Newbie question : How to shrink video as small as possible

[john]

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Hi,

I am not really a video person, but I want to add a video to my blog.

The problem is, I can't seem to get it below 36.8mb! The video is just
under 6 minutes, 160x120 pixels. I'm currently saving it as avi, since that
is the only setting I can see in my digital camera software.

Can anybody give me some idea how to shrink this thing down? And any free
easy to use tools to do it?

Thanks in advance.

John

 

[rs]

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John wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not really a video person, but I want to add a video to my blog.
>
> The problem is, I can't seem to get it below 36.8mb! The video is just
> under 6 minutes, 160x120 pixels. I'm currently saving it as avi, since that
> is the only setting I can see in my digital camera software.
>
> Can anybody give me some idea how to shrink this thing down? And any free
> easy to use tools to do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>
>
>

You can try the free Windows Movie Maker software which will let you
create a WMV format movie which should be pretty small. Sounds like you
have an uncompressed file there. A 6 min WMV at such a small size should
come in a just a few megs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

 

[john]

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"RS" <mail@mail.com> wrote in message news:4325ecce$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net...
[snip]
> You can try the free Windows Movie Maker software which will let you
> create a WMV format movie which should be pretty small. Sounds like you
> have an uncompressed file there. A 6 min WMV at such a small size should
> come in a just a few megs.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
>

Thanks alot, I will try that tonight.

John

 

[Guest]

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"John" wrote ...
> I am not really a video person, but I want to add a video to my blog.
>
> The problem is, I can't seem to get it below 36.8mb! The video is
> just under 6 minutes, 160x120 pixels. I'm currently saving it as avi,
> since that is the only setting I can see in my digital camera
> software.
>
> Can anybody give me some idea how to shrink this thing down? And any
> free easy to use tools to do it?

Free: Microsoft Windows Media Encoder
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
And likely the largest base of potential viewers have Windows
Media Player already installed.

Cheap: Apple Quicktime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
Not nearly the installed base as people who can play WMV.

Avoid at all costs: Real Networks, Real Player "Real One", etc.
Worst case of junkware/adware available at this time.
I won't even bother trying to watch something encoded with
Real. Not worth the enormous hassle.

 

[john]

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"John" <please@respondtothegroup.com> wrote in message
news:Y2nVe.1438$1G4.203982@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
> "RS" <mail@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:4325ecce$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net...
> [snip]
>> You can try the free Windows Movie Maker software which will let you
>> create a WMV format movie which should be pretty small. Sounds like you
>> have an uncompressed file there. A 6 min WMV at such a small size should
>> come in a just a few megs.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
>>
>
> Thanks alot, I will try that tonight.
>

Hi RS,

I got it, tried it, does the job.

Thanks again,
John

 

[Guest]

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Windows media format or Quicktime at 160x120 10fps. Tiny files, tiny video.

"John" <please@respondtothegroup.com> wrote in message
news:15lVe.1394$6Z1.263962@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am not really a video person, but I want to add a video to my blog.
>
> The problem is, I can't seem to get it below 36.8mb! The video is just
> under 6 minutes, 160x120 pixels. I'm currently saving it as avi, since
> that is the only setting I can see in my digital camera software.
>
> Can anybody give me some idea how to shrink this thing down? And any free
> easy to use tools to do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John
>
>
>

 

[rs]

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John wrote:
> "John" <please@respondtothegroup.com> wrote in message
> news:Y2nVe.1438$1G4.203982@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>>"RS" <mail@mail.com> wrote in message
>>news:4325ecce$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net...
>>[snip]
>>
>>>You can try the free Windows Movie Maker software which will let you
>>>create a WMV format movie which should be pretty small. Sounds like you
>>>have an uncompressed file there. A 6 min WMV at such a small size should
>>>come in a just a few megs.
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
>>>
>>
>>Thanks alot, I will try that tonight.
>>
>
>
> Hi RS,
>
> I got it, tried it, does the job.
>
> Thanks again,
> John
>
>
Yaaaaay, another satisfied customer, (Not that I'm doing any rah-rah for
Windows Movie Maker, it just seemed the quickest and easiest to get
beginners tool.)

 

[Guest]

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I totally agree with all of these sentiments. Real is true malware/spyware.
I had to recode a lot of web site to change the formats away from this
disgusting companies products.

 

[Guest]

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"John" <please@respondtothegroup.com> wrote:

>I got it, tried it, does the job.

>Thanks again,
>John

What's the HTML code for that? I tried <A href="myMovie.wmv"> my
movie </A> but I don't think it's right...