I have an original video that I created. I have stored it in many different formats, but they are all too large to email. What can I use to reduce the size of the video?
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Hi.
A good start would be converting them to avi or mpeg (by me the avi will be smaller). A free tool would be VirtualDub, and it's quite professional and easy 2.
http://www.virtualdub.org/
If the movie is now in IFO/BUP/VOB format then a run through with DVD Shrink will get it down to size for you.
good luck,
cheers
Hi timamartin,
You can use the following free program to reduce the size of the video:
Super:
Super is a completely free video/audio converter that achieves for free what most can't achieve for money!
http://www.erightsoft.com/
Direct download link:
http://updat1.free.fr/22C2
Simply drag and drop the file into the program, select your output container and away it goes!
I would recommend you select mpg and reduce the frame size and bit rate. This will result in a smaller output file that will be suitable in size for emailing and also in a widely supportedd format for most Media Players with no additional codecs being required.
Hope this helps!
Honestly, I think you are going about this the wrong way. The first thing you need to determine is what is the maximum file size you can email. The second thing you need to determine is whether or not it is worth compressing your video down so that the final size falls within that constraint. Chances are, you are going to lose a lot more information from the video than you think. It might be best to find an alternate to email such as FTP or even snail mailing CD or DVD. FWIW.
What I have is a small clip - about a 5 min clip from the news. The clip is of a friend and I want to be able to e-mail it. I can shrink it to 15mb, but that seems to be where I get stuck. I have tried using Windows Movie Maker and everytime I try to write the file it crashes and says it failed to write the file.
Tim
Try windows media encoder, I believe its free
http://www.microsoft.com/w
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by: crissandPosted on 2007-03-05 at 10:53:28ID: 18656438
If you're using Windows XP, then Windows Movie Maker is a good tool for the pupose.