Which file format Drift x170/Imac

[welwell]

Evenin' all

 

Just got my first Imac and I've gotta say I love it already. One question though. What is the best format to shoot video on? I have a Drift x170 headcam. On the old pc AVI files worked but should I use MOV files or the MJPEG setting from now. I hope to post these videos on youtube so I guess it has to be friendly for that site as well.

 

Thanks

[Harrison2604]

MP4, MOV or MPEG4!

[welwell]

Thanks chap

[b101uk]

Strictly speaking .AVI is a file container, in other words the video & audio steams can be in many different formats within the file so the “AVI” file are much like compressed archives like a .zip, .rar or .cab file apart from they are specifically orientated to video & audio.

 

So sometimes is NOT the file format you choose but the video & audio codec you choose to use to encode within the container file that will denote quality vs. compression etc, this will also limit the amount of PC etc that can play the file should you choose to encode with obscure or non standard (on a windows PC) codec within a standard container file.

 

e.g. with .AVI you can encode H264 video with MP3 or AAC audio in much the same way as you can use H264 video with MP3 or AAC audio in .mp4 files and provided the codec setting are the same WILL yield the same results.

 

.AVI is the file type with generally the widest selection of possible codec’s to use for encoding and is not any ware like “specific” as e.g. .wmv

[Rupe]

Which drift is it? The HD one? can you change the file type on the camera?

[welwell]

No it's the non hd one. I think I've sorted it. Turned it to record on mjpeg. I wonder if the MOV setting would work?

[welwell]

Thanks b101uk.

[Rupe]

No it's the non hd one. I think I've sorted it. Turned it to record on mjpeg. I wonder if the MOV setting would work?

 

The new one (HD) only records in MOV and its a bit of a pain, but should be ok on your imac.

 

The old one in AVI was very easy to use/edit etc. on wondows movie maker.