What’s the ‘best’ video format and size?

[KCMT]

Hi folks,

I just made a back-up of my DVD, it came out as about 6GB. I moved it accross to my portable HDD connected to the wii. WiiMC played it perfectly for a while then froze so I had to reset the wii. Then it froze again 5mins later.

I’m thinking 6GB is just too big for it, is this right?

What’s a good size to compress movies to? Perhaps in GB per hour.

I was also wondering if I should have converted it to another file format and codec – folders with various VOBs etc are a bit confusing for the family 🙂 and single files are just so much neater.

So basically what should I convert DVDs to and what size to aim for. I have plenty of space so I’m looking for quality over size.

Cheers

[cadbusca]

Same as any downloaded SD movie that will fit on a CD. XVID ~700MB.

[KCMT]

Cool thanks mate.

Any suggestions on a prog to convert DVD to XVid?

I have Nero but I can never find what I need on that darn prog 🙂

Cheers

[KCMT]

Sorry scrap that I just downloaded DVDX 4.0.0.5 and Xvid codec. I guess that’s right?

So does everyone use this format? I’ve heard of it but don’t know much about it.

It seems a lot smaller to me… 6GB down to 700MB? I don’t need to compress that much.

Cheers

[KCMT]

OK, looking in to this a bit it seems DVDx reduces the resolution to 624×352. And there’s no way to change it.

So basically can WiiMC play larger, better quality files than this reliably? Or is that the best quality I can expect?

Cheers

[cadbusca]

Yup, SD resolution is all the WII can handle. For HD vids use VLC-Shares which will transpose and send an SD stream to the WII.

[KCMT]

Thanks again.

But I’m not talking about HD, I’m talking about PAL DVDs which are 720×576.

So reducing to 624×352 is quite a major downgrade.

I think Wiis can kind of play off DVD so they must be able to handle a higher res than 624×352, can’t they?

[rodries]

Sure, the Wii can handle DVD video at 720×576 just fine.

[KCMT]

Thanks,

But I’m still not sure on the best format.

The 6GB DVD file froze. I guess I could shrink it but I don’t know what size and a single file would be so much more convinient.

The Xvid sounds good, and everyone raves about it but it seems a lot smaller to me.

Is there a happy medium?

Cheers

[cadbusca]

size has nothing to do with quality.

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