Video compression software,free if poss.

davmail

I need to compress some videos of about 100mb,down to less than 20mb,without a significant loss of quality,have tried a few free ones,but none do the trick,does anyone have any ideas please?Many Thanks.:money:

ddoris

I guess it mostly depends on what format they are now in.

paddyrg

the software is one thing, the codec you use is another. Try H.264 / MPEG4v10, setting the bitrate nice and low.

Transcoding software try SUPER from eRightSoft for free, or spank some cash and get Sorenson Squeeze, which is the daddy.

MilkyJoe

Don't know if it will work with the format you have but try DVD Shrink. It will compress DVDs, don't know about other formats.

Squire_Fulwood

NCH software do Prism Video Converter which allows the user to select output format, frame rate, frame size and bit rate. If you can't produce what you want from that then I would not know what to recommend. Read the page on the following link and you will see that they do a free version for private use.

http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html

I have been using the free version of their Debut Video Capture for a few years now. This allows you to virtually design the output. I use if for video mail and with some tweaking and the right ISP you can send 20 minute videos of yourself being quite boring.

Squire_Fulwood

Also, someone on this forum recommended Sothink Video Converter. I haven't used it in earnest yet but it must be worth a look.

davmail

Will d/load them and try them all,many thanks.

arrallas

davmail wrote: »

I need to compress some videos of about 100mb,down to less than 20mb,without a significant loss of quality,have tried a few free ones,but none do the trick,does anyone have any ideas please?Many Thanks.:money:

Handbrake works very well for me - it's free and regularly updated. Has presets for iPods, iPads etc.

InsideInsurance

Handbrake here too