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Originally Posted By: solidrock
Here's a Video of play in Reaper.

BB Video Reaper.mp4

BB Video Reaper.wmv


Reminds me of a BIAB VSTi within Reaper. How cool would that be?


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%#&*! COOL ! hope they are workin' on it NOW.

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Song from start to finish - BIAB, RealBand, & Reaper

Author: Dan (aka Shockwave199)

Posted: April 28, 2011
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Re: Format Factory

Forget using MP4, the file size is huge, try WMV instead, the file size is about (??) 1/4 compared to MP4.

The AVI from BIAB won't work in Reaper, so a conversion is required. I've looked at Format Factory and decided to stick with Freemake, it's also free (you can get a number of apps to do other things -- all free). www.freemake.com


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Re: Author: Dan (aka Shockwave199)

Interesting, I just watched his videos today. He has a lot of good ideas and tried some today. He sure puts "a lot work" into his music. He uses BIAB, RB, and Reaper.


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Forget using MP4, the file size is huge, try WMV instead, the file size is about (??) 1/4 compared to MP4....



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What Codec are you using ? what bitrate ?


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That is interesting; as I mentioned I was/am using Freemake. I'll come back tomorrow with stats and screenshots.


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Ok you win, I've got mud on my face.

Here are my screenshots:
(1) using Freemake
(2) using Format Factory

Used the default of both apps. Too tired to make any internal adjustments / mods.

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I'll be sticking to MP4 (as you suggested).


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If you go to Media Properties in your VLC player it should give the codec bitrate info or get MediaInfo for right click properties.
MP4 could be using Xvid DivX or H264.
Try to lower the bitrate in WMV.
Also check the output frame size/rate.
You should be able to get similar size/quality mp4/wmv


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Solidrock,

Thank you for all this information. I've learnt a lot reading this thread. You're incredibly knowledgeable!!!

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Thanks mate.

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