digital camera to xvid?

[deh707]

i use a sony dsc-w50 digital camera to record 8 minute video clips.

i use VX fine mode (vga 640x480 at 30fps)

i want to archive these 8 minute clips using the Xvid codec, and to keep each 8 minute clip under 100MB, and good quality.

for the audio i use mp3 at 128bitrate cbr 44100hz.

i use virtualdub for the xvid conversion.

i used the bitrate calculator, and got a bitrate of around 1300.

do you recommend xvid's settings as default?

Profile @Level: Default
Encoding type: single pass
target bitrate: 1300
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[Baldrick]

I get around 1600kbits for 8 minutes.

You can also try use 2-pass encoding.

[bobkart]

Just for the data, audio plus video, 100MB / 8 minutes ~= 1667Kb/s.

[deh707]

yeah chose 1300 because 8 min. will be the shortest of my clips, and 9 min. being the max.


i'll do 2-pass, thanks all.

[bobkart]

100MB / 9 minutes ~= 1481Kb/s.