How do I reduce the MB of my .AVI files?

Question

Ignorant non-tech person question, here: My digicam only records in .MOV, but I convert them to .AVI with a product called RADTools. I do that because .AVI seems easier to work with, and plus I started doing it because I thought it would make the already huge .MOV files (mine were usually around 70-100 MB) smaller--but it didn't. When I converted one 102 MB .MOV file to .AVI, the new file was 1.2-everlovin'-gigs. I want to get these files smaller, so that I can upload them onto the 'net. Any ideas on how I'd go about doing such a thing--any programs, methods, etc? I'd be grateful!

Answer 1

I'd suggest you download a free conversion tool and player called DivX (www.divx.com). It allows you to drag'n'drop your files for easy conversion and will greatly reduce the size of almost any format.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You can convert them to mpegs but they're still going to be pretty hefty. To get the file size down you're going to have to lower the resolution and display size.

Answer 3

You can download any video encoder tool from website,some has its price, some is for free, or you can manually edit it using your converter and specify what size, lenght, compression method, resolution etc.etc. you would want so that it could fit to wherever you want it to fit...just check your tool there's probably a guide there!

Answer 4

the mov files r already quite reduced ........ as the resolution is quite low .....

if u can change the settings of the encoding tool to wat its in the mov fie it wud wrk ...... bt dat wud be quite a problem .....

the encoder u r using increases the reolution to normal and hence the siize increases ...... if u can just change the resolution while encoding u can do it .....

Answer 5

you can convert them into rm (real media)files by using a software called rm converter or you can store them in a zip format. it will do the work for you.