Compressing .avi files

[Xander562]

So I want to compress those raw .avi files I get of my Canon PowerShot. Does anyone have any recommendations of programs?

 

[Apple Ink]

Try right click and 'compress <file name>'. That'll put it in zip.
If you need something more advanced with more formats... try stuffit. Brilliant software. Love it!

 

[Xander562]

I'm looking more for something that will leave it in .avi format but just a smaller file size.

 

[GGJstudios]

.avi is already a compressed format. This may help explain.

 

[boast]

Well, AVI is just a file container- AVI is not a specific compression format.


Open it in imovie, and save it with a different compression scheme. Id recommend H264. If it is still too big, you will probably have to decrease the resolution and drop the frames a bit.

 

[Apple Ink]

Sorry.... got you wrong

Use iSquint (http://www.isquint.org/) Its free....
Drag the quality to 'Go nuts" and select optimize for TV, deselect 'Add to iTunes'

H.264 for better quality but more space (sometimes even more than the original file) and will take a lot of time!

This will rip your vid in mp4 (if you havent used h264) which is the most common and a really good compression format!

Sorry for the wrong interpretation again

 

[Xander562]

Sorry.... got you wrong

Use iSquint (http://www.isquint.org/) Its free....
Drag the quality to 'Go nuts" and select optimize for TV, deselect 'Add to iTunes'

H.264 for better quality but more space (sometimes even more than the original file) and will take a lot of time!

This will rip your vid in mp4 (if you havent used h264) which is the most common and a really good compression format!

Sorry for the wrong interpretation again

Thanks! That was exactly what I was looking for. I just freed up 22gb of space! Worked great.

 

[~Shard~]

iSquint and VisualHub are excellent pieces of software.

 

[boast]

Sorry.... got you wrong

Use iSquint (http://www.isquint.org/) Its free....
Drag the quality to 'Go nuts" and select optimize for TV, deselect 'Add to iTunes'

H.264 for better quality but more space (sometimes even more than the original file) and will take a lot of time!

This will rip your vid in mp4 (if you havent used h264) which is the most common and a really good compression format

MP4 itself is also a file container. You would need to tell him what kind of MP4, as such:

"H.264 is a standard for video compression. It is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10"