Software to make a big video smaller

[Spiff]

Hey

I made a wee video last night at the Maiden gig - nothing special, but I want to upload it to YouTube. However, it's 75mb and it'll take ages to put up. Is there any way of making it smaller? It only goes for 50 seconds or so. Any special software that will do the trick?

Thanks a bunch, kids!

 

[Winmar]

I was wondering exactly the same thing myself!

 

[Spiff]

I got sick of looking for a free one so I'm just uploading the big file to YouTube now. About a quarter of the way through it so far.

 

[Mark]

What format is it in?

I use VisualHub on the Mac, but that's not much use to you

 

[Spiff]

AVI

Halfway through the upload now, give it another half hour I guess.

 

[Mark]

You could use something (windows movie maker?) to convert it to mpeg. That would help w/ file size I'm sure.

 

[FerretallicA]

Windows Movie Maker comes with most PCs these days and will do it for you without having to download or configure anything, plus it's piss easy to use. Assuming you're using WinXP or Vista, check under Start -> All Programs -> Accessories and it should be there.

 

[FerretallicA]

You could use something (windows movie maker?) to convert it to mpeg. That would help w/ file size I'm sure.

Fuck, beat me to it by about 5 seconds.

You can't save to MPEG from Windows Movie Maker, your choices are basically AVI or WMV. YouTube will accept both anyway so if size is the issue just go with WMV.

 

[Spiff]

Doesn't look like I have Windows Movie Maker. How odd.

Oh, wait, there it is!

 

[Mark]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

 

[Mark]

And don't worry about quality - youtube will compress the fuck out of it anyway

 

[Spiff]

Sweet, down to 5mb. Wish I'd known about that an hour ago.

 

[dreamwatch]

What format is it in?

I use VisualHub on the Mac, but that's not much use to you

Mac, mac, mac, that's all you go on about now. :Smug:

 

[Winmar]

Windows Movie Maker doesn't seem to recognise .mov files. Any ideas how I could convert one to reduce the size?

 

[Shadow298]

Windows Movie Maker doesn't seem to recognise .mov files. Any ideas how I could convert one to reduce the size?

to convert vids in formats such as .gp3, .mov & .mp4 I use a program called AVS Media Converter.

more info is here: http://www.avsmedia.com/ http://www.avsmedia.com/VideoTools/index.aspx but I just found an older cracked copy on a torrent.

sure there are other free programs out there too.

and if you have the right kind of mobile phone PC software, they can come with video converters but within a limited range (video to .gp3, .mp4 or .avi).

 

[Winmar]

Thanks, I'll have a look!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I have a thing at home on my laptop (though don't think I have the setup file coz it was on there when I got the laptop off a mate) called something like "Super (c)" that encodes any video format, including those flv files when you download YouTube videos, into any other video format, and pretty much lets you pick any settings you want for stuff like bitrates, frame rates, pixels, which encoders it uses to do it, all that stuff. It's pretty powerful actually and quick.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Strangely enough, I am waiting for a video to encode with Windows Movie Maker while I opened MD to pass the time. I am new to the program as well, this is my first play at editing, but seems a simple enough yet powerful program.

 

[Winmar]

When I was doing something else I stumbled across a program called Format Factory, which seems excellent. Converts both video and audio, including .mov files.