Re: Anyone here still on Dial Up?(question :compressing movies)

"Tyke" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In news:3r4t6gFhh6d5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Rabbit <Rabbit_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
<snip>
>>... If most people were on BB they could be a bit bigger but never
>> fear I ain't gonna post the full res, straight off the camera.
>> Apart from anything else given the penchant for UPS making things
>> brokted it wouldn't take too long to go over my allotted web site
>> bandwidth if they were full resolution. Done that once with a movie
>> I ain't gonna do it again :-)
>
> Talking of movies, can you compress them

Yes.
:-)

>... in a simple manner

That depends on what you mean by "simple".

>... with a prog like IrfanView??

Nope.

Well, it depends what sort (Format) of Video File it is to begin with
& what sort (Format) of Video File you want to end up with, & also how
much you want to Compress it.

There are plenty of different Utilities (& Full Blown Video Editing
Programs) around, but to "Compress" a Video File takes a little bit
of sorting out.

WinXP SP2 comes with MovieMaker2, which is actually quite good
(for basic stuff) - Earlier Versions of WinXP only came with
MovieMaker 1 which is (was) still OK, but not as good (or as easy
to use) as MovieMaker 2

MovieMaker 2 is reasonably easy to use but can be limiting.
Youneed to Pick the right Combination of Settings from the various
DropDown Boxes.

Other Video Editing stuff (such as the CyberLink stuff that often
comes with PCs) is also OK, but can be confuzzling.

There are specialist Utilities as well, but they aren't particularly
"simple" to use.

> We have quite a few good quality 30 second clips taken with the
> Canon G6.

What Type of Files are they?

>...They are all 16.5mb though and a bit too big to put up on my
>website.

They (all Video Files) can be Compressed (to a greater or smaller
Degree), whatever they are, but there are a lot of Trade-offs to be
made.

HTH

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pmj


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