yet? It's been 30 minutes at least.

I use Adobe Premiere Pro / 6.5 / and Pinnacle....

haha, there are WAY more than that....most of us just aren't that helpful

for my paysites I do 4 versions:
WM1000
WM500
WM100
MPEG1000

That had nothing to so with the question.

that ain't true....i know 4 people in my neighborhood that edit video for major commercial projects that don't use mac

What the fuck does any of that mean??? 1000 gigabytes, megabytes, bit rate? What?

I am waiting for the wire

I know of 0 serious commercial editors that use a mac. All either use and AVID machine or something similar, you know, like any real pro would use.

use common sense dude...doyou really think it is gb or mb?

it is bitrate

1000kb/sec
500kb/sec
100kb/sec

and a standard mpeg at 1000kb/sec

You didn't indicate it was a matter of money. Let me or Arika know how much, where to send the $$$, and a reasonable date of delivery and you will be handsomely rewarded. :)

exactly

Wow what's up with that asshole answer? I just told you what to use, by the way video genius Cleaner is available on both platforms.

I am using common sense. Were you specific in your reply that I qouted? I thought not.

Do you even edit video?

edit - Not trying to be a dick, but you could be more specific or not answer at all. I asked a very specific (in my opinion) question, and you just threw out some numbers in with a reply.

Well, let's see. I asked a serious question about one thing, and you offered your opinion on something completely different.

Make sense now?

It wasn't an asshole response, you just offered an answer to something different ot what I was asking.

I'm a pc user, and I somehow get a lot of video work done :-)

I normally encode with Cleaner XL and use a video bitrate of about 700 Kbs for MPG and WMV files (WMV series 8 video) at 320 x 240 or 352 x 240 video size. That seems to result in a good tradeoff between quality and file size. And I use stereo audio for hi quality and short vids where the sound is important like trailers; and mono audio (WMV 9 series mono 16/32 settings) for lower quality or full length video files.

Sorry I forgot about all the internet video experts on here, my bad, you guys all know more than I do and know people who do commerical projects and all of that stuff. I must be crazy.

:warning -- Trail Marker Placed

This notion that you have to have some specific platform to be a "pro" is kinda silly as applied to the porn biz. There is usually more than one way too skin a cat. Most video people in this industry make a lot of money using the Adobe Premiere Pro/Windows platform; the Sony Vegas/Windows platform; or Final Cut Pro/Mac platform. In mainstream Hollywood, and other industries that use video there are still a lot of other systems like Avid, but it's not the be all and end all anymore.

OK, still off topic though, and I was responding to that post in kind. Regardless of what who uses, I am looking for answers to my original post.

Yet you did not answer the question originally asked...:winkwink:

So is your concern your bandwith or are you trying to provide a bigger better quality video?

How many formats are you putting onto the site for each video?

Do your stats show that any certain format isn't being viewed much or that one certain format is being viewed more so that you can determine whether to keep them all or eliminate a format?

Then what codec are you using to encode right now and what is it you're trying to provide with it, small good looking video that the surfer can enlarge and doesn't use a lot of your bandwith. Or bigger larger videos that look amazing.

Yes.

The rest of your post is chest pounding.

I could give a fuck about low quality, really.

Why don't you read all the posts and see where you wee answered above instead of replying about who is on and off-topic?

someone is in a bad mood and getting after everyone, i won't post or bother trying to help anymore

:321GFY

I read yours,and noted your answer, don't worry.

Now then, look at the times and order of the posts and don't worry when I post/reply to someone elses worthless commets that are off topic.

Thanks. :)

Yeah, you should have a drink or somethine man, you sound like you need it.

If I missed a reply that contained an answer to my question (other than from Jim_Gunn), please point it out. I did not see one from you, so I'm not expecting to see you again in this thread...lol

It depends what you are making the videos for?

Are they for hosted movie galleries?

If such I usually export them in wmv format, either 15 second clips at a bit rate of 150Kbps, at a res of 320x240 a 15fps. This usually results in files no larger than 300kb each.

However, if we want to bump the quality a bit (which often happens), I make the clips 10 seconds in length, change the bit rate to 340Kbps and the fps to 25, which results in files no larger than 400kb each.

Are they for members areas

You will want to offer as many options as possible. I personally agree with Jace in his specs:

WM1000
WM500
WM100
MPEG1000

Where the numbers refer to the bitrate, or thereabouts.

The other option is to just have a 'low-bandwidth' and a 'high-bandwidth' option for each format (WMV, MPEG, MOV) as everyone has their preferences.

Low bandwidth in members areas i would make them a res of 320 x 240 but pump up the bitrate and fps so they are quality (512kbps?)

High bandwidth go a resolution of 640x480 with bitrate of 1Mbps.

I hope THAT helps you in your quest for an answer to your question, as you seem to get your panties in a knot if people dont answer it EXACTLY the way you want.

And for the record, I use a PC and Adobe Premier Pro 1.5 ... for most video editing you dont 'NEED' a mega super amazing setup.

When you are begging for infomation, you ought to be a littler humbler, otherwise people are going to bail on your thread or not even bother answering, you dig?

Thank you, that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. Most of my specs are the same as you and Jace suggested, so I guess things are just getting better on my end, hence the higher BW numbers.

Thank you for you rproffesional and concise response. :)

Dig this... I am not beging. :321GFY

Those who are in the specific field I am asking questions of will answer my question as a matter of respect. Those who are not will not have a clue. Which group do you think you are in?

Three posts in a row pleading for help before anyone answers... Isn't that the offical definition of begging on GFY?

Great biz thread...

What a bunch of dicks.:1orglaugh

Ok, I'll answer :glugglug


I try to give a high a low version and honestly it depends on the length of the video ( in minutes) as to what bitrate I will use, of course the longer the vid, I choose a lower bitrate. Then if I'm in the mood to edit video :Graucho I'll actually do a higher one into a zip file so they can download it.

Most of the time at 512 kbps and 320 x 240 resolution or 640x480 at 740kbps or in that range .

Honestly, I don't have a general rule because I alter it depending on each video. Then if I watch it and think it can be higher quality I'll alter it again LOL

I had many requests to split the clips up into smaller segments so at the moment I'm splitting each video into 3 smaller clips, then also uploading a high and lo version of the full vid.

That's my not so professional version LOL Editing vids is time consuming and something I wish I didn't have to do :( One of these days I'll outsource :winkwink:


Ivy

Umm, no. That is trying to keep a biz thread up top for an intelligent answer and trying to overcome the Tera Reed and Brittney threads.

Sorry... :(

Thank you Ivy, another proffesional response and complete answer. This is how we do it now, but I was looking for a standard. It appears based on you response I am exceeding the standard. Thanks again.

agreed, when people offer their :2 cents:
take it for what it is, dont be an ass about it

I concur. I'm bailing.

Not you again, seriously. You offered your :2 cents: a few days ago and completely fucked it up, so from now on do us all a favor and stay out of my threads unless you have something positive to contribute.

Bailing on what? You didn't offer shit to the thread. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

edit - Just looked again, other than this lame ass post, you have said nothing in this thread.