How to get recorded videos to a decent filesize

[thesnare]

Since the DVD's haven't come out yet, I'm guessing the only way for someone to have recorded a game of thrones episode and put up a torrent is to record it from an episode on HBO.

I'm just wondering how the people who put them up are getting them a good file size and good quality. I'd like to get them say- 250MB to 300MB an episode. I compared some of the ones I've downloaded from this torrent, to some of the ones I've recorded directly from my DVR to my laptop via USB using the EZ grabber 2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mygica-Ezgrabber...B0036UUST4

The ones I have are really huge, for these ones the file sizes are

S4E1- 2.85GB
S4E2- 2.55GB
S4E3- 2.75GB

For this torrent- http://kickass.to/game-of-thrones-the-co...25874.html

the file sizes are

S4E1-441MB
S4E2-447MB
S4E3-365MB

I wish I could ask him what hardware and software he used to record those videos and get them to that file size, it says the user should have a letter icon next to his name I don't see one.

[hireshi]

If your record is decent, you can improve the quality in many ways. I'd suggest AVS Video Editor, which I use myself.
Enter the video, and you can adjust the aspect ratio, the definition and size.

I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Not sure if this answered your question.

To record, I'd say Fraps (if on a PC), you can adjust the size of your recording video, if not, a quick google search will land you many alternatives.

[RobertX]

I don't know if this can help, but I certainly hope so: http://thepiratebay.se/search/kris33/0/99/0

kris33 used Star Trek TNG Blu Ray rips from another source. Originally, they are 1080p, but kris33 downsized them to 720p, leaving much of the quality intact and, yet, shrinking the file size by an alarming rate.

If you do get a chance to ask him, do it. Don't ask me, though, since I've never done anything like what kris33 did with his videos.

Hope this helps.

[thesnare]

If your record is decent, you can improve the quality in many ways. I'd suggest AVS Video Editor, which I use myself.
Enter the video, and you can adjust the aspect ratio, the definition and size.
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I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Not sure if this answered your question.

What I'm talking about is recording the video from your DVR/TV/DVD player, the editing that. In the case you are talking about a 400MB file, you downloaded Someone had to first record it from it's original source- from their TV/DVR/DVD/maybe recording it in a movie theater, then edited it, then put it in a torrent for download, so it was already edited, the raw data I am getting is huge, and I certainly don't want to store 3-4GB files of shows, etc. Since the Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD's have not been released yet, I think the only way he could have captured the video is watching it on HBO, then recording it to a PC.

To record, I'd say Fraps (if on a PC), you can adjust the size of your recording video, if not, a quick google search will land you many alternatives.

Yeah, I know about Google........just want to know about something before I buy it, if it's rated by someone not associated with it/affliated a third party- wouldn't want to just randomly select something.

Anyway, what I'm talking about is recording from my DVR to my PC. My DVR gets full and my PC's hard drive can hold a lot more than it can. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear the DVR can transfer things in video file format. I don't know what format it stores the video on it. Seems all I can do is hook the DVR to my PC, let the video play and record the video. I'd love it if I can could just transfer the file to my computer, without having to do this, would be a LOT faster than actually having to let it play all the way through first.

[RobertX]

I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Hireshi, what is your processor speed and long does it take to encode it to the result you specified?

[thesnare]

Here's what I have.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mygica-Ezgrabber...B0036UUST4

[hireshi]

Why didn't you just post this in your previous thread?

[hireshi]

I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Hireshi, what is your processor speed and long does it take to encode it to the result you specified?

If I save it as mpeg, it usally takes around 2-4.5 hours (5-9 gig)
AVI about 30-50 minutes (2-3gig)

[thesnare]

I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Hireshi, what is your processor speed and long does it take to encode it to the result you specified?

If I save it as mpeg, it usally takes around 2-4.5 hours (5-9 gig)
AVI about 30-50 minutes (2-3gig)

So, are you saying the movies you have are 400Mbs after you downsize them? I thought you were saying you download them when they are already 400mb. Anyway, that seems pretty long for downsizing a video from 5-9gig to 400mb

[hireshi]

I often download long movies, that are around 400mb and a bit blurry, run it through AVS, improve the aspect and the quality, then save it as 1080p HD (usually mpeg as that is the best), and I get a crystal clear image.

Hireshi, what is your processor speed and long does it take to encode it to the result you specified?

If I save it as mpeg, it usally takes around 2-4.5 hours (5-9 gig)
AVI about 30-50 minutes (2-3gig)

So, are you saying the movies you have are 400Mbs after you downsize them? I thought you were saying you download them when they are already 400mb. Anyway, that seems pretty long for downsizing a video from 5-9gig to 400mb

That's the time it takes me to convert them from around 400mb > HD. (HD ends up being between 2 - 9 gig, depending on the video's length, and how good quality I'm after)


Also to Robert above you, its a 3ghz processor. So-so.