I have an unnecessarily large avi file that I wish to make smaller. I assume by the size that is uncompressed, but I don't know what format to encode it in, nor what program I would use. I was thinking xvid or DivX, but I'm open to suggestions, as long as it isn't an AIDS-filled format like wmv or realplayer.
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Anonymous2006-05-13 4:02
VirtualDub and/or derivatives.
Using direct stream copy you can cut it into multiple pieces. Reencoding is probably a bad idea, especially if you don't know wtf you're doing.
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Anonymous2006-05-13 10:04
uncompressed avis are roughly a gig a minute and hog CPU. May just be high bitrate
I'm sure. I just looked in properties. It says "compression: uncompressed"
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Anonymous2006-05-14 4:20
Using virtual dub mod i reencoded with xvid and on the second try got a 255 mb video file that plays and has reasonable quality. I will check it again tomorrow when I am fully sentient, but I think I have succeeded.