Virtualdub How do you make large files smaller...?

Question

Hi I'm trying to compress my videos from around 1GB to something less than 50Mb but every tutorial I've tried hasn't worked. I try to use the xvid codec compression but I always get over 100mb. What's the best setting for compressing with xvid and the mpeg 3 audio compress?

Answer 1

It's possible that the 100mb limit is the maximum the video can be compressed. Standard compression is at a 5 to 1 ratio while some specialized programs can compress 100 to 1.  In other words, a 1GB video (1 billion bytes) might be able to be compressed to 1/5 its size with standard compression. That would make it about 200 million bytes (200mb).  It's also possible that if you're trying to compress the audio too, it's at a different compression rate.

These articles give more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...

http://www.geocities.com/hcmfvdub/#Step1

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