Best High Quality Setting

ooiyh · Post by **ooiyh** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:58 am

Hi,

Which compression or setting should I save my edited video project, to obtain a high and high quality video?

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:36 am

How long is a piece of string?

ooiyh · Post by **ooiyh** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:01 am

What do you mean string?
My whole project is about 1hour

Post by **Ron P.** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:42 pm

Well I think you are getting the "just" of Devil's response..

If you have 1 hour of video, then you should be able to use a higher bitrate. The bitrates determine how much video/audio can fit on a disk, and that also determines the quality.

High-bitrates = less video per disk = better quality.
Low-bitrates = more video per disk = poorer quality.

Now with that if your source video is from say a VCR, then you can not get better quality then what you started with. A bitrate of 5000-6000 kbps will probably give you the best quality you could squeeze out of a VHS. If your source video is from a digital camcorder, or HD (Hi-Def), then of course you could use the higher bitrates (8000kbps +).

You can use a bitrate calculator to determine the best possible bitrates:
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

ooiyh · Post by **ooiyh** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:45 am

ok. Thanks, that helps alot.
But where do I adjust the bit rate? Cant seems to find it.