Compressing Video

[thechris69]

I want to post my amazing news broadcast project on YouTube, however its 3.5 gb, and i want to compress it down... its a .dv file, how would i go about doing this?

 

[SpookTheHamster]

I've not done it, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't open it in iMovie and save it as another format, and/or use Handbrake to make it smaller.

 

[thechris69]

doesnt handbrake only convert dvd files? i dont believe it compresses .dv files. or am i wrong?

 

[SpookTheHamster]

Sorry, my mistake. I hadn't used it in ages and I had it mixed with an application I can't remember.

 

[Lovesong]

If you have a Pro version of Quicktime, you can export it to just about any format, and specify a size for it. It's only $20, and it's really worth it.

 

[thechris69]

its alright... so anyone know a quick way to compress a .dv file?

 

[SpaceJello]

Don't know if this would help, check out visualhub, it compresses and converts to a lot of different formats, and best of all you can control a lot of settings in cluding the resolution of the final output, speed etc.

 

[tehybrid]

i would say use ffmpegx but you also should be able to put the dv into iMovie and compress with iMovie, deffiantly the cheapest way

 

[hanaku]

A lot of software could do this, but most of them need purchase
As I know, such as: CuCu, Imtoo, Qd
You can search it from google

 

[weaverra]

Mpeg streamclip is good too. www.squared5.com

 

[bigbossbmb]

export from whatever program you edited/captured the project from...

 

[stealthninja]

I personally use VisualHub to convert video but you can use iSquint which is free. both are avaliable from www.techspansion.com