Video clip file size?

Stewboy1978

Hi

Newbie with a video camera...need some help please

Created a 14 second clip, sent it to PC to view and the file size is 12160kb - is that right? its huge!

It is a .mpg file extension.

Can these be made smaller?

Thanks...

Ashok_2

12MB is okay, quality should be good though.. I guess in the options there may be settings to change quality (lower quality, smaller the size).

ormus

converting it to summat like a wmv file will decrease the file size by a factor of about 10.
the quality will be much poorer though.

Donnie

You can convert it with the Xvid or DivX codec without a too apparent loss in quality.

These codecs are used to shrink DVD Videos on to CDs.
Why do you want to reduce the file size?

Stewboy1978

Donnie wrote: »

You can convert it with the Xvid or DivX codec without a too apparent loss in quality.

These codecs are used to shrink DVD Videos on to CDs.
Why do you want to reduce the file size?

So I can Email video clips to family etc...

Some can't use Youtube etc due to work firewalls.

happyevs

you can send files through Putfile http://www.putfile.com once you upload the file just highlight the link and press Ctrl C and in your E/mail your sending just click Ctrl V and the person who recieves the e/mail can click the link to view it and can upload if they want hope this is of help

Donnie

Other alternatives are YouSendIt; http://www.yousendit.com/ for limited releases and Badongo; http://www.badongo.com/ if it's a file that you like to keep and share. You'll need to create a free account with Badongo, in order to keep the files.

SuziPerry.tv

X-Vid or DivX files can be DVD Quality (depending on Source) & 1 minute of Video (inc Audio) should be 10-13MB. (thats TV - DVD Quality)

To eMail to Friends/Family WMV may be easyer on their end to PLAY (if they dont have X-Vid or DivX installed they wont see the Video) or unless they Download VLC Media Player (FREE)

Stompa

What resolution is it?

Donnie

SuziPerry.tv wrote: »

X-Vid or DivX files can be DVD Quality (depending on Source) & 1 minute of Video (inc Audio) should be 10-13MB. (thats TV - DVD Quality)

To eMail to Friends/Family WMV may be easyer on their end to PLAY (if they dont have X-Vid or DivX installed they wont see the Video) or unless they Download VLC Media Player (FREE)

Erm.... never mind.

You don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

You can utilise the small download of Nic's XviD CoDec; http://nic.dnsalias.com/XviD_Install.exe or Koepi's XviD CoDec; http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml