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Old 01-02-2012, 11:30 PM   #5
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Default Video codec hell

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Originally Posted by FedeFrede View Post
Hi, I'm on Windows and uses Xvid which can be rendered by use of Directshow - if you have the codec installed. I use Xvid because the decoding doesn't stress my CPU to much and the file size is not to big.

For the transcoding part, I use FFmpeg. FFmpeg can transcode from just about any format - now even ProRes, and make a Xvid video output. I use FFmpeg with the following parameters:
ffmpeg -i input.mov -g 2 -s 768x432 -an -qscale 3 output.avi

-g 2 means that the GOP size is 2 - that makes every 2nd frame a keyframe, so skipping is easy for Reaper. -qscale denotes the quality - less makes bigger files. I only use 768x432 pixels which is big enough for my purpose.

Get FFmpeg for Windows here:
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
Get Xvid codec here:
http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.15.0.html

Regards,

Frederik
HELP - I want to install xvid/FFmpeg codecs, how? where? I downloaded the codecs from the link you provided, now what??? sorry to be such a noob but I'm really stuck... What video codecs does Reaper use? how can I change them now that I am having so many video issues??? I sent a bug report but I'm sure Reaper is capable of much better video results if I can use the proper codecs... I hope you can help.... Don
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