#best compression for AVI
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If your input files do not contain more than 256 colours, the best way to
compress them is to convert them to a FLIC file using DTA or VFD or one of the
many other programs that can do this, then SMACK them using Smacker. Smacker
gives the best compression (it can give fantastic compression), and the fastest
playback. If your images are 24 bit images, bring them into Premier or
something similar, and turn them into an AVI movie using the Indeo compression
system (you'll have to experiment with quality settings). Take that AVI movie,
then convert it into a FLIC using Smacker for Windows, which can convert AVI's
and does excellent colour conversions. Next smack them into a compressed
smacker format then add music. Regards, Andrew
Thank you Andrew
You give me a lot of information.. I've try to use both DTA / VFD to compress a
set of 24 bit TGA and / or 8 bit GIF (coming from a silicon Indigo) to FLI and
/ or AVI
both gave me anyway a very poor compression regarding the structure of each
frame.
Obviously, the playback was also quite lazy and totaly unusable from CD
For the fisrt time I hear that it can be possible to compress an FLI or AVI
direcly
For now, I'm getting more info about Indeo,… I also will try to get info
about SMACK
Thanks again
Olivier
Oliver,
PMJI, but you might want to look at using Equilibrium's Debabelizer
software (running on the Indigo) to convert your image sequence to FLI or AVI.
List is $1495, though, while the utilities you've tried were free or shareware.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates