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Soobahsoo
12-01-2004, 02:39 AM
Hey,
I have a few questions about the settings of this cam cause there are some things i don't get.

1) what's the difference between MPEG4 and H263 format?

2) What's so good about the "pro" quality setting? The resolution (128x96) is smaller than with the "high" quality setting (160x120) and still the filesize is about 4 times bigger.
What do you guys do? You go for the highest resolution and take the "high" quality setting? Or do you go for the "pro" setting, with reduced resolution?

3) after converting some "pro" and "HiQ" movies with 3gpToRawAvi from this thread (http://nokiafree.org/forums/t17859/h&highlight=3gpToRawAvi/s.html) the "pro" movies weren't 4 times bigger anymore. Instead the "HiQ" movies are now bigger than the "pro" ones! What's that all about?
I've watched them several times to try to determine which setting gave the best quality overall, but my eye can't see much difference :-\

Any video settings specialists who could tell me what's really the best setting? If there seems to be no noticable difference between the "pro" and "HiQ" setting, I think it's wise to use HiQ since this takes up less space on your MMC.

PooCat
12-01-2004, 03:17 PM
Hey,
I have a few questions about the settings of this cam cause there are some things i don't get.

1) what's the difference between MPEG4 and H263 format?

2) What's so good about the "pro" quality setting? The resolution (128x96) is smaller than with the "high" quality setting (160x120) and still the filesize is about 4 times bigger.
What do you guys do? You go for the highest resolution and take the "high" quality setting? Or do you go for the "pro" setting, with reduced resolution?

3) after converting some "pro" and "HiQ" movies with 3gpToRawAvi from this thread (http://nokiafree.org/forums/t17859/h&highlight=3gpToRawAvi/s.html) the "pro" movies weren't 4 times bigger anymore. Instead the "HiQ" movies are now bigger than the "pro" ones! What's that all about?
I've watched them several times to try to determine which setting gave the best quality overall, but my eye can't see much difference :-\

Any video settings specialists who could tell me what's really the best setting? If there seems to be no noticable difference between the "pro" and "HiQ" setting, I think it's wise to use HiQ since this takes up less space on your MMC.

I want to know the best settings also.

Soobahsoo
14-01-2004, 01:13 AM
so, anyone who can help out a bit on this?

Also, another thing: Do you guys get a lot of errors while recording?
Every now and then it happens to me and it would be nice if this could be prevented somehow, cause it sux loosing a movie like that.

adnanb
26-07-2004, 02:06 PM
push! yeah i wanna now it too what are the best settings for this program?

Zenden
31-07-2004, 06:32 AM
No different,if u want the beat video quality.Go for 176 x 144 /7.5 frame/pro!
Very clear!

dj^^
01-08-2004, 11:12 AM
but very slow with FPS 7.5....instead of 15fps