[Xerte] Re: Xerte help: Video Quality Poor

[John Bijnens]

Hi,

As I'm also a Xerte newbie I have to guess what's causing this.
Have you tried the following things ?

 1. Reduce the screen size of the video.
    If you have made the video with the maximum screen resolution possible on your pc (e.g. 1920 x 1200) it is likely it gets resized (made smaller) within the
    viewer used on a Xerte. This can cause a big decrease of the video quality.
    You could try to change te resolution of the video within the video converter. This might improve the video quality a bit.
 2. Make the video while using a smaller screen size on your PC.
    This is what I do most of the time when making videos for my students.
    I change the resolution of my PC display to a lower value (e.g. 1152 x 864 depending). Then I do a video capture,  in your case you do all the stuff you
    like to show in Moodle. After I'm done creating my videos I change the screen resolution back to the original value and convert the videos. This gives me
    the best results in most cases.

If anyone else has some other tips and tricks I'm very anxious to learn about them.

Best regards,

     John Bijnens

On 17/05/2012 11:09, Karen Williams wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Newbie again! I've managed to get a video showing and playing in Xerte which is great. Unfortunately, the quality is very poor. I've changed the settings on 
> my converter so that it's the highest quality conversion, the original .avi file is really clear. The converted .flv file is really clear, but when I view it 
> in Xerte, it's very pixelated and hard to see what the picture is. I'm trying to put some tutorials on how to use Moodle for staff at my FE College, but the 
> picture is so poor, it would be difficult to see what I'm trying to do.
>
> Can anyone help please? Are there any settings where I can change the output quality? I've looked at the Nottingham University demo videos and they are 
> beautifully clear. So I must be doing something wrong.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Karen Williams
>
> Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
>
>
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