Video Resolution

[BellaBellucci]

OK, so I've been working with different video formats and resolutions and was trying to figure out the best quality/file size ratio. What do you all prefer? How large a file is too large and what's the lowest resolution you'll tolerate?

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[moonunit7]

Start with the best resolution and base your frame rate on whatever you're shooting (60 or higher for action, 24 or 30 for film-like and slow stuff). You can always compress the file down and make a lower rez version afterwards, but keep your full size one.
For web, I think 1280x720 seems to be the standard these days for download.

[BellaBellucci]

Start with the best resolution and base your frame rate on whatever you're shooting (60 or higher for action, 24 or 30 for film-like and slow stuff). You can always compress the file down and make a lower rez version afterwards, but keep your full size one.
For web, I think 1280x720 seems to be the standard these days for download.

Thanks. I always shoot in higher res than the intended end product, and I understand what LOOKS best (although 60fps seems a bit on the high side - they're only now starting to shoot movies in this format), but again, I'm really trying to determine how large a file is too large. I have some videos approaching 20 minutes, and I think they're too large even at 720 and 30fps, especially when full-length HD movies can be rendered to only take a half a GB of disk space.

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[BellaBellucci]

Any other thoughts on this guys? How large is the largest porn file you've ever downloaded and how long was it?

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[christianxxx]

i have found that 960x540 makes the file considerably smaller and no one complains about the quality...make sure your audio is 128kbps and not 256 as well. i also found out the hard way that you have to make sure the video is deinterlaced....ugh lol