Movie gallery submitters inside pls

[nibbler]

Originally Posted by OlderWomanFun

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

[OlderWomanFun]

Thanks for the info Nibbler!

How do you make the thumbs of the clips?

[nibbler]

Originally Posted by OlderWomanFun

Thanks for the info Nibbler!

How do you make the thumbs of the clips?

Your first option is to do a screen capture thru the video editing software (Most all of them have this feature), although this is discouraged as TGP/MGP webmasters dislike this.

Your second option is to use an associated hi rez picture that represents the actual clip. Most sponsors have these pics.

Good Luck
Nibbler

[tickler]

Originally Posted by OlderWomanFun

How do you make the thumbs of the clips?

I use a little freeware program that lets you step through MPGs frame-by-frame to select the best image.
http://www.cd2html.de/moviesnapshot.en.html