going mp4 only

2009-04-28 12:00:33 am

does anyone care if i stop posting divx avi? seems like a waste of space to me if there's an mp4 of the same standard ...

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Sir VG

2009-04-28 12:32:42 am

Fucking Weeaboo

As long as there's an easy way to convert for the purposes of playing on a DVD drive that supports DivX, that's about the only reason to keep using it. MP4 is supported by a ton of things - even the Wii has (homebrew) players that support MP4 quite nicely.

Ascetic Swordsman

2009-04-28 01:12:28 am

All I'm going to say about this since I don't consider myself informed enough on technical issues is thank you for suggesting that I download VLC since divx didn't work for me. Some videos didn't have any sound and one wouldn't play at all, but VLC played them fine. I don't see any reason to keep it, but have no immediate reason to delete it.

I'm sure I missed something, and I hate not contributing to the discussion and wasting people's time with useless posts, so I hope my story is at least another reason not to use divx.

Poesta

2009-04-28 03:26:15 am

Yarr

The same standard? I thought the AVIs and MP4s contained ASP MPEG resp. AVC MPEG/H.264? Anyway, I don't mind. Maybe some people who convert videos for their iPod/NDS/PSP/whatever still have problems with MPEG.

Greenalink

2009-04-28 06:23:40 am

DS Dictator

Yeah MP4 only seems fine for me.
I can use it to play stuff on the XBOX360 (with the big 28ish inch screen) or this PC from my external harddrive.

I can use Mediacoder to convert MP4 containers to AVI containers (useful for editing my published DS videos onto Youtube).

I'm not much of a person to store published runs onto DVDs since the XBOX360 does the job well by reading it from the memory stick.

nate

2009-04-28 08:00:31 am

Quote from Poesta:

The same standard? I thought the AVIs and MP4s contained ASP MPEG resp. AVC MPEG/H.264? Anyway, I don't mind. Maybe some people who convert videos for their iPod/NDS/PSP/whatever still have problems with MPEG.

yeah that was a little unclear, by 'standard' i just meant the sda standards, mq/lq/hq/iq/xq.

guess divx is really as dead as i thought it was. thanks guys!

Sir VG

2009-04-28 11:51:24 am

Fucking Weeaboo

Quote from Greenalink:

Yeah MP4 only seems fine for me.
I can use it to play stuff on the XBOX360 (with the big 28ish inch screen) or this PC from my external harddrive.

I can use Mediacoder to convert MP4 containers to AVI containers (useful for editing my published DS videos onto Youtube).

I'm not much of a person to store published runs onto DVDs since the XBOX360 does the job well by reading it from the memory stick.

Why? YouTube accepts MP4 videos, you know.

MatrixTN

2009-04-28 02:12:02 pm

You got a deletion wish?

Quote from nate:

by 'standard' i just meant the sda standards, mq/lq/hq/iq/xq.

Whats the X? X-treme quality?

Enhasa

2009-04-28 02:58:27 pm

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Yes, but my personal opinion (which matters 0% thankfully) is that X stands for X-Zone stands for mu stands for shouldn't exist. Like I said, please ignore me, this is one person's unimportant opinion.

nate

2009-04-28 04:20:24 pm

well, the specs are less stringent with xq than they are with the other qualities ...

Greenalink

2009-04-28 04:28:19 pm

DS Dictator

Quote:

Why? YouTube accepts MP4 videos, you know.

I know but I edit for 2 reasons.
I don't have the 11+ Minute upload perk (some segments of my run were over 11 minutes long),
also the SDA published run of my SM64DS run only had the file select on the (HQ) dual screen video. I thought it would be less hassle for the viewers (without getting too confused) by doing a bit more editing to include the full file select screen and the full gameplay screen afterwards.

All of my DS videos (after May 08 minus Zelda titles) were filmed sideways like my filming tips video which makes it easier to get both screens in.
Lastly I can't make screen edits from MP4 containers only AVI/WMV containers.

I know it's all weird but I make it things easier for the viewers.

Sir VG

2009-04-28 05:53:27 pm

Fucking Weeaboo

Quote from Greenalink:

Quote:

Why? YouTube accepts MP4 videos, you know.

I know but I edit for 2 reasons.
I don't have the 11+ Minute upload perk (some segments of my run were over 11 minutes long),
also the SDA published run of my SM64DS run only had the file select on the (HQ) dual screen video. I thought it would be less hassle for the viewers (without getting too confused) by doing a bit more editing to include the full file select screen and the full gameplay screen afterwards.

All of my DS videos (after May 08 minus Zelda titles) were filmed sideways like my filming tips video which makes it easier to get both screens in.
Lastly I can't make screen edits from MP4 containers only AVI/WMV containers.

I know it's all weird but I make it things easier for the viewers.

Most of that makes sense to me. But as for the time limit, have you tried switching to a director account? I can post longer then 10 minutes, probably because of that.

Manocheese

2009-04-28 05:55:21 pm

Yes, a cucco riding the ground.

Quote from Lord_VG:

Most of that makes sense to me. But as for the time limit, have you tried switching to a director account? I can post longer then 10 minutes, probably because of that.

That only applies if you signed up for a director account before they changed the system a few years ago. Now, switching to Director does nothing.

Greenalink

2009-04-28 06:00:58 pm

DS Dictator

I set my account to directors in September 2007 (7 months after signing up to Youtube). I was too late
:(.

Apparently there's other ways to get the 11+ minute perk (I saw some Youtubers who sign in 2008 with the 11 minute perk) but I think it's more restricted to Partnership or more original/homemade videos minus the copyright issues. I don't really know to be honest.

Google Video is the alternate method (no time/size limit) but who really uses that site?

nate

2009-04-28 06:15:23 pm

i thought they weren't allowing uploads to google video any more.

AjAX

2009-05-06 05:58:56 am

Quote from nate:

i thought they weren't allowing uploads to google video any more.

and that's true, I tried 3 days ago.

And I thought you'd already stopped posting divx.

Enhasa

2009-05-10 01:10:47 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

I didn't understand this thread the same way as you at first. I had to get Nate to explain to me the difference.

We don't make divx encodes anymore. But if other people make divx encodes, we post them. Nate wants not to post any more divx encodes, even if someone wasted time making them. Old divx encodes will not be deleted. (This is what I incorrectly assumed this thread must mean, because since so few people make divx encodes anymore, I thought this wouldn't be a topic worth making a thread about otherwise. ;D)

nate

2009-05-11 12:03:45 am

it was basically just a timebomb since someone submitted divx after a long time of not. so wanted to see if anyone was like zomg i live in elbonia and the government doesn't allow h.264 inside the country or something. i dunno lol. ;(