Compressing Video

[ghost]

What's the best way to do it? I know DivX is a potential option, but I am not too familiar with using it. When you compress the video, does it take away it's aspect ratio? In other words, if you compressed a video that you want to be able to play on your DVD player, will the compression change the aspect ratio, such that it doesn't play properly on your tv?

 

[HKemhorns]

You would have to have a DivX compatable DVD player.

Try dvdshrink

 

[Tripdaddy]

DVD Shrink is great. A lot of people hate it, but it does a great job. You do not lose aspect ratios when you compress btw. I compress all my home movies to put on DVD using Adobe Premiere and you really can't see a picture quality loss. Using shrink to compress movies and I have never seen a quality loss there either.

 

[schnarkle]

dvd shrink rulez

 

[sessamoid]

DVD Shrink is a great program. Unfortunately, it is no longer being developed, as the author was hired by Nero to work on essentially the same thing for their company. The Nero program is neither free nor as unencumbered.

 

[ghost]

So say I record a basketball game via my capture card on my computer and then edit out the commercials. DVD Shrink will then allow me to compress the video to save disk space from the like 3-4 GB file? Does it just compress the file as is or does it change the file type? That size file (the 3-4 GB file) will still fit on a DVD, but if I can shrink it more to enable me to hold another game on it, that would be ideal. I think the files I record are MPEG-2 or 4. I can't think off the top of my head. Will DVD Shrink keep the files as MPEG's or whatever they might be?