Easy Guide for Video uploaders-Encoding,Editing,Ripping,Water-marking,etc of Videos

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Encoding,Editing,Ripping,Water-marking,etc of Videos - Easy Guide for Video uploaders

Dear friends, newbies and seniors

This is my small effort to just help those who want to contribute with videos but don't know the basics of Ripping, encoding, watermarking, etc.

I have been receivng so many PMs in past few months from my fellow MBians and my dear friends asking me to guide them in watermarking etc.

I had a thread started for this purpose before.
But, it was not clear and without screen caps
It was when i was also experimenting so many things and was not sure of

Now, after being in MB for sometime and after getting used to some video tools, i have started this thread.

This thread can be used for discussions related to video related tools.

New ideas and better softwares are always welcome

Expecting more valuable ideas and tools from some great uploaders here

Last but not as least,
Please feel free to criticise and point out the mistakes i might have committed anywhere for the betterment of thread and myself[/B]


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Regards,

skr



Note:

Dear Supermods/moderators ,

This thread is mainly related to the Videos, Hence,i have started this thread here.
because, there are only a few members from video-section are visiting the helps section.
Hence, I have opened this thread in video section.
This willbe verymuch helpful for not only the newbies but also for all the members I beleive.
Keeping this sticky for a few days

Still this thread needs to be moved to tutorial section feel free to inform me or do it by yourself

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1. Encoding videos

I prefer to encode in Divx format as it is easy with given default profiles,
coming built-in with the converter.
X-VID format is also good but, a bit difficult for those who are new to encoding.

First,
Download Divx converter trial version from here,

Don't PM me for full version

Download Divx-Trial here

Run setup as per the screen instructions

Finish the setup, restart the computer and start the Divx converter.

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Adding files to be encoded

Open the converter,



The default profile will be "Home theater"





Change the profile to "High definition" as shown





Add files by drag and dropping over the converter.
You can add multiple files too.

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Setting the Bitrate

Click view list,




Highlight over the file added already,




Click Modify,
It opens a menu as shown in fig1,
Tick on the Limit Total Average Bit ratio To box.( fig 2)
Change the bitrate to required value.
Keep it less for smaller file size.
Better quality will be achieved with higher bitrates.

Optimum Bitrates for better quality

Video Bitrate ---- 1500 to 2500 kbps

Audio Bitrate ---- 128 kbps

(fig 1)




(fig 2)





Click "OK"



Close the modification tab

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Setting the default Output directory

Right click over the converter and select "Preferences"





Click "Browse" and select the folder in which he output file needs to be stored after encoding.








After selecting default output directory, click "Convert" to start encoding.
After completion a menu will popup as shown.





Click "View files" to open the output folder

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2. Water-marking Videos - Adding your Logo in the video

For water marking the videos you need,



1. Virtual Dub
A free software which is also very easy to use for those who are new to video precessing.
You can download virtualdub from here,

Download VirtualDub

Website : http://www.virtualdub.com/download

The virtualDub doesn't need installation.
Just extract the files and save to any folder.
Run the exe file inside the folder to start VirtualDub.



2. Logo with custom name
You need to create your logo to be used for watermarking
You can use some sites for making free logos like

www.cooltext.com

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Tips to create logo

1. Goto http://cooltext.com/Logos

2. Select any design of your choice.
I feel its better to go for "simple" style http://cooltext.com/Logo_Design?Style=Simple

3. change the "Text size" to 20 to 25 ( default will be 70).

4. Select the "Text Color" to Black.

5. Select the "Background Color" to White

6. Leave the file format to JPEG.

7. Enter the name to be watermarked in the Logo Text entry(Default will be "simple")

8. Click "Render Logo Design"

9. Download and Save the file in any known folder for adding in VirtualDub later.

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Setting Up VirtualDub

Adding file for water-marking

Open the virtualDub





In File menu, select Open file and open any file U want to watermark.
You can also drag and drop the file.





Video preview will be opened as two parts as shown below.
One is Input window [Left] and other is Output window [ Right]
If the preview is not available, your video format is not supported.
In that case, convert them in Divx converter before adding to VirtualDub

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Video Setup

Goto "Video" menu and select "Compression"




Select "Divx 6.4.0 Codec (1 Logical CPU)"
This will be shown if your computer is not having hyper threading or dual core processor.
Incase of Computers with Dualcore processor or Hyperthreading, It will be,
"Divx 6.4.0 Codec (2 Logical CPUs)"





Click "Configure" as shown below,





The following Divx setup menu will popup,
Select "High Definition Profile" in the "Certification Profile" option.





Change the bitrate to 2000kbps[You may reduce it further for smaller file sizes] from the default value of 3000 kbps.





Click "OK" to finish setup.

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Audio Setup

Goto "Audio" menu .
You can see that the default values marked with dots as "Source Audio" and "Direct Stream Copy"






Don't change the first one "Source Audio" .Leave it.
Change the second one "Direct Stream Copy" to "Full Processing Mode"





Now, open the "Audio" menu again and select "cmpression"





Select "MPEG Layer-3" and "56kb/s , 22050 Hz , Stereo , 7 kb/s"





Click "OK" to finish.

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Adding Logo and water-marking

Open "Video" menu and select "Filters"





Click "Add" as shown below,





The following menu appears.
Scroll down and select "Logo" from the list as shown below.





Click "OK"





It will make this menu to appear.
Click on the square box in first option as shown below,





Browse for the stored Logo which you have created and downloaded before.





Click "Show Preview"





You can see a preview window with your Logo as shown below,





You can change the opacity/transparency of the Logo from 0% to 100%, with the opacity adjustment given,





The position of the Logo can be changed with the X-Offset and Y-Offset adjustments.
X- offset - changes position of logo from left to right in the screen.
Y- offset - changes position of logo Up and Down in the screen.






Click "OK"






Click "OK" to finish

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Setting Up Output Settings and Saving Settings

Go to "File" menu and select "Save as AVI"





Select the location to which the output file needs to be saved.





Give a name for the output file and click "Save"





Wait till the processing is over.
Don't close the VirtualDub after the processing is completed.
Open the "File" menu and select "Save Processing Settings".





Select any location, give some name and save the settings file.







Next time, when you want to use the same settings, just open the VirtualDub.
Go to the "File" menu and select "Load processing settings".
Browse for the settings file you have stored in last step.
Thats all.
No need to setup all the things again

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DVD-ripping,Video editing[Cutting, joining],Encoding in wmv format with smaller filesize,etc will be posted soon

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Awsome Awesome Skr Bhai

Looks Like The Professional User Guide Of A Software !!

Many Many Salutes 4 Ur Effort !!

Rated 5 Stars !!

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Good work skr!



Rated the thread 5 star and repped