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Image file formats
by Lilian ·
This is a rant post. If you are buying a digital camera that can capture video, do check what format it capture. *slams head on the PC*
My Konica-Minolta Z3 captured video in .MOV format which can plays on Quicktime and Picasa. The quality of the video is not bad and I have no complaint about it. However, the file format is huge and I need to convert it to MPEG if I want to share the video online.
The frustrating thing is I cannot convert it using Windows Movie Maker eventhough I had downloaded the latest Video Encoder (yeah, I use licensed Microsoft). I can’t use several freewares because they don’t recognise the MOV format. The only one I can use was Videozilla but my trial expired and I can’t download another trial. (my PC registered it and no matter how, I can’t wipe off the record, the bane of licensed software, I suppose)
Common formats for digital camera images are the Joint Photography Experts Group standard (JPEG) and Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).
RAW may be confusing as it describes a general group of formats rather than a single file type. A RAW image is one that captures the data directly as it comes from the sensor, with no post-processing. The Nikon RAW format is NEF, while Minolta is MRW. RAW files can be processed in specialized image editing programs and allows much more flexibility in settings such as white balance, exposure compensation, color temperature, and so on. In essence it lets the photographer make major adjustments without losing image quality that would otherwise require retaking the picture.
Formats for movies are AVI, DV, MPEG, MOV, WMV, and ASF (basically the same as WMV).
Other formats that are used in cameras but not for pictures are the Design Rule for Camera Format (DCF), an ISO specification for the camera’s internal file structure and naming, Digital Print Order Format (DPOF), which dictates what order images are to be printed in and how many copies, and the Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF), which uses metadata tags to document the camera settings and date and time for image files. (wikipedia)
So, I am constipated from downloading other trial softwares and none work. I had googled, read forums after forums and still searching for some miracle.
Therefore, if you are buying a digital camera which capture video, REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A COMMON ACCEPTABLE FORMAT LIKE MPEG!
If you have a solution for me, please tell.
May 5th, 2006 at 2:51 am
Mom,
Use the eovideo 1.36 software (1st released in 2003) - “3,927,955 eosetup.exe” file. Google it
EO Video is advanced media player, converter and joiner. EO Video player is totally free and supports all major video, audio and bitmap formats (DivX, AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real, Asf, Jpeg, Gif, MP3…). User interface is designed for easy and intuitive use. Built-in Windows-style file explorer allows easy management of multimedia and other files. State of the art playlist management enables item sorting, swapping, moving, deleting, etc. Playing is flicker free - you will not even notice that three different media engines are used! The multitasking environment ensures optimal responsiveness. Program can convert any playlist to your chosen output format. Matching avi or mpeg files can be even joined into a single file without recompression.
It was FREE then, now most of them trying to sell it for a fee.
It can covert .mov files to mpg (mpeg1) with a reduction in size of approx 33%.
The trick in recording the .mov files is record the “critical moments” in short clips 15s, 30s, 1min or a few minutes then put them (mov formats) all in this eovideo and select output to mpg and and a final name and it will join them into a single mpg file.
If you have recorded long videos in .MOV (& no cutting is needed) then convert each to mpg format and if the total is less than a CD size (700 MB), use a burner and made a VCD or SVCD out of them.
If videos have excess baggage, covert to mpg first use an editing video software (like Ulead 9) and you can edit to get rid of of them.
Then you can combine them (videos) with images and add your Tiles and words to output it to a VCD (MPEG1),a DVD (MPEG2).
The asf files (MPEG4) offers the highest compression and normally you need a hardware (like USB Grabbeex+; this can also be used to record all TV/ASTRO programmes in asf) to convert .mov to .asf files (almost 10% or original size) by playing it on your digicam and saving it to your hard drive.
All video editing and finalisation is very TIME consuming to make it into a movie
May 5th, 2006 at 4:20 am
try SUPER?
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload