Post by: Nailz on July 06, 2005, 10:16:00 PM
I was browsing through the topics already created and saw that most were unsure about how much to downsample etc.
Here we go:
1) Delete the foreign language folders (Italian and Spanish..not English unless you want it that way)
2) Delete the Demo folder. Once the language folders and the demo folder are gone, the total size should be 4.44 gigs.
3) Go into the "movies" folder and copy/paste all movies 20 MEGABYTES AND OVER (very important) into a seperate folder. there should be 53 files totalling to 1.70 gigs.
4) open up RAD tools and select which files will be compressed\downsampled (the 20 meg-and-over files) and press "BINK it" (not "Smack it")
5) Select where you want the compressed files to go to by typing in the path inisde of the long white box at the top of the window.
6) Where it says "Compression Settings" select "Compress to a % of the original", this means the movie will be compressed to a percentage of the file (this is not how much percentage of compression, but the percentage of the uncompressed file....I know it's complicated but trust me). Now that you have selected the option, you will see a little white box next to it: TYPE IN 80. This means the file will be compressed until 80% of the uncompressed original file remains (this is good).
6) At the bottom (the very bottom) you will see a "Compress Audio" option, if it is not already so, "check" the box. For the "Compress level", type in "0" (zero). This is perceptually lossless in quality (it says so to the left)
7)Now that you have done these things, don't touch anything else, the default settings for everything else BUT the options I mentioned are sufficient. Just hit the "Batch" button on the right. Once the other window pops up, select "Start" and it will start to compress all of the files you selected.
This will take a lot of time (Approx. 3-4 days on a high-end machine), go outside, take a breath of fresh air, go for a jog, do whatever you do. Once the compression is done (from 1.70 gigs to 1.30 gigs), delete the "New_" parts of compressed file names. Then just copy\paste the compresse files back into the "movies" folder (overwriting the originals).
The total size should now be 4.04 gigs. Now burnable onto a 4.7 gig DVD, and with perceptually lossless quality of both video and audio.
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 06, 2005, 10:47:00 PM
Post by: Nailz on July 06, 2005, 10:47:00 PM
This post has been edited by Nailz: Jul 7 2005, 05:47 AM
Post by: poogles on July 07, 2005, 05:14:00 AM
Nice method though
Post by: spidey97504 on July 19, 2005, 01:42:00 PM
Thanx.
Post by: spidey97504 on July 26, 2005, 12:09:00 AM
Post by: xenokai on July 26, 2005, 03:14:00 AM
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on July 26, 2005, 06:09:00 AM
Post by: xenokai on July 26, 2005, 11:39:00 AM
Post by: xenokai on July 31, 2005, 11:21:00 PM
Post by: xenokai on August 01, 2005, 12:12:00 AM
Post by: xenokai on August 01, 2005, 02:37:00 AM
Post by: azn_shady on August 16, 2005, 08:53:00 PM
Post by: mikledw on August 25, 2005, 09:41:00 AM
QUOTE(xenokai @ Aug 1 2005, 10:12 AM)
ok well the guide you told doesnt quit work perfectly but i found a way around it i deleted some movie that where other char only movies like some movie have a certain char in it and is indicated but a E or a D and so on well i found the chars i wasnt playing with and deleted there movies i managed to keep 2 chars movies on and some of another char movies just use the rad tools and see which movies u dont need like the bold guy's movies where useless hope this helps people out ay be able to not compress at all and just delete all but 1 persons movies but i fig id have a male and a female xD
where do u download these rad tools????
Post by: JazRad on August 29, 2005, 10:36:00 AM
Post by: georgiocrinkletoes on September 04, 2005, 11:29:00 AM
deleted italian, spanish, and demos folders too!
I am still not sure if it will work, but I had to wait 2 days to find out it didn't.Please correct this post for everyone out there so that this post is exposed as a LIE!!
Thanks ya'll,
Bye bye
"I acted like an idiot...and I fell."-some kid at the mall
Post by: benlogan on September 29, 2005, 05:46:00 AM
CODE
Compression Level % = The level of compression you want to test. It will get entered
into RAD Tools if all is ok. Numbers only, no text. Between 1-99
Size of Rest of Files = Seperate the files you want to convert from the game. Then find
out how big the game is WITHOUT the movies. Done in Gb. Only decimals, NO text.
DVD Size = Enter in MB exactly how many Mb the DVD disk your burning to is. Example.
I have 4.7 Gb disks, that are really only 4489 Mb. Only numbers, NO text.
Path = The path to the movies you want to compress. Doesn't look in sub-directories.
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Once all the information is filled in click 'Process'. If there are any errors it will tell you, otherwise
you should have a box displaying everything you filled in, plus the size AFTER compression and how
much space is gained. It will also tell you if it will fit on the DVD or not.
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To start again, click 'Process' again, then clikc 'Yes'
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Post by: Hockeyfreak on December 27, 2005, 11:58:00 AM
QUOTE(spidey97504 @ Jul 19 2005, 08:13 PM) 
Aftre deleting the Languages and the Demo folders, you say the size is then 4.4G. How do you get this figure? I still have 5.75G.
Thanx.
BUMP! I have the same problem
Post by: kest on May 27, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
Post by: philcox13 on May 31, 2007, 02:48:00 PM
QUOTE(kest @ May 27 2006, 09:26 PM)
ok this is a little off , but im having an issue with backing up my copy of jade empire(limited) to a dvd+r dl, ived burned it but it wont play on my modded xbox, what might be the prob here?
Xbox DVD drives DO NOT read DL dvds...as far as i can tell.
Post by: deadparrot on June 05, 2007, 09:02:00 AM