Posted - 2006.08.29 18:13:00 - [3]

 

Edited by: Osiris Occido on 29/08/2006 18:17:03
Hey Leon, yah that's WMM's initial shortcoming is that they only give you limited pre-packaged options for rendering your video. In order to get around the issue, you have to follow these steps:

1) Download and install Windows Media Encoder 9 Series.

2) Create your profile. This utility will give you a program found under Start > Programs > Windows Media > Utilities > Windows Media Profile Editor. You use this program to build a custom 'profile' for Windows Movie Maker, so you completely control bit rates, keyframe, resolution, fps, audio/video codecs, etc.

3) Save your profile. When you finish creating the profile, you save it under C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\shared\profiles. If WMM is open, save your project, close WMM and reopen it.

4) Compile your video. Now when you go to File > Save Movie, pick the 'Other Options' (the same place where you saw the other rendering options) and you'll see your new profile available for selection. The video will then compile based on your profile configuration.

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I spent a lot of hours finding the best combination of quality and filesize and have hit my sweetspot afaiac. Here is the template of my current profile:

Audio
Mode: CBR
Codec: WMA 9.2

Video
Mode: Quality VBR
Codec: WMV 8

Quality-based Settings:
Audio Format: 128kbps, 48kHz, stereo CBR
Video Size: 1152x864
Frame Rate: 25
Video Quality: 90 (on a quality-based profile, this essentially drives the bitrate)
Key frame interval: 3 secs

Posted - 2007.07.23 01:20:00 - [5]

 

Even though this is an Old post, I spent several days trying to come up of a solution to movie making and the horrible resolutions that you have to choose from. Osiris has offered the only solution so far to me searching all over then net, and it turns windows movie maker from being a pile of garbage to a great way of making movies for EVE or any other game. So here is a bump for anyone else who has been searching for a way to increase the quality of WMM.

Posted - 2007.07.23 02:33:00 - [7]

 

Originally by: Dave White

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Originally by: FatCobra

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Even though this is an Old post, I spent several days trying to come up of a solution to movie making and the horrible resolutions that you have to choose from. Osiris has offered the only solution so far to me searching all over then net, and it turns windows movie maker from being a pile of garbage to a great way of making movies for EVE or any other game. So here is a bump for anyone else who has been searching for a way to increase the quality of WMM.

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Might be one of the major issues of WMM solved, but it's still a very limited program (not to mention buggy) program.

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How is it buggy?

Posted - 2007.07.23 03:07:00 - [9]

 

Originally by: SitRep

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Made the profile, saved in profiles folder of movie maker and whenever I get to the part to chose settings, i never see the profile i made:(

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Did you click on "More Options?" the guide tells you everything, don't know how you dont see it.