Example of Video Conversion for Pocket PCs

This compressed video is to be used for demonstration purposes only!
Original video used without any official permission from anyone.

Capture Settings

Hi8 recording on Sony Handicam of STS-107 launch on
January 16, 2003 via Dish Network Channel 213.
Video runs from T-15 seconds to just after SRB separation.

Dumped to Dell laptop (600 mHz P3) via Dazzle DVC-80 USB converter
and captured with bundled MGI Videowave 4 software.
(320x240 resolution and YUV2 settings)

Processed with Virtualdub version 1.4.13

Video Settings

Resize - 304x228
Filter Mode - Bicubic
Cropping - x1-2, x2-6, y1-5, y2-5 = (308x230)
Rotate - Right 90º
Frame Rate - Decimate by 2 (15fps)
Codec - DivX 5.0.2 (2-pass)

Audio Settings

Sampling - 22050kHz, High Quality, 16 bit, stereo
Compression - MPEG 3, 24kbits/s, 22050 Hz, mono

Results

Filesize - 6.77 Mb (7,108,608 bytes) - 2 minutes 55 seconds runtime.
Played on Dell Axim X5 using PocketMVP software with zero dropped frames.

STS-107 Launch Video

Page created on ... January 17, 2003
by Jeff Poplin
Video footage by NASA