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How to compress 28.9GB folder to a 22GB folder?

Hi Experts,

I have a 28.9GB folder that contains .avi files.

Is there a way to compress a 28.9GB folder that contains .avi files down to a 22GB folder?

Using Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit.
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Hi dbrunton,

If I remove about 30 files (.avi) I will have about 22GB.

That will work but I really need to have all .avi files.

I'm trying to burn them onto a 25GB blu-ray disc.

If I use a 50GB blu-ray disc that would definitely work but 50GB blu-ray blank discs are expensive.

Are you familiar with WinRAR or WinZip? Could there compression method(s) work?
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Okay.

What would be my best option?

What's the purpose in WinRAR with "Compression method" and "Split to volumes, bytes"?
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The 30 .avi files that I can't add to the 25GB (not enough space) would come to 6.82GB.

I guess I could use another 25GB blu-ray disc or I can use a DVD+R DL 8.5GB support.
Yes. I would like to play them from the blu-ray disc.

I would only play them from a computer through Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player or CyberLink PowerDVD 11. Not through a DVD/Blu-ray player for a TV.
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kpax77,

Can you recommend a method on reducing the video size not by much?
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kpax77,

I followed your instructions.

Does FormatFactory only support up to 13 videos at once?

I have about 126 .avi videos to convert.
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The reason I'm asking is because I select all the .avi files I want to convert, and it's only giving me about 13 .avi files at a time that I'm able to convert, not 500 :)
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I had to add the complete folder. An option is available to do that. Once I added the complete folder it added all the .avi files. Now I have to wait for them to convert.
Very good!