Fuzz

I have just finished editing a home vid and saved it in mpg format on the lowest resolution setting. (using Sony pixela software which came with camera) the vid is only 4 mins 14 secs but is 106MB
how do I compress it to something reasonable

I've only got 50MB of webspace
and a 56kmodem

Cheers
Andy

[Edited size of file, now true size]

[Edited by Fuzz - 12/27/2002 9:57:46 PM]

HHxx

Which mpeg format? mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4(aka Divx) ?

I would suggest mpeg4

ozzy

Andy,

What MPEG ompression is it using and what is the resolution? It's all down to resulotuion, compression algorithm and sound quality.

I use Pinnacle Studio 7 because it supports AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, Windows Media, Real Mediaplayer.

I have some in-car footage that's only 7mins long and it's over 2GB in full DV quality A full 60min Mini-Dv tape is well over 10Gb

You have to drop the resolution, video and sound quality to get it down to around 4Mb. An 18 min clip on my website is 150Mb @ 450Kbps and only 4Mb in size @ 45Kpbs.

Stefan

Fuzz

just had a looking in the settings tab :

mpeg 1
then four choices
low **saved under this setting**
normal
high
highest

no idea about sound as there is no tab to adjust
checked camera and it recorded in 12bit...only other choice was 16bit?
still no idea on how it was saved though.

links to sofware I can purchase/download (pref free )??

recorded in D8 (digital8) onto tape, memory stick would only allow 60 second bursts of capture

Cheers for your help so far.
Andy

[Edited by Fuzz - 12/27/2002 9:55:59 PM]

IanW

Windows Movie Maker is pretty good at optimizing videos, I had it take a 5MB movie clip down to 300k