[Guide] How Do You Reduce Your Battle Replay Video Sizes & Keep Quality

[RDFMASTER]

Introduction

Hello, to every members of this forum in this tutorial you will learn how to upload Higher qualities videos (Battle Replays) with reduce file size.

Here we go, the first you have to know if you have your AVI video ready. If you don’t know how to make Battle replay , please Enter Here (http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2907#post2907). Ok, now that you know or learn how to make Battle replay you need the following things for make that video reduce is higher size to upload.

Note: This tutorial you need to have a computer with faster processor since older PC take too much time in converted videos like Pentium 3 or lower.

Note2: Can someone can correct anything here that is bad in grammar and don't understand anything. I ask for help since I still learning ENGLISH ;)


Procedure

1-) Download the following program: XVID4PSP Version 5 (http://www.mediafire.com/?znwtntm4zyz) for PC use

2-) If you don’t have Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package (Click Here) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en), you need to download for Xvid4PSP to work.

3-) Install XVID4PSP Version 5 and/or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package (if you don’t have it)

4-) After you install both of the program or XVID4PSP now with begin to convert that ridiculous large file AVI video to MP4 with almost the same quality

5-) First of all Connect to USB (PSP) and move your AVI Battle Replay (located at: X:\VIDEO\DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY\ ) to a Folder that you know where is located.

6-) Now Open the program

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m402/RDF2050/Xvid4pspTuto1.png

7-) Select the following video settings: MP4 PSP AVC

8-) Click OPEN to Look up for your AVI video located in the folder you want to save it

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m402/RDF2050/Xvid4pspTuto2.png

9-) After that the program automatically will load the video and display it.

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m402/RDF2050/Xvid4pspTuto3.png

10-) Now is time for conversation keep in mind that in order for you to convert you need to have video codec such as ffdshow, MP4 or codec pack (K Lite Pack recommended)

11-) You will se how 256MB file with convert to its half or lower

12-) Select the place that you want to save for later upload in YouTube (I always choose DESKTOP)

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m402/RDF2050/Xvid4pspTuto4.png

13-) When the conversion start, to distract yourselves from waiting PLAY DISSIDIA :) is a good way to skip waiting xD

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m402/RDF2050/Xvid4pspTuto5.png

14-) The following little box is the progress of your conversation and you just have to wait until it finished.


Note: The AVI Files choose is 256MB of size and you will see how it will be reduce without losing so much quality to 100MB.

15-) After he conversation is complete now check out your MP4 video. You will see that there is no much different quality between AVI and MP4 but the size of MP4 will be so much smaller.

16-) Upload it to YouTube and Share with US :)

Reminder: Depending of the conversion you choose the smaller the file can be if you use MP4 AVC + x264 HQ2 your it will be much smaller.

[NeroMD]

Nice job, I request this topic to be stickied.

[RDFMASTER]

Nice job, I request this topic to be stickied.

I want you to try and see if you like it :D

I hate to watch crappy videos quality LOL. Have to be the best quality available. :cool:

This is not the best guide but i least some people can understand it :)

[Ghurdrich]

Hey, for someone still learning english, you type better than half the people on the internet. Also, I needed the hell out of this, so kudos for posting it. I'm gonna try this tomorrow, and hopefully I can start spiffing out my FAQ soon, Nero style.

[ColdRoxas]

Wow this is really useful! Thanks for making it!

[Advent-EVA]

You, my young sir, are incredible ^^ I'm trying this right away! =)

[RDFMASTER]

I wish you people use it since that the reason why all my videos quality are the best xD and small size :) .

I wish i have PS3 and play with others so is time to save 400 Bucks to at least in December play online :)

[TWOxACROSS]

I wish i have PS3 and play with others so is time to save 400 Bucks to at least in December play online :)

You're in luck! They actually dropped the price of the PS3's a little bit ago, and now they released the PS3 Slim that has 120 gigs of space. Now it's a little easier to get a hold of one.

[RDFMASTER]

You're in luck! They actually dropped the price of the PS3's a little bit ago, and now they released the PS3 Slim that has 120 gigs of space. Now it's a little easier to get a hold of one.

I KNOW :D $299.00 :cool: I have a opportunity to play with you guys I'm so impatient to play xD but University will take me a lot of money :( .

Another note I will try to add some images for newbies/noobs transfer your AVI to PC for the video conversion LOL

[Nevfx]

This is useful, I got that program.

I never had to get anything, the encoding worked fine first time, is that supposed to happen yeah?

[Masaru]

Just means you had the NET framework already.

This is cool. Works well, too.
(Even on this POS....)

[Griever]

I'm not too good at this kinda thing, but it says I've got the 'Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package' thingy...but when I save the oter file it is a .RAR file and I can't open it ¬_¬
Any idea what I could do? Thanks anyone who could help :)

[Nevfx]

Get WinRar. Google it. .rar is a WinRar file type. Its free, and easy to use.

[Griever]

Get WinRar. Google it. .rar is a WinRar file type. Its free, and easy to use.

Thanks for helping, it was probably a silly question but I wanted to make sure I got something safe and that would work :) Thanks for the quick answer though :D

[Nevfx]

I'm good like that XD

Nah, I agree, better safe then sorry.

[Griever]

I'm good like that XD

Nah, I agree, better safe then sorry.

:D

Yeah, mum has her credit card on here so if something happened I'd be in deep doo-doo :L
Hopefully I'll have Dissidia in a day or two...I'm in the U.K. ya see and didn't wanna get a hack or anything :)

[Nevfx]

Same here. I'm getting it my 18th birthday, Friday.

Although we should probably continue this discussion via PM, not by spamming this thread, as I was part of spamming up a thread on my first day here...

[RDFMASTER]

Same here. I'm getting it my 18th birthday, Friday.

Although we should probably continue this discussion via PM, not by spamming this thread, as I was part of spamming up a thread on my first day here...

So.... Your birthday is 18th happy birhtday and this is your gift xD from me :p

[Advent-EVA]

Can I insert my own songs in the videos I upload by using this program?

[Nevfx]

I dont think so no. I havent explored the program, mind you, I just go "Open" -> Choose file -> "Encode" so maybe. Use Windows Movie Maker after encoding it.

[Advent-EVA]

Thanks for the response Nev ^^

I know I'm bothersome here haha, but is it possible to ONLY remove the bgm and keep the characters' voices using windows movie maker? (Victory fanfare at the end)

[Spyder]

Since you only have one sound file, you won't be able to separate the sound effects from the music. You'll need to resave the replay in the Dissidia editor, and then encode it. In the windows movie maker you'll be able to add a second sound file.

[XxGrezxX]

You can just set the BGM to none when fighting ya know :D

[Nevfx]

Yeah thats probably the easiest way!

[Vaanskylord]

Ok i downloaded them but i dont see the microsoft network 3.0 thingy and the XVID4PSP Version went staright to notepad and its in all these wierd symbols. Basically its not working... HELP!?

[icyie04]

Can this program cut videos in two? xD

[XxGrezxX]

Ok i downloaded them but i dont see the microsoft network 3.0 thingy and the XVID4PSP Version went staright to notepad and its in all these wierd symbols. Basically its not working... HELP!?

Do you even install it??? Is your comp window xp??

EDIT: Damn, my WMM cannot detect mp4 files and have to do the reverse way(WMM before encoding), result in poor quality(poorer than just encoding)

[RDFMASTER]

Finally the images are back I might change the server of images. Any person here who got a problem just tell me.

[ChewyPost]

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package link is broken.
Hopefull it'll be fixed soon.

[gunblade15]

Hmm interesting nice guide but I have a question if and when you upload it to youtube. After the vid is done processing does it gain like a High Quality or High Definition option?

[Nevfx]

Below is the link to the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 thingy:

HERE!! (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en)

[RDFMASTER]

Thanks nevs :) i was looking for that ;)

[Nevfx]

Beny? Who is beny?

[RDFMASTER]

Beny? Who is beny?

WRONG post :p

sorry i though it was the correct post :cool:

[Nevfx]

Thats ok, glad I was actually useful.

[Armoxus]

I need help. Everytime I try to download the Xvid thing, it tries to find a program to open the download. I don't know what to do from there. It brings up this site:

http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/0409/xml/redir.asp?EXT=rar

[Amphoric]

I need help. Everytime I try to download the Xvid thing, it tries to find a program to open the download. I don't know what to do from there. It brings up this site:

http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/0409/xml/redir.asp?EXT=rar

you need winrar (extractor tool)

Download Winrar 3.90 English 32bit (for 32bit OS's - x86) (http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar390.exe)

Download Winrar 3.90 English 64bit (for 64bit OS's - x64) (http://www.rarlab.com/rar/winrar-x64-391b1.exe)

Hope this helps.

Also if you can't get the xvid thing to work, you can always try Any Video Converter

http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1250

Check out this thread, about getting it and using it (near the bottom of the first post, and continues on the 2nd post, this program comes with the codecs needed installed within it.

Hope this helps.

[Armoxus]

you need winrar (extractor tool)

Download Winrar 3.90 English 32bit (for 32bit OS's - x86) (http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar390.exe)

Download Winrar 3.90 English 64bit (for 64bit OS's - x64) (http://www.rarlab.com/rar/winrar-x64-391b1.exe)

Hope this helps.

Also if you can't get the xvid thing to work, you can always try Any Video Converter

http://dissidiaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1250

Check out this thread, about getting it and using it (near the bottom of the first post, and continues on the 2nd post, this program comes with the codecs needed installed within it.

Hope this helps.

Thanks alot! I installed the Any video converter and I'm converting some videos right now. That was really easy :D.

[Amphoric]

Thanks alot! I installed the Any video converter and I'm converting some videos right now. That was really easy :D.

Glad you got it working :)

[Nevfx]

Had to get this again after my second virus attack this year...

[Bennieboyy]

Can you also ´attach´ two or more vids with this program?

[RDFMASTER]

Can you also ´attach´ two or more vids with this program?

What do you mean?

It is combining it? If that is the case, the answer is no.

The program is for converter only and does not mean for editing.

[supermence]

Wow thnx alot man :D

[Dark Knight]

Question. I used the default settings and it works good except the action gets a bit choppy in the MP4 file. Fps is 29 in the output, exactly the same as in the original file so i don't know why it happens.

Is it possible to make it smoother? Even if it has to increase size a bit.

[RDFMASTER]

Question. I used the default settings and it works good except the action gets a bit choppy in the MP4 file. Fps is 29 in the output, exactly the same as in the original file so i don't know why it happens.

Is it possible to make it smoother? Even if it has to increase size a bit.

What settings do you use, the one i provide here or the default settings of the program?

I will advice if you use my settings works perfect and reduce size of the video.

[Dark Knight]

MP4 PSP AVC and x264 HQ Ultra.

Audio: AAC-LC ABR 128k.

The size gets reduced by a lot. From 230something to 64 i think so I don't mind it going up to the 100 mb range if it improves the flow of the video.

I don't know a lot about this stuff so the only description I can give you is that the encoded video seems like it is skipping some frames. Hence the "chopped" movements.

Edit: I tried uploading a replay on youtube without tampering with it. It was converted with standard quality from the psp and in my pc it looks ok but in youtube the quality gets considerably lower. Any ideas on how to fix that?

[RDFMASTER]

MP4 PSP AVC and x264 HQ Ultra.

Audio: AAC-LC ABR 128k.

The size gets reduced by a lot. From 230something to 64 i think so I don't mind it going up to the 100 mb range if it improves the flow of the video.

I don't know a lot about this stuff so the only description I can give you is that the encoded video seems like it is skipping some frames. Hence the "chopped" movements.

Edit: I tried uploading a replay on youtube without tampering with it. It was converted with standard quality from the psp and in my pc it looks ok but in youtube the quality gets considerably lower. Any ideas on how to fix that?

You know is the dam Youtube Crappy coder the responsable :(

[Katsu]

You know is the dam Youtube Crappy coder the responsable :(

Yeah, YouNoob fails at life when optimizing quality. They either make dissidia videos too bright, or too choppy.

[Dark Knight]

I see. So we have to put up with lower quality from youtube i guess.

And about the encoded file? Any settings available to increase quality and make the video smoother?

[RDFMASTER]

I see. So we have to put up with lower quality from youtube i guess.

And about the encoded file? Any settings available to increase quality and make the video smoother?

As far as know if you use the denoise/Sharpen settings with Brightness/constract

my settings are:

denoise/Sharpen = TV degrain2
Brightness/constract = Vivid MPEG2Fix

These two the two settings are the reason why my videos have more color xD

[itsmoogle]

Gah ! you cant add music to it? : |

[RDFMASTER]

Gah ! you cant add music to it? : |

Sadly this is only converter not Video Program Editor such as Sony Vegas

[itsmoogle]

Figured. D;.
Do you know any programs that can fix this skippy-ness of this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-EVeqCW1U

[RDFMASTER]

Figured. D;.
Do you know any programs that can fix this skippy-ness of this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-EVeqCW1U

You need to convert videos in PSP in HQ or Normal. This program help you take that out but is really sony vegas which make it even nicer.

EXAMPLE:

YouTube- Dissidia Final Fantasy [AHP] Cloud Vs. Sephiroth [BerserkChip] R1

[Kotoso]

I am getting audio desynch with the default settings, the audio comes in about 6 seconds late. I think I have the K-light codec pack, but I can try to get it again, do you have any recommendations for the settings?

[RDFMASTER]

I am getting audio desynch with the default settings, the audio comes in about 6 seconds late. I think I have the K-light codec pack, but I can try to get it again, do you have any recommendations for the settings?


That might be happening due to codec pack issues. You might need to reinstall it and try again. If the program continue i will have to personally (In pc duh) assist you in that case.

[Kotoso]

That did work, thanks RDF. Nice program, hopefully this upload to Youtube works, I only got 4 seconds of the video as an avi.

[Moomba]

Is their a way to make the file even smaller, or is youtube loading times always so long?

[Zane]

I did this and video plays really fast, also not long into the video, quick time or windows movie maker goes to a black screen. It also does in the converter's player.

The video still plays.


What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance

[Mass Zero]

I think RDF should update his guide, using the latest XviD4PSP. :3

[RDFMASTER]

I think RDF should update his guide, using the latest XviD4PSP. :3

WOW, i have not updated this guide from a long time xD. I might change the program since the new XVID4PSP looks complicate but i will try it out.

[The3p1cN3cr0p4th]

Umm... Just wanted to point out that if you were to use the Xilisoft Ultimate Video Converter, you'd end up with a video about a 10th of the size of the one you started with. The process would only be different in that the start and end file types would be AVI.

If you're interested there's a trial somewhere on Cnet downloads: http://download.cnet.com/Xilisoft-Video-Converter-Platinum/3000-2194_4-10535116.html

Enjoy...

[RDFMASTER]

Umm... Just wanted to point out that if you were to use the Xilisoft Ultimate Video Converter, you'd end up with a video about a 10th of the size of the one you started with. The process would only be different in that the start and end file types would be AVI.

If you're interested there's a trial somewhere on Cnet downloads: http://download.cnet.com/Xilisoft-Video-Converter-Platinum/3000-2194_4-10535116.html

Enjoy...


That's the problem is a trial. People here want to use something that is free. I personally have a converter which convert with a Pentium 4 PC at 40 FPS whereas this program (XVID4PSP) usually is 0-10 FPS. However, the program i am using cost 40 dollars. I will have to look for another free program.

[Zane]

Anyway Its still doing the something I guess I'll have play around the video convert thanks.

I tied it again today after I convert the video file and try to watch it the program stops working.

[ewan08]

Excuse me but what should be the video size that would fit on youtube frame??..

[RDFMASTER]

Excuse me but what should be the video size that would fit on youtube frame??..

Well mostly 360p resolution with 16:9 ratio ;)

[Alventus Winchestryon]

was wondering if the software is available for mac...

[Frostclasm]

Quick question.... How do you insert the beginning, before the fight, where it shows equips and accessories? I see it on people's videos on youtube and in the Dissidence-D tournament videos, but it won't show up on mine. T-T

[Narolf]

He used RemoteJoy.

You can't do that with the game alone.

[Cyber Gamer 白血雷電]

Great guide especially for Max Quality ones. Do you think that the file size goes down as much if i render it to MP4 with Sony Vegas or Pinnacle Studio ? Or would it still be good to first convert them with Xvid4Psp then take them into Movie editing ?

Btw on the 16 point it says
16-) Upload it to YouTube and Share with US the US part could be mistaken for USA i thought =P Not a big deal maybe =p