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marcs_sp20
25-11-2009, 09:27 PM
Hi Everyone,

I took some video's on the new camera from the skidpan day, however they are in AVI format and around 170mb each..

Just wondering what programs (preferably free :p) people use and what I should do to get the sizing down, namely so I can upload to youtube etc...

Cheers
Marc

project.r.racing
25-11-2009, 09:31 PM
Youtube accepts .avi 2GB 10min vids.

marcs_sp20
25-11-2009, 09:33 PM
yes but do they resize the vid?

project.r.racing
25-11-2009, 09:34 PM
edit yes, resize no.

project.r.racing
25-11-2009, 09:38 PM
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091116215335AAErxtP

googled this...

70NYD
25-11-2009, 11:50 PM
dvd fab is also goot :D
also u can chuck them in to windows movie maker, one by one, and when you press export movie select the size option and keep putting it down untill ur happy with the output mb :)
if the diff in mb is little (say 2) and the resolution changes go for the bigger one as it will look better (when it resizes that is :D)

gtarone
26-11-2009, 09:15 AM
It will resize when you upload it. But you will still need to upload the whole video. And there will be the option of HD or standard def when someone tries to view it.

mikey_something
26-11-2009, 02:58 PM
if using mac ffmpegX is fantastic
i think theres an "ffmpeg" for windows as well but would have to google


Edit: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg

bourbon
26-11-2009, 03:19 PM
just put em up on youtube and link the videos...

Ice88
03-12-2009, 01:02 AM
You realise that AVI is a container right?

Your wanting to convert a file that is probably already in MPEG form of some sort into MPEG?

What size are the videos in the first place? Id recommend using SUPER(http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html) i know it sounds like a kinda dodgy name but it is actually a pretty good program.

Id recommend using H264 for obvious reasons (being MPEG4) much much better results at smaller bitrates (and hence smaller file sizes). Not sure what restrictions youtube place on uploads though :)

Not that it should matter as the video is converted to a flash file anyways but thats neither here nor there. :)

phildough
03-12-2009, 07:27 AM
Windows live movie maker has a upload to youtube button and it actually seems to work quite well.
It also lets you resize and edit. And it was a free download and is rather easy to use.

marcs_sp20
03-12-2009, 01:21 PM
I ended up using the program I use for mobile vids (and downloading youtube vids :p) and that is Any Video Converter. it took around 5mins each video to due to it creating teh codec...

mrpayner
03-12-2009, 08:19 PM
There's also a program called StaxRip that converts to Matroska [MKV] file format. It's great for HD content and you can select the output resolution and file size.

I recommend heading over to videohelp.com for some information. That's where I go whenever I need to research something.

Adz

Ice88
03-12-2009, 11:56 PM
There's also a program called StaxRip that converts to Matroska [MKV] file format. It's great for HD content and you can select the output resolution and file size.

I recommend heading over to videohelp.com for some information. That's where I go whenever I need to research something.

Adz

Try handbrake its much better :)

that or megui :)

SwarleyAUS
12-03-2010, 09:08 PM
i know this is late, but for eneryones info, i use this great program that supports an unnecessarily large amount of formats called Oxelon Media Convertor or Oxelon MC for short... available at http://www.oxelon.com/media_converter.html enjoy! (make sure to download both the exe and plugins)=D

Swarls out

mrpayner
13-03-2010, 11:48 AM
Try handbrake its much better :)

I'll give it a whirl! Thanks for that.

Dogo
13-03-2010, 01:08 PM
Handbrake is good. I use it to convert DVD rips ( see RipIt ) and to change the format/codec of video files.

arin
09-07-2010, 06:51 PM
easiest program ever, is AVS Video Converter. Has codecs for bloody everything!

Abaddon
07-03-2012, 12:03 PM
I'd also recommend Freemake Video Converter. Lots of options/features and it is very fast if you have CUDA capabilities (any recent NVIDIA card) for a quick recode.

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