How do I make my file size even smaller?

[scottyo]

Well good news to all, I finally ripped my first DVD and got it down to a synced (audio and Video) AVI!!! I used Smart Ripper, DVD2AVI, VFAPI and the VirtualDub. In virtual dub, I used the lowest audio settings available with an MP3 file. I also used DIvx MPEG-4 Fast with 16-bit color. I achieved a file size of 525 MB.

Is there a way to make it even smaller. i understand that I will lose a bit of quality when doing this, but my purposes are for watching movies on my PocketPC when I travel.

I have also read taht you can make the image size smaller, maybe by clipping? Not sure.

Please let me know your advice.

Thanks,
Scotty O

[khp]

To get a lower filesize, you have to select a lower bitrate (assuming that you are using a bitrate controlled mode). To make the image better quality at low bitrates, you might also want to use a lower resolution. This can be done either by zooming or cropping. To crop you can use the null filter in virtualdub, to zoom you should use the resize filter.