Crushing HDV 16:9 to a wmv for the net

[zoobie]

I just got my new HC5 but haven't really shot anything in broad daylight yet to experiment with. Has anyone gotten good results crushing their HDV 16:9 down to a small 16:9 wmv for the internet, yet?
Workflow?
Options?
Demo Clips?
Comments?
Thanks

[zoobie]

looks like i'm in uncharted waters...better get on the stick and find out meself

[thecoalman]

http://www.40lbhead.com/headfiles/albums/video/rockfest2005_empire_wandt.wmv

640x360 @490k .... sweet spot IMO, Decent size, practically no artifacting, and your still within reach of higher end DSL connections for streaming.

It's not from a HDV cam though, Canon GL2 and it's a little dark. I could argue with those light guys all night and they still want to turn the red up to high so everything flares and the white to nothing so you can't see anything.

It's glare on the lens the guy tells me, trust me I have camcorder....

[zoobie]

You know, I never actually got to experience DV...only hi8=>DV which just isn't the same.

I'm hangin out waiting for my ferkin' new tripod to show up before I can shoot...ugh. At least I gots my LANC...

[thecoalman]

You know, I never actually got to experience DV...only hi8=>DV which just isn't the same.

Input quality is important, when you have a really clean source like that example the results can be great. If you look at still frmes from that cam it's amazing how clean it is. Here's a comaprison to MPEG, DV on the left.



Here's the full frame from the DV file:

[zoobie]

yeah, man...it's all about source
very nice...that's your gl2?
<==my old canon A1 hi8 (still works)

[thecoalman]

yes, gl2

[racer-x]

Here's a Frame Grab from my Canon HV20:
http://www.fortvir.net/gallery/d/2666-1/hv20_frame.jpg

Here's a short clip from my Canon HV20 encoded to WMV resized to 720p:
http://www.fortvir.net/gallery/d/2672-1/hv20_720p.wmv?g2_GALLERYSID=8af07192e39da85b491ba6e77dec72af

Right-click and "Save As" to you hdd.

[edDV]

You would save a load of processing at small quality reduction by starting with the hardware downscaled DV export to a DV-AVI file.