http://www.meltybread.com/juniorsantos/Interface_03-15-07_west-toast-1-finals.aviHmm. Looks good, the encode went well.
However, the size is a whopping 588mb. Keep this up and I'm going to have to upgrade my hosting
so I suggest the following:
size: 320x240
bitrate: 600kbps video, 64kbps mono audio. It looks like you had 192kbps stereo, so you were using 3x-6x more bandwidth than necessary for audio.
640x480 = 307,200 pixels
320x240 = 76,800 pixels (1/4th the size)
Using a
divx bitrate calculatorbrute force mathematics, you can achieve 511kbps encoding rate and get a 350mb file to cover the entire west toast tournament, making your file 41% smaller than its current state. 511kbps looks really bad at 640x480, but is smooth as butter at 320x240. Try it out and see how it works.
Calculations:
File Size: 588mb = 588*1024^2=616562688 bytes
File Length: 83.7 minutes * 60 = 5022 seconds
616562688/5022 = 122722 bytes per second, or 120 kilobytes per second
However, kbps stands for kiloBITS, and 8 bits = 1 byte. so, 122722*8 = 981776 bits per second, or 958kbps.
Subtract 192kbps for your stereo music, and that leaves us with 766kbps for the video.
64kbps sound, and 500kbps video (at 320x240, which is 1/4th the size) = 564kbps total bandwidth, or 58% of its original size.
Divide 564kbps by 8 for 70.5 kilobytes per second. 70.5 * 5022 seconds = 345mb.
If we want to be really aggressive, we can cut it down to 200 kbps for video for a 164mb file, or 264kbps for a 200mb file.
We've learned in the past that Marvel vs Capcom 2 videos usually have to be around 600kbps to capture the action because there's so much crap flying on the screen, but 3rd Strike videos can handle much lower bandwidth. I'm not sure about Melty Blood, yet, so some experimenting may be in order. I also know encoding these takes forever and a half, but if you take care of all the tedious experimenting and learning now, it saves you a lot of time in the long run.
Also, how much RAM do you have in your system? We could get you an upgrade for that, and that might help with the audio/video sync issues.