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Old 2007-07-03, 09:54 AM   #2
nibbler
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Originally Posted by OlderWomanFun View Post
I know there are some great movie gallery makers here, I need your help with some movies for my paysite:

-which program do you use to encode the clips?
-do you prefer .wmv or .mpg?
-how large do you make your clips?
-in which format do you export them? fixed bitrate? which resolution?

Help appreciated

Thnx
Hello OlderWomanFun,

I've been doing movie galleries for years, so here's my take:

1) Clips should never be encoded. For slicing and dicing the clips, I use Video Edit Magic

2) I prefer .wmv since they are more compact than .mpg for the same running time. But I should warn you that .mpg files are more universally accepted by TGP/MGP webmasters.

3) My galleries have 4 vids and a running time of about 18 sec per vid. You need to find a common dominator since some webmasters want atleast 3 vids or minimum of 1.5 MB file size or 20 sec running time.

4) 320x240 resolution
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