abbafan1972
(regular)
Tue Jul 10 2007 10:11 PM
Compressing videos

Is there a way I can compress a video before loading it to YouTube? As you are only allowed 100mb.

TheFatControlleRAdministrator
(Forum Admin)
Tue Jul 10 2007 10:53 PM
Re: Compressing videos

What format are you using to upload?

abbafan1972
(regular)
Tue Jul 10 2007 11:20 PM
Re: Compressing videos

Videos taken from my camera, AVI format. Can I compress MPEG as well?

TheFatControlleRAdministrator
(Forum Admin)
Tue Jul 10 2007 11:34 PM
Re: Compressing videos

AVI files do have a very big time/file size ratio. If you've got Windows Movie Maker you can convert AVI to WMV which will reduce the file size. Don't forget YouTube also have a 10 minute limit.


MPEG is an already compressed format, though with the right software you could compress it further, but a loss of quality is inevitable.


abbafan1972
(regular)
Tue Jul 10 2007 11:55 PM
Re: Compressing videos

Thanks, I have Windows movie maker already. Uploaded the video, but can't figure out how to convert it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?


TheFatControlleRAdministrator
(Forum Admin)
Wed Jul 11 2007 12:22 AM
Re: Compressing videos

Open WMM then under the 'Capture Video' panel (on the left) click 'Import video', select AVI file, click OK.

At the bottom of the WMM select 'Show Storyboard' (as opposed to 'Show Timeline'). Now drag and drop the video clips onto the storyboard in sequence. Remember to save the project at regular intervals, mine has a habit of freezing with larger files.

Once all your clips are on the storyboard you can add transitions between the clips if you wish, or just let one clip run into the next with no transition. You can also add titles and credits if you wish.

Once that's done click on 'Save to my computer' below 'Finish video' on the left. You will now get a dialogue.

Name the video for export and select a location (desktop maybe). Next select 'Best quality for playback on my computer', do this to see how big the file is at it's optimum quality (see lower panel). If it's under the 100Mb limit of YouTube you could save it as is.

If it's too big then select the 'Best fit to file size' option and enter the file size. I'd be tempted to go below the 100Mb limit, say 90Mb. Then click 'Next' to start saving the file.

YouTube can be slow, and occasionally you may get dropped, you just need to be patient and persevere.

If you get stuck give us a shout, and let us know how you get on.

Good luck.


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