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General => General Discussion => Video Editing/Compression => Topic started by: Krailer on January 05, 2006, 05:55:28 PM

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: Krailer on January 05, 2006, 05:55:28 PM

I rendered a small video with Vegas to both WMV and MP4 formats. Image quality was pretty much the same, but audio quality was slightly better in MP4...and the file size? Well, 24mb for WMV <_< and 9mb for MP4. :o

MP4 seem to give such a smaller file size, but it can't be that awesome can it, otherwise everyone would be using it. So what are the disadvantages of this format that I'm missing?    

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: Juan on January 05, 2006, 06:11:29 PM

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I rendered a small video with Vegas to both WMV and MP4 formats. Image quality was pretty much the same, but audio quality was slightly better in MP4...and the file size? Well, 24mb for WMV <_< and 9mb for MP4. :o

MP4 seem to give such a smaller file size, but it can't be that awesome can it, otherwise everyone would be using it. So what are the disadvantages of this format that I'm missing?

I dont know but its used for my psp so it must have some advantages.

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: gh0st187 on January 05, 2006, 06:49:25 PM

WMV is definitely not the best codec whatsoever, I don't know why everyone is using it. MPEG4 and DivX/XviD are better in my opinion. You will need quicktime to be able to watch Mpeg4 and mplayer or VLC to watch AVI's without a lot of errors.

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: Daffy on January 05, 2006, 11:29:39 PM

Try the Nero Recode codec.
That one pwns :P

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: deviate on January 05, 2006, 11:49:16 PM

hmmmm... XviD IS better but I can't get the damn thing to work lol

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: kr3mlin on January 06, 2006, 04:54:20 PM

Xvid has been the best imo for awhile, but some of the new mp4 codecs that are up and coming are sweet but you need to read a novel to work out how to use them

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: stuntman on January 06, 2006, 05:28:34 PM

i was using xvid ages ago, n everyone moaned coz they had to dload vlc or the coded lol

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: deviate on January 06, 2006, 11:47:52 PM

I just put vlc in my zips =\ only like an extra 1-3mb

Title: MP4 Format
Post by: m3rrix on January 12, 2006, 08:05:27 PM

Try here (http://www.wussie.nl/guide/guide.html) for a nice tutorial on the new freeware MPEG4 codec, x264. :D