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Thread ID: 50918 2004-11-06 02:07:00 Converting video formats JimboJones (1680) Press F1
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288427 2004-11-06 02:07:00 I made a minute long low resolution video clip with a cheap 70bucks digi/web cam. The file format is avi and the file size is 300b!! what program can I use to compress it? Low res 1 minute res movies should only be 5mb the max..... JimboJones (1680)
288428 2004-11-06 02:56:00 I would suggest you look into the Theora video codec :-)

Best compression Ive ever seen!
Chilling_Silence (9)
288429 2004-11-06 07:34:00 The site is a bit confusing to use.... I downloaded ffmpeg2theora-0.11 I hope thats the right one. JimboJones (1680)
288430 2004-11-06 07:41:00 i assume the file size is 300MB not 300b ???

if its an avi then check what codec you have used. most likly its already highly compressed.
tweak'e (174)
288431 2004-11-06 07:50:00 nope... ffmpeg2theora-0.11 just opend MSDOS then closed. Can you give me direct link to the codec converter?

Yeah tweak'e, its 300MB. I dout its highly compressed because:
*Video size is 640x480
*Length is 1mins 16secs
*Bitrate is 49205kbs
*And no sound
*And actual file size is 456mb... (dam my poor rounding)
JimboJones (1680)
288432 2004-11-06 08:07:00 check what codec its done in. i have heard of a fault in some setups which blows out the file size by huge amounts.

as far as tools goes try http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/ and divx or xvid for the encoding codec.
tweak'e (174)
288433 2004-11-06 08:09:00 >>Bitrate is 49205kbs

thats about 46000 to high.....
metla (154)
288434 2004-11-06 08:20:00 Bitrate should be more like 1000kbps. A movie at 640x272 at 788kbps and 25 fps goes great.

However, try using Windows Movie Maker. A one minute clip should be around 3MB in WMV format.

George
george12 (7)
288435 2004-11-06 09:42:00 I got virtualdub. How do I use it?


I don't think I got moviemaker... I don't like MS formats anyways.
JimboJones (1680)
288436 2004-11-07 02:38:00 I right clicked on my movie to see the properties. And it says no compression...... I opened up Virtualdub and went to video/compressing, changed the bitrate and click ok... nothing happened... how do I compress? JimboJones (1680)
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