Compressing Video Files

**Westly32** · 7 Dec 2008, 10:22 AM

VirualDub is a program that should do this. It has it's own sub forum, so try there for a download link.

**MilesAhead** · 7 Dec 2008, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by dazuk1972

I know I asked this before but I lost the thread.

Does anyone know any software that allows us to compress video files? I filmed a ten-minute video under MPEG2 and it's over 700MB's. Way too big.

Many thanks.

Whatever you are using to record should have some adjustment for
bitrate. Take a look at the file with MediaInfo. I think DVD maxes out
at 9000 kbit. mpeg2 is a compressed format so the bitrate is likely
just sky high. The ones you already have you could put through
AviDemux, SUPER or any other encoder that accepts both MPEG2
input and output.

**PurpleDemon** · 7 Dec 2008, 04:13 PM

Maybe this will help on the info you received before.

Good Luck

and Happy Holiday's

**ed klein** · 8 Dec 2008, 12:14 AM

Use a bitrate calculator to determine the bitrate you NEED, using the time of the movie, size of the disk you want to put the movie on, picture quality you want.

Almost all standard defination encoders, use the full disk size to adjust the bitrate of the movie. Encoders are designed to put the movie on 4.7gb or 8.5gb and adjust the bitrate accordingly. The higher the bitrate the better the picture quality, try NOT TO compress at all if you have disk space.

So if you 10 min video at mpeg 2 level is on a 700mb CD-R disk leave it alone it is probably not compressed at all and you are getting the very best picture quality you can get. Most likely it was engineered that way.

**gonwk** · 9 Dec 2008, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by burrell84601

Maybe this will help on the info you received before. ...

Yo Burrell ... your link above does not go anywhere!?!?

G!

**PurpleDemon** · 9 Dec 2008, 12:28 PM

Oops

Thanks for the heads up gonwk

I guess forum software is just temporary on my search results.

Learn something new everyday.

Try this. Sorry dazuk1972

Compressing AVI Files - Digital Video Forums

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=88550&highlight=compress

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Compression Software - Digital Video Forums

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=84046&highlight=compress

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