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nobody
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What is a program to download that will enable me to compress an avi video from 450mgs to 7-15mgs? I've tried a LEAD compressor but the file remains very large. Any suggestions?

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
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Try maybe discreet cleaner or seranson squeeze

Posted 8 years ago #
brett8275
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discreet cleaner is for mac users and there is no such thing called "seranson squeeze" unless you missplelled it.

Posted 8 years ago #
cfulton
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There is a version of cleaner for Windows, dubbed cleaner XL. Try http://www.sorenson.com for information on Squeeze. -Charles Fulton, Associate Editor, Videomaker Magazine

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
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All you need is a program that renders to WMV, MPg, or MOV. o yea REAL is an option to. Sonic Foundry Videofactory is a cheap option. You don't need to spend big bucks for this.

Check out this site: http://encoderx.co.uk/

Those programs should be completely free! Give them a try.

I rmeeber you saying you have Vegas? If so, It's real easy to make smaller compressed video files. you just have to tweak a few settings.

There are three things to adjust when compressing video:
1) Adjust the size of the video i.e. 720x480 pixels to 320x240 pixels.

2) Bit rate: This is the amount of video/audio information in the file. Do a few tests with different bit rates and find a a good compromise between file size and video quality.

3) Frame rate: if your video doesn't have a lot of movement you can reduce the number of frames of video. A 30 fps video will have twice the information as 15 fps. Simple math!

Hope these help!

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
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well, it depends on what you are trying to do with the final movie.
You said your movie file is about 450 megabytes in size. Assuming is on DV format, then the video last a little over 2 minutes.
If you are thinking in sending the file on a CD-ROM for PCs, then you are much better of using DivX or better yet, XviD compression. That way you can keep the 720x480 pixels resolution (NTSC) and full framerate in excellent quality using less than 10 megabytes (you will need the freeware application called virtualdub to process the video file).
You will need however a decent machine (good processor) to playback the file.

You can also try MPEG-1 using the free MPEG-1 encoder know as TMPGEnc (excellent quality). This encoder also features a very good MPEG-2 encoder, but because of licence issues, the feature is commercial and only available as a 30 day try-before-you-buy. However the MPEG-1 encoding never expires.

Even for a CD-ROM you can try the new WM9 encoder from microsoft (WMV format), that way and you could also prepare the file for internet streaming.

Another excellent format for low bitrate and ready for internet streaming is the Real video format.
I know that Real Player is pretty much hated by many, due to his insistence in taking over every single media file it finds in the computer where it's installed, but the image quality is extremely good for the low bitrate (and low filesize).
Real Networks recently offers a new encoder called 'Helix Producer Basic' (free), so you can try and see the quality/filesize it gives you.
I wrote an article to properly install/configure Real Player One, to make it behave like what it is: a simple media player, restricting the program from taking control over your system.
The article is here: http://videoproduccion.org/realplayer/

The downside for you (maybe) is that the article is in spanish, but you can follow all the screenshoots and figure it out by yourself.

good day.

Posted 8 years ago #
nobody
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what are some different ways i can export video in Adobe Premiere 6.5 or 6.0 for that matter. I export them to movie files and have also tried that mpeg commpressor thingy, but they still are like HUGE and i can only fit 45min on a dvd. So what are some other ways, or other software to get my rendered video timeline out of premiere and onto a dvd, i know i will have to commpromize quality but what can i do to make a good product.

Joe

Posted 8 years ago #