apologies for not having checked HT in a loooong time; got side tracked by all kinds of stuff :-( am facing a situation and i remembered the many bits of helpful advice found here so if anyone has a suggestion, i'm all ears.
a friend is having an informal event coming up and she asked if i would video tape part of it. sure, i'd be happy to. i've got a Sony HDR-CX160; nothing super fancy but it's decent enough. i took a test shot today (got it recently) and a one minute shot weighed about 191 MB; the format is weird to me but of course it's a sony thing (MTS format). i converted it into an mp4 file and it ended up being about 180 MB with the quality being okay. i then converted it into a QT movie and the file size was only 21.5 MB and the quality was clearly better. surprising to me but it doesn't matter. all i want is the best bang for the buck and that's my question for anyone out there who is wise in the ways of video :-)
is QT generally the best "format" to use?
any particular converter that is superior to others?
i'm not too concerned about file size; picture quality is the most important thing. i'm guessing that she'll just burn a couple of the video files on to a DVD and give them to friends.
since the video will be shot in HD, i'm hoping that the people who watch the video will be able to recognize that the picture quality is pretty good.
oh, i should add that the event will be in the evening under fluorescent lighting and the people will be moving around so it'll be a challenge.
thanks for any suggestions you guys might have!
a friend is having an informal event coming up and she asked if i would video tape part of it. sure, i'd be happy to. i've got a Sony HDR-CX160; nothing super fancy but it's decent enough. i took a test shot today (got it recently) and a one minute shot weighed about 191 MB; the format is weird to me but of course it's a sony thing (MTS format). i converted it into an mp4 file and it ended up being about 180 MB with the quality being okay. i then converted it into a QT movie and the file size was only 21.5 MB and the quality was clearly better. surprising to me but it doesn't matter. all i want is the best bang for the buck and that's my question for anyone out there who is wise in the ways of video :-)
is QT generally the best "format" to use?
any particular converter that is superior to others?
i'm not too concerned about file size; picture quality is the most important thing. i'm guessing that she'll just burn a couple of the video files on to a DVD and give them to friends.
since the video will be shot in HD, i'm hoping that the people who watch the video will be able to recognize that the picture quality is pretty good.
oh, i should add that the event will be in the evening under fluorescent lighting and the people will be moving around so it'll be a challenge.
thanks for any suggestions you guys might have!
Comment