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Reducing video file size

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  • 22-07-2013 11:29pm
    #1
    Sparky2009
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Ok I have a 4 minute .mov file created in iMovie and I need to reduce the file size from 98MB (saved at the lowest possible res in the iMovie iPad app) to 5MB without losing a huge amount of quality. I understand I'll lose some but it needs to be viewable.

    This is for a competition and I have to e-mail it ASAP. I've just spent 3 hours trying to do this but to no avail.

    Is this even possible?

    Any help from gurus would be greatly appreciated. I'm literally at the end of my tech knowledge (such as it was) and desperate.

    Thank you in advance.

    Sparks :)


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    #2
    Lump
    Registered Users Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    It's unlikely to be possible, 5megs is TINY for a video. How long is the video?


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    #3
    Lump
    Registered Users Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    Why can't you send it via "Yousendit"

    John


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    #4
    Sparky2009
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Sparky2009


    4 minutes!


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    Sparky2009
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Sparky2009


    The video is to be sent to a website (i.e. you browse to where you have it on your PC and submit). The rules stipulate no bigger than 5 MB


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    Lump
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    I've never dealt with anything that small before, I believe it would be unwatchable, but happy to be corrected!


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    Sparky2009
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Sparky2009


    Ok. Unrealistic on their part so. Thanks for the help Lump.

    Much appreciated.


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    Lump
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    Totally unrealistic. It would have to be about 200 times more compressed than the minimum quality I would regard as viewable, and that'd be low quality.

    John


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    mrtom
    Registered Users Posts: 678 ✭✭✭mrtom


    Try winff: Convert to MPEG 4 H 264 and you can judge the result for your self.


    http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html/


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