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06/09/2010 08:46:06

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		Hello again
In the animations i have made so far I have used more than one set and used the videojoiner to join them up.
To preserve quality I have been outputting without compression from Muvizu and then using XVID in Videojoiner.
The problem with this approach is the original files uncompressed files were so big that I had to export 30 seconds at a time to keep within the Windows file size limits.
My question is therefore if I use XVID in both Muvizu and Videojoiner am I effectively compressing the video twice with a subsequent further loss in quality?
If so, is there a better approach?
many thanks
Toonarama
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06/09/2010 09:44:18

mcmillan-raExperimental userMuvizu staff
mcmillan-ra
Posts: 164 		Hi,

Technically, yes you are compressing twice and then losing quality. But the quality shouldn't really drop that much.

However, another alternative would be to follow Barry's advice here:

http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic492-motion-jpeg-dont-overlook-it.aspx

The Motion jpeg stuff should still work in the joiner, and as it's a lossless compression the quality should still remain.
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06/09/2010 09:53:04

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		mcmillan-ra
Thanks very much - I'll try the MJPEG solution suggested.

all the best

Toonarama
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06/09/2010 16:37:15

mcmillan-raExperimental userMuvizu staff
mcmillan-ra
Posts: 164 		Err... cool.

Let me know if it breaks.
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