Compress video to fit on 1.44MB floppy?

[elghinnarisa]

I did mess around with separating, destroying, and splicing together the video and audio streams but it always ballooned larger than I wanted.
Could probably be done now that I have better tools to use though.

If you don't already use it, ffmpeg is the way to go generally. That and MKVtoolnix is what I use the most for video modification in one way or another. FFmpeg requires you to be comfortable with a commandline but its generally quite simple, great tool in general. Also used in the backend of most common tools, like handbrake or the like.

The arguments I listed in my post were what I fed in to ffmpeg to get the result seen, should be repeatable with the same source and a good base for further tweaking.

 

[InVasMani]

I used to zip them and put them on multiple floppies. Oh the horror when CRC check failed.

That zip approach would be interesting with a USB floppy emulator. I wonder how far you could apply that kind of approach.

 

[caroline!]

oh dear lord: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11xvBw0R4fQhbIK-VHZw45R3MR6YDvOWn/view?usp=sharing
Well it is only 1.33MB large, you can't really expect much of anything watchable.

watching that video is banned by the geneva convention

>mfw you transformed a random vid from a cringeworthy youtuber into a broken transmission from an abandoned ship derelict from a space horror movie

>the first 2 seconds
>the gibberish singing at 05:38
>watched it all for some reason
>perfect 5/7 rating. made my night.