http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic513-codecs-when-using-videojoiner-to-combine-videos.aspx Forum - Publishing Your Video - Codecs when using Videojoiner to combine videos - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:15 GMT Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic513-codecs-when-using-videojoiner-to-combine-videos.aspx
Let me know if it breaks. ]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic513-codecs-when-using-videojoiner-to-combine-videos.aspx Thanks very much - I'll try the MJPEG solution suggested.

all the best

Toonarama]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic513-codecs-when-using-videojoiner-to-combine-videos.aspx
Technically, yes you are compressing twice and then losing quality. But the quality shouldn't really drop that much.

However, another alternative would be to follow Barry's advice here:

http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic492-motion-jpeg-dont-overlook-it.aspx

The Motion jpeg stuff should still work in the joiner, and as it's a lossless compression the quality should still remain.]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:44:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic513-codecs-when-using-videojoiner-to-combine-videos.aspx In the animations i have made so far I have used more than one set and used the videojoiner to join them up.
To preserve quality I have been outputting without compression from Muvizu and then using XVID in Videojoiner.
The problem with this approach is the original files uncompressed files were so big that I had to export 30 seconds at a time to keep within the Windows file size limits.
My question is therefore if I use XVID in both Muvizu and Videojoiner am I effectively compressing the video twice with a subsequent further loss in quality?
If so, is there a better approach?
many thanks
Toonarama]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:46:06 GMT