How to compress .avi file?
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Use DivX or Xvid to convert the file, and you can adjust how highly compressed it will be to match the file size you want
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http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0-1-0.html?qt=DAT+to+AVI&author=&titlename=&desc=&dlcount=&daysback=&swlink=&gfiletype=&os=&li=49&dlsize=&ca=&x=24&y=6\n\nhttp://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/dat/avi.php
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Its the same with converting mp3 files to .wav files. The size gets bigger. You cant change the size or preserve it. Its just how the extension handles the file. AVI files are pretty out of date now. They have been one of the first extension that were created for movie and video files. They never changed in size. Then as the years passed, more extensions were created and it would compress the file size more and more. The compression of files will always get better and it will improve, but the original extensions that we have out there will not change because thats just how it was built in the first place. There might be a future invention where they might have a program that will compress avi files into a compressed avi file, but for right now, there is none.
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you have to look for a converter\n\n\nfrom the format you have to AVI.
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download a wmv-avi file converter u can get plenty online
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You want to use one of the many zip files such as Winzip or RarZip. I'm not sure how much you can zip (compress) a video file. I just tried to Winzip a video fil on my comp that is 20,437 kb and after zipping it was only reduced to 20,230 kb.\n\nYour other choice would be to set up your own ftp site. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is basically a very simple website. A company such as ftpworldwide will allow you to set up your own ftp site on their servers for as little as $35 - $40 a month.
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try this one mp4cam2avi it convert mov to avi, and it's free\n\nhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/
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Use WinZip, it will compress it for you.
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My suggestion is to compress your video and save it onto the dvd as a video file, rather than as a dvd-player compatable disc.\nDownload something like this, but not specificly this one.\nhttp://www.flydragonsoft.com/avi-compressor.htm\nYou should be able to take a 3 hour video to < 2 gigs.\n\nAnother method you can choose to do is buy a dual layer disc and hope that your video is small enough to fit on one of those. (DVD-9)
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That depends on what application you're using to create your zip files. In WinRAR for instance, (which does zip and rar archives) you can choose the compression level of the archive about to be created, and one of the selections is "store" (no compression).\n\nThe next question is, why would you want to? AVI files are the largest of the video files because they are uncompressed, and therefore stand to benefit significantly from compression, unlike MPG for instance, which is already compressed.
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search for free codec packag. divx.com has the most relevant try that first and if not you can get others.
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Try SUPER.  If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need.\nIt is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.
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If you converted them to MPEG2, use something like MPEG-Tools to merge / append them together. \n\nSearch at videohelp.com under tools for similar tools.
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Try both divX and AVI codec\nI face same problem last time and get fix already\nhttp://www.divx.com/divx/windows/\nhttp://www.download.com/AVI-Codec-Pack/3000-2169_4-10553815.html?tag=lst-0-1
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You should ZIP or RAR the video.  WinZip and WinRAR have the ability to split a large archive into multiple files.
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You need a software named WinRAR, you can find it in http://www.rarlab.com/ it is a very useful software. If you can use it you can open most kind of compressed files.
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Use a program like DVDShrink. You can remove extra items (foreign audio tracks and extras) and then compress the main movie if necessary (at some cost to quality) to fit on a regular 5GB DVD-R.