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Thread ID: 113691 2010-10-31 04:41:00 Downsize Excessively Large Avi File justinsg (11165) Press F1
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1149073 2010-10-31 06:16:00 Okay thanks! I might just have to recompose it in After Effects or something then justinsg (11165)
1149074 2010-10-31 20:05:00 It's not just about the container format (MP4 / AVI / MKV), but the codecs of each of the streams inside of it.

Think of "MP4", "AVI" and "MKV" as a pencil case. You can put any manner of Pens (Video streams) or Pencils (Audio streams) inside them, such as a Blue Pen, Red Pen, Green .. A small pen, a big pen, a multi-color pen...

What you should be interested in is the codec, is it h.264 or XviD for example. Compressing using h.264 will take significantly longer but it's better quality for smaller filesize.

So, technically speaking, asking if it's an MP4 or an AVI file realistically tells you diddly squat about the file contents, codecs, compression / bitrate etc.

Use Handbrake to convert it: http://handbrake.fr
It will let you actually *see* what kind of codecs you're going to be using and adjust appropriately.
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