reducing file size of an MPEG

Milkman · 14-12-2005 5:09pm #1

Hi all,
I have to reduce a 350x248 mpg from 50mb to something that is easily emailable, say 1.5/2mb.

Anyone any recommendations on what FREE easy to use software to use for this?

Tnx
M.

Lump · 14-12-2005 5:43pm

Auto Gordian Knot, will compress it using Divx/Xvid

John

Milkman · 14-12-2005 5:47pm

Tnx Lump...

will that encode to MPG as it has to be viewable on standard windows media?

M.

decob · 14-12-2005 9:57pm

Milkman wrote:

Tnx Lump...

will that encode to MPG as it has to be viewable on standard windows media?

M.

how long is your clip?

Lump · 14-12-2005 10:23pm

No, it'll encode to Divx. So it'll need something play it.

John

Laguna · 14-12-2005 10:28pm

Why not download the trial of Flash 8 and import the clip into it, scale it down a little, lower the framerate a tad and you'll have a greatly, greatly reduced file that if exported to the flash projector format (.exe) can be played on anyones computer. That's the method I used when I designed a site that had a LOT of trailers yet needed to be accesible to those with 56k modems..

esquier · 15-12-2005 3:35pm

How about using Windows Moviemaker and saving it as a WMV.

Lump · 15-12-2005 3:55pm

Movie Maker is rubbish, that's why!

John

esquier · 15-12-2005 5:50pm

Very helpful,thought you`d know better than that, John, the man wants to email a video clip and if Wmv is suitable then he could`nt do much better than Moviemaker in terms of ease of use and reasonable quality at high compression.

Lump · 15-12-2005 6:55pm

I do know better then to use Movie Maker, hence my comment.

John

Milkman · 19-12-2005 12:40pm

Sorry for the delay in getting back. Been away from a PC.

thanks for all the advice. I'll try Movie Maker and then Flash 8.
cheers guys.

M.

reducing file size of an MPEG

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