winff

[markg143]

how does winff make the video smaller, if the answer is beyond the comprehension of someone with little knowledge of computers just say so.

[jswetzen]

If I'm not mistaken, you simply type the desired width and height into the two boxes under "Vid size". If you can't find it, a screenshot of the program could be helpful.
Also, I an using Linux so it could be a bit different on windows (which I assume you are using).

[psycho_maniac]

Yes. You just browse for the video you want and then pick the size of your screen (you actually pick your player) and then click convert now.

[markg143]

not the lcd size . ill show you what i mean. i downloaded a video from limewire and it was 300 and something MB and then i put it through winff and it came out 124MB

[Llorean]

Smaller pictures take less hard disk space. That's about the long and short of it. There's many different formats of video (MPEG2, MPEG4-ASP, MPEG4-AVC, VC-1, various sorts of WMV, and so on) and each newer one might take a little less space because it's more advanced, or might offer advantages at certain sizes, but your video is mainly getting smaller because when you convert it for your player, the pictures are getting smaller and lower quality.

[markg143]

i get it, thanx

[Strife89]

Rather than start a new thread, I'll put a question here:

I tried Winff, but was unable to put the "replacement xml" in the proper place ("not the owner"; I'm using Ubuntu). I tried manual tinkering: I created a new preset with MPEG 2 and MP3 as the output. (Sound won't play in VLC with the default MPEG 2 preset.)

No luck. In another encoder, I used MP3 as the output format, but got an error message reporting a missing library: libmp3lame (which I hunted down for use with Audacity for ages; never found it, but Audacity got a welcome update).

Any advice on what I should do?

(Side note: the videos have actually already been encoded once, with the Windows freeware Pocket DivX Encoder. They play fine in VLC.)

[Llorean]

On Ubuntu, ffmpeg does not come with libmp3lame compiled in (or didn't last I checked) meaning that it is unable to encode MP3 audio. This means WinFF won't work. You'll have to find another solution or compile your own copy of ffmpeg.