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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 12:00 am |
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Devans License Holder 
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What is the best way to save a video file for emailing and uploading? My camera saves them as AVI files. Most An average 2 minute clip is about 56MB.... is there a file format that will keep the quality good, but make the file size much smaller, and if so, what program? Thanks in advance... 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 12:15 am |
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luther License Holder 
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wmv is pretty good, but you will lose some quality.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 12:27 am |
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Devans License Holder
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I just tried windows movie maker, but your right, to get the video to a decent size, I lose a lot of quality.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 02:02 am |
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luther License Holder
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use winrar or hjsplit chopit up.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 09:47 pm |
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Sakura Member 
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WinRAR cuts down the size quite a bit.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 10:10 pm |
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Devans License Holder
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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone.... now one more question. If I want to shrink the video size, to post on photobucket, what do you guys use?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 11:58 pm |
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wingnutter Forever Learning 
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AVI is too big Dean. It's generally accepted that WMV is the best compromise betweeen quialty and space. If you have XP you can use the built in free Windows Movie Maker (you may have to drag the shortcut from Program Files) to downsize the video, there are tons of choices and preview each one afterwards to see which setting gives the best result for you or Photobucket etc. HJSplit is free and easy to use for chopping up the video into smaller segments, just let the recipients know they will ned HJSplit to reassemble the clips after downloading.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24th, 2009 12:52 am |
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Devans License Holder
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I just converted a 72mb video to 20mb by saving it as VHS quality. Its a bit grainy, but definitely descent quality.. Thanks Steve.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24th, 2009 01:25 am |
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Devans License Holder
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We went to Medieval Times this weekend with a few guys from the forum and have alot of videos. Thats why we are trying to shrink them down... Heres one, if anyone is interested.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 01:32 am |
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Devans License Holder
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well, i bought a new HD camcorder. It saves the videos as MOV files, which Movie Maker will not open. Now it looks like I am in the same boat as before. Does anyone know of a program, cheep or free, that will allow me to edit MOV files?
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 04:49 am |
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martin_wynne Licence Holder 
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Devans wrote: well, i bought a new HD camcorder. It saves the videos as MOV files, which Movie Maker will not open. Now it looks like I am in the same boat as before. Does anyone know of a program, cheep or free, that will allow me to edit MOV files? Hi Dean, MOV is a Mac video format for the Apple QuickTime player: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ The basic player for Windows is free. If you buy the Pro version for $30, you can edit MOV files in QuickTime and also save them in other formats such as AVI which can be edited in Windows Movie Maker. If you prefer free, you can convert MOV to AVI format using a program called RAD Video Tools, free download from: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm (It may be necessary to have the QuickTime player installed). p.s. None of this tested by me -- RAD Video Tools complies with my basic requirement for all free software that the developer's postal address is available: US Office: regards, Martin.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 05:00 am |
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Devans License Holder
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Thanks Martin... Im tryng the Rad tool now. It seems to be working to convert it to an AVI... allbeit slow. But for free, one can not complain to much.  We will see what happens when it is finished.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 08:21 pm |
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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Sony Vegas Pro 9 is the most popular. Not free at about $70 but you can download it for 30 days trial first.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 08:21 pm |
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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wingnutter wrote: Sony Vegas Pro 9 is the most popular for HD video. Not free at about $70 but you can download it for 30 days trial first.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 10:19 pm |
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Devans License Holder
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I was actually using Vegas 8 and 9, on the trial. I really like that program but not for $600  . Im going to download the movie studio trial now, and see what it does.
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