Step 2 – Selecting the Output Quality
This page allows you to set the amount of compression applied to the video file – the greater the compression, the smaller the file but the less ‘clear’ it will look.
If you intend to share your video by uploading it to a website or emailing to a friend, then the ‘Sharing’ column will squeeze things down as quickly as possible, with an emphasis on the smallest possible file-sizes at the expense of quality.
If you’re just interested in saving space on your hard disk but don’t intend sharing your videos, then we’d recommend choosing a setting from the ‘Archiving’ column; although these settings can’t compress the video anywhere nearly as much as the ‘Sharing’ settings they preserve far more detail but take longer to process.
Below is a summary of each individual quality setting :
| Converter Type | Video quality | Data Rate calculation | Audio quality | |||
| Sharing Low Quality | 320x240 @15fps | Apprx 150Kbits/sec = |
Audio: Mono, 44KHz (20 Kbits/sec) |
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| Sharing Medium Quality | 320x240 @30fps | Apprx 300Kbits/sec = 36Kb/sec = 2Mb/min of video |
Audio: Stereo, 44KHz (48Kbits/sec) | |||
| Sharing High Quality | 320x240 @30fps | Apprx 780Kbits/sec = 96Kb/sec = 5.7Mb/min of video |
Audio: Stereo, 44KHz (96 Kbits/sec) |
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| Archiving Low Quality | 640x480 @30fps | Apprx 835Kbits/sec = 102Kb/sec = 6.1Mb/min of video |
Audio: Stereo, 44KHz (320Kbits/sec) | |||
| Archiving Medium Quality | 640x480 @30fps | Apprx 1.3Mbits/sec = 160Kb/sec = 9.6Mb/min of video |
Audio: Stereo, 44KHz (320Kbits/sec) | |||
| Archiving High Quality | 720x576 @30fps | Apprx 2.5Mbits/sec = 300Kb/sec = 18Mb/min of video |
Audio: Stereo, 44KHz (320Kbits/sec) | |||
Don’t worry if you’re not sure which setting to use – it’s easy to experiment, and your original video file will never be overwritten, so you can keep trying different settings to find the one that suits your needs best.